• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.149-156
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• 2003

This paper presents an underwater hybrid navigation system for a semi-autonomous underwater vehicle (SAUV). The navigation system consists of an inertial measurement unit (IMU), an ultra-short baseline (USBL) acoustic navigation sensor and a doppler velocity log (DVL) accompanying a magnetic compass. The errors of inertial measurement units increase with time due to the bias errors of gyros and accelerometers. A navigational system model is derived to include the error model of the USBL acoustic navigation sensor and the scale effect and bias errors of the DVL, of which the state equation composed of the navigation states and sensor parameters is 25 in the order. The conventional extended Kalman filter was used to propagate the error covariance, update the measurement errors and correct the state equation when the measurements are available. Simulation was performed with the 6-d.o.f. equations of motion of SAUV in a lawn-mowing survey mode. The hybrid underwater navigation system shows good tracking performance by updating the error covariance and correcting the system's states with the measurement errors from a DVL, a magnetic compass and a depth senor. The error of the estimated position still slowly drifts in horizontal plane about 3.5m for 500 seconds, which could be eliminated with the help of additional USBL information.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제15권6호
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• pp.721-728
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• 2012

The tracked SUGVs(Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles) are frequently operated in the narrow slope such as stairs and trails. But due to the nature of the tracked vehicle which is steered using friction between the track and the ground and the limited field of view of driving cameras mounted on the lower position, it is not easy for SUGVs to trace narrow slopes. To properly trace inclined narrows, it is very important for SUGVs to keep it's heading direction to the slope. As a matter of factor, no roll value control of a SUGV can makes it's heading being located in the direction of the slope in general terrains. But, the problem is that we cannot directly control roll motion for SUGV. Instead we can control yaw motion. In this paper, a new slope driving method that enables the vehicle trace the narrow slopes with IMU sensor usually mounted in the SUGV is suggested which including an estimation technique of the desired yaw angle corresponding to zero roll angle. In addition, a fuzzy steering controller robust to changes in driving speed and the stair geometry is designed to simulate narrow slope driving with the suggested method. It is shown that the suggested method is quite effective through the simulation.

• 드라이브 ㆍ 컨트롤
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.19-28
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• 2022

This paper introduces an automatic steering system for straight traveling capable of being mounted on drivable agricultural machinery which user can handle it such as a tractor, a transplant, etc. The modular automatic steering device proposed in the paper is composed of RTK GNSS, IMU, HMI, hydraulic valve, and wheel sensor. The path generation method of the automatic steering system is obtained from two location information(latitude and longitude on each point) measured by GNSS in advance. From HMI, a straight path(AB line) can be created by connecting latitude and longitude on each point and the device makes the machine able to follow the path. During traveling along the reference path, it acquires the real time position data every sample time(0.1s), compares the reference with them and calculates the lateral deviation. The values of deviation are used to control the steering angle of the machine using hydraulic valve mounted on the axle of front wheel. In this paper, Pure Pursuit algorithm is applied used in autonomous vehicles frequently. For the analysis of traveling characteristics, field tests were executed about these conditions: velocity of 2, 3, 4km/h which is applied to general agricultural work and ground surface of solid(asphalt) and weak condition(soil) such as farmland. In the case of weak ground state, two experiments were executed about no-load(without work) and load(with work such as plowing). The maximum average deviations were presented 2.44cm, 7.32cm, and 11.34cm during traveling on three ground conditions : asphalt, soil without load and with load(plowing).

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제38권6_1호
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• pp.1125-1139
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• 2022

무인항공기에 부착된 위성 항법 시스템/관성 측정 센서(global positioning system/inertial measurement unit, GPS/IMU)와 관측 센서 사이에는 물리적인 위치와 자세 오차가 존재한다. 해당 물리 오프셋으로 인해, 관측 데이터는 비행 방향에 따라 서로 위치가 어긋나는 이격 오차가 발생한다. 특히나, 다중 센서를 활용하여 데이터를 취득하는 다중 센서 무인항공기의 경우, 관측 센서가 변경될 때마다 고액의 비용을 지불하고 외산 소프트웨어 의존하여 물리 오프셋을 조정하고 있는 실정이다. 본 연구에서는 다중 센서에 적용 가능한 초기 센서 모델식을 수립하고 물리 오프셋 추정 방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방안은 크게 3가지 단계로 구성된다. 먼저, 직접지리 참조를 위한 회전 행렬 정의 및 초기 센서 모델식을 수립한다. 다음으로, 지상기준점과 관측 센서에서 취득된 데이터 간의 대응점을 추출하여 물리 오프셋 추정을 위한 관측방정식을 수립한다. 마지막으로, 관측 자료를 기반으로 물리 오프셋을 추정하고, 추정된 파라미터를 초기 센서 모델식에 적용한다. 전주, 인천, 알래스카, 노르웨이 지역에서 취득된 데이터셋에 적용한 결과, 4개 지역 모두 물리 오프셋 적용 전에 발생되던 영상 접합부의 이격 오차가 물리 오프셋을 적용 후 제거되는 것을 확인했다. 인천 지역의 지상기준점 대비 절대 위치 정확도를 분석한 결과, 초분광 영상의 경우, X, Y 방향으로 약 0.12 m 위치 편차를 보였으며, 라이다 포인트 클라우드의 경우 약 0.03 m의 위치 편차를 보여줬다. 더 나아가 영상 내 특징점에 대하여 초분광, 라이다 데이터의 상대 위치 정확도를 분석한 결과, 센서 데이터 간의 위치 편차가 약 0.07 m인 것을 확인했다. 따라서, 제안된 물리 오프셋 추정 및 적용을 통해 별도 기준점 없이 정밀한 데이터 매핑이 가능한 직접 지리 참조가 가능하다는 것을 확인했으며, 다중 센서를 부착한 무인항공기에서 취득된 센서 데이터 간의 융합 가능성에 대해 확인하였다. 본 연구를 통해 독자적인 물리 파라미터 추정 기술 보유를 통한 경제적 비용 절감 효과 및 관측 조건에 따른 유연한 다중 센서 플랫폼 시스템 운용을 기대한다.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.168-177
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• 2019

KRISO (Korea Research Institute of Ship & Ocean Engineering) started a project to develop the core algorithms for autonomous intervention using an underwater robot in 2017. This paper introduces the development of the robot platform for the core algorithms, which is an ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) type with one 7-function manipulator. Before the detailed design of the robot platform, the 7E-MINI arm of the ECA Group was selected as the manipulator. It is an electrical type, with a weight of 51 kg in air (30 kg in water) and a full reach of 1.4 m. To design a platform with a small size and light weight to fit in a water tank, the medium-size manipulator was placed on the center of platform, and the structural analysis of the body frame was conducted by ABAQUS. The robot had an IMU (Inertial Measurement Unit), a DVL (Doppler Velocity Log), and a depth sensor for measuring the underwater position and attitude. To control the robot motion, eight thrusters were installed, four for vertical and the rest for horizontal motion. The operation system was composed of an on-board control station and operation S/W. The former included devices such as a 300 VDC power supplier, Fiber-Optic (F/O) to Ethernet communication converter, and main control PC. The latter was developed using an ROS (Robot Operation System) based on Linux. The basic performance of the manufactured robot platform was verified through a water tank test, where the robot was manually operated using a joystick, and the robot motion and attitude variation that resulted from the manipulator movement were closely observed.