• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.10c
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• pp.175-177
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• 2006

This paper deals with implementation of middleware using CAN(Controller Area Network) network and TCP/IP for real-time distributed control system of a humanoid robot. Existent system using CAN network is available. But, there is problems in extensibility and flexibility. In this raper, the new system using TCP/IP for solution and improvement of problems is proposed. The new system is applied to ISHURO-II, real-humanoid robot. The performance is verified through experiment.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.485-492
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• 2006

This paper deals with implementation of network for distributed control system of a humanoid robot ISHURO(Inha Semyung Humanoid Robot). A humanoid robot needs much degree of freedom structurally and much data for having flexible movement. To realize such a humanoid robot, distributed control method is preferred to the centralized one since it gives a compactness, modularity and flexibility for the controllers. For organizing distributed control system of a humanoid robot, a control processor on a board is needed to individually control the joint motor and communication technology between the processors is required to transmit its information within control time. The processor is DSP-based processor and includes CAN network on a chip. It shares the computational load such as monitoring the sensor information and controlling the actuator between each of modules. In this paper, the communication architecture is suggested and its message protocol are discussed including message structure, time consumption for transmission, and controller structure at the view of distributed control for a humanoid robot. All of the sequence are simulated with Matlab and then verified with real walking experiment by ISHURO.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.551-558
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• 2008

This paper deals with the real-time stable walking for a humanoid robot, ISHURO-II, on uneven terrain. A humanoid robot necessitates achieving posture stabilization since it has basic problems such as structural instability. In this paper, a stabilization algorithm is proposed using the ground reaction forces, which are measured using FSR (Force Sensing Resistor) sensors during walking, and the ground conditions are estimated from these data. From this information the robot selects the proper motion pattern and overcomes ground irregularities effectively. In order to generate the proper reaction under the various ground situations, a fuzzy algorithm is applied in finding the proper angle of the joint. The performance of the proposed algorithm is verified by simulation and walking experiments on a 24-DOFs humanoid robot, ISHURO-II.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2007.07a
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• pp.317-318
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• 2007

휴머노이드 로봇이 인간에게 필요한 다양한 서비스를 제공하기 위해서는 정해진 동작이 아닌 상황에 따른 다양한 동작이 요구된다. 특히 보행에 있어서는 회전각도 보폭 등이 상황에 따라 변경이 가능해야 한다. 이에 따라 로봇에게 필요한 다양한 보행 궤적을 생성하기 위해서는 보행궤적의 생성과 안정성 판별을 위한 ZMP(Zero Moment Point), COG(Center Of Gravity)등의 생성을 위한 시뮬레이터가 필요하게 된다. 본 논문에서는 성행 연구를 통해 개발된 시뮬레이터 프로그램의 단점을 분석하고 보완하여, 보폭 및 회전 각도가 자유로운 회전 보행의 생성이 가능한 시뮬레이터 프로그램을 구현하였다. 그리고 구현된 시뮬레이터 프로그램을 사용하여 생성된 궤적 파일을 동역학 해석 프로그램인 NASTRAN을 이용 시뮬레이터를 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.1791-1792
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• 2008

휴머노이드 로봇은 기구적으로 불안정성을 내포하고 있기 때문에 이것에 대한 안정화를 하기 위해서 연구자들은 많은 방법을 사용하고 있다. 본 연구자는 실험 계획법(Design of Experiments)을 통해 본 연구자가 개발한 ISHURO-II의 발의 설계를 변경하였다. 퍼지 알고리즘을 이용하여 아랫부분에 장착된 FSR(Force Sensing Resistor)센서에서 ZMP(Zero Moment Point)의 값을 비교하여 더욱 안정된 보행이 가능하도록 하였다. 적용된 안정화 알고리즘의 성능은 VC++ 및 동역학 해석 프로그램을 이용한 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증하였다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2004.11c
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• pp.505-507
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• 2004

This paper presents a measurement of ZMP using FSR sensors, and then the ZMP control with measured ZMP on single leg. ZMP is mostly used as standard evaluation of stability of a humanoid robot. The ISHURO has 5 sensors which are mounted at each corner and center of a sole. ZMP is computed using a model of a humanoid robot and information from the joint encoders. And we may able to use measurement data from FSR sensors at the robot feet. IP(Integration Proportional) control algorithm is applied to position control of ZMP that is an error of desired ZMP between measured ZMP.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2006.07d
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• pp.1971-1972
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 휴머노이드 로봇의 예기치 않은 불규칙한 지면 환경 하에서 안정성을 확보하기위한 보행 전략을 제시한다. 휴머노이드 로봇의 안정성에 관한 지표로 널리 사용되는 ZMP(Zero Moment Point)나 COG(Center Of Gravity)를 이용한 방법은 많은 양의 연산을 필요로 하고, 주로 외부에서 가해지는 임의의 힘에 대처하는데 초점을 맞추고 있다. 휴머노이드 로봇의 불안정성을 유발하는 또 다른 주요한 원인으로 예기치 못한 지면 환경을 꼽을 수 있는데, 본 논문에서는 이러한 불규칙한 지형을 보행하는 휴머노이드 로봇의 실시간 안정성을 확보하는데 있어 ZMP나 COG가 아닌 지면으로부터의 반발력을 이용한 직관적인 알고리즘을 제시하며, 자체 개발된 휴머노이드 로봇 ISHURO II를 이용한 시뮬레이션으로 제시된 알고리즘을 검증한다.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.07d
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• pp.2806-2808
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• 2005

The Controller Area Network (CAN) is being widely used for real-time control application and small-scale distributed computer controller systems. When the stuff bits are generated by bit-stuffing mechanism in the CAN network, it causes jitter including variations in response time and delay. In order to eliminate this jitter, stuff bit must be controlled to minimize the response time and reduce the variation of data transmission time. At first, this paper shows that conventional CAN protocol causes the transmission time delay. Secondly, this paper proposes the method to reduce the stuff bits by restriction of available identifier. Finally, data manipulation method can be reduced the number of stuff-bits in the data field. The proposed restriction method of ID and manipulating data field are pretty useful to the real-time control strategy with respect to performance. These procedures are implemented in local controllers of the ISHURO (Inha Semyung Humanoid Robot).

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.2271-2274
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• 2005

The desired ZMP is different from the actual ZMP of a humanoid robot during actual walking and stand upright. A humanoid robot must maintain its stable posture although external force is given to the robot. A humanoid robot can know its stability with ZMP. Actual ZMP may be moved out of the foot-print polygons by external disturbance or uneven ground surfaces. If the position of ZMP moves out of stable region, the stability can not be guaranteed. Therefore, The control of the ZMP is necessary. In this paper, ZMP control algorithm is proposed. Herein, the ZMP control uses difference between desired ZMP and actual ZMP. The proposed algorithm gives reaction moment with ankle joint when external force is supplied. 3D simulator shows motion of a humanoid robot and calculated data.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10b
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• pp.246-248
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• 2005

The Controller Area Network (CAN) is being widely used for real-time control application and small-scale distributed computer controller systems. However, CAN may exhibit unfair behavior under heavy traffic conditions. When there are both high and low priority messages ready for transmission, the proposed precedence priority filtering method allows one low priority message to be exchanged between any two adjacent higher priority messages. In this way, the length of each transmission delays is upper bounded. These procedures are implemented as local controllers for the ISHURO (Inha Semyung Humanoid RObot).