• Journal of Korean Tunnelling and Underground Space Association
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.245-259
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• 2023

The purpose of this paper is to examine the most recent tunnel scanning systems to obtain insights for the development of non-contact mobile inspection system. Tunnel scanning systems are mostly being developed by adapting two main technologies, namely laser scanning and image scanning systems. Laser scanning system has the advantage of accurately recreating the geometric characteristics of tunnel linings from point cloud. On the other hand, image scanning system employs computer vision to effortlessly identify damage, such as fine cracks and leaks on the tunnel lining surface. The analysis suggests that image scanning system is more suitable for detecting damage on tunnel linings. A camera-based tunnel scanning system under development should include components such as lighting, data storage, power supply, and image-capturing controller synchronized with vehicle speed.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.932-937
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• 2003

In this paper, we will explain about the unmanned vehicle control and modeling for combined obstacle avoidance and lane tracking. First, obstacle avoidance is considered as one of the important technologies in the unmanned vehicle. It is consisted by two parts: the first part includes the longitudinal control system for the acceleration and deceleration and the second part is the lateral control system for the steering control. Each system uses to the obstacle avoidance during the vehicle moving. Therefore, we propose the method of vehicle control, modeling and obstacle avoidance. Second, we describe a method of lane tracking by means of vision system. It is important in the unmanned vehicle and mobile robot system. In this paper, we deal with lane tracking and image processing method and it is including lane detection method, image processing algorithm and filtering method.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• v.27 no.5
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• pp.641-647
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• 2003

The use of infrared range-finder sensor as the environment recognition system for mobile robot have the advantage of low sensing cost compared with the use of other vision sensor such as laser finder CCD camera. However, it is not easy to find the previous works on the use of infrared range-finder sensor for a mobile robot because of the non-linear characteristic of that. This paper describes the error due to non-linearity of a sensor and the correction of it using neural network. The neural network consists of multi-layer perception and Levenberg-Marquardt algorithm is applied to learning it. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified from experiment.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.17 no.10
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• pp.63-68
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• 2000

We present an automatic inspection system which been developed to evaluate the geometric tolerances of the optical fiber connectors with an dimensional accuracy of$\pm0.1\mnm$. The main part of the inspection system comprises a series of machine vision and laser scanning probes to measure the internal and external circle diameters along with concentricity by making the most of advanced edge detection algorithms. Actual experimental results obtained through various repeatability tests demonstrate that the system well satisfies the required industrial demands for in-situ inspection of optical fiber connections in real manufacturing environment.

• Journal of Welding and Joining
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• v.14 no.1
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• pp.15-23
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• 1996

용접은 힘든 작업환경 때문에 심한 인력난을 겪고 있는 3D 업종 중의 하나이 다. 특히 아크용접을 위해서는 숙련된 작업자가 필요하기 때문에 인력난은 더욱 심각 하다. 현장에서 젊은 작업자는 보기 힘들고 대부분의 작업자는 중년이상의 나이이다. 따라서 머지않아 많은 업체들이 인력난으로 조업을 중단해야 할 사태도 우려하지 않을 수 없는 형편이다. 이러한 문제점들을 해결할 수 있는 용접자동화는 최근 많은 관심을 끌고 있으며 이제 세계적인 추세가 되었다. 용접자동화의 이점은 무엇보다도 일정한 수준의 품질과 생산성에서 찾아볼 수 있다. 용접자동화에서는 가공자동화와는 달리 시스템의 자율성이 특히 중요하다. 작업조건의 설정, 용접봉의 위치와 방향 등은 전적 으로 컴퓨터와 센서시스템을 장착한 로봇에 의해 결정되어야 한다. 따라서 작업자들이 용접에 이용하는 각종 지능적인 능력을 습득하고 이를 각종 제어기와 센서로 모방하여 자율적으로 제어하는 인공지능기술을 응용하는 용접을 로봇의 개발에 관한 각종 연구 가 활발히 진행되고 있다.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.81-87
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• 2007

It is important to investigate the relationship between weld process parameters and weld bead geometry for adaptive arc robot welding. However, it is difficult to predict an exact back-bead owing to gap in process of butt welding. In this paper, the quantitative prediction system to specify the relationship external weld conditions and weld bead geometry was developed to get suitable back-bead in butt welding which is widely applied on industrial field. Multiple regression analysis and artificial neural network were used as the research methods. And, the results of two prediction methods were compared and analyzed.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.199-203
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• 2001

It is well know that the interest on the on-line sensing of tool wear is groeing more and more with the aim of controlling machine tools productivity form the point of view of quality and quantity. This paper describes the sensing of the amount of flank wear with vision system. To obtain a proper image He-Ne laser generator is used as the lighting source and obtained image is processed with block processing algorithm and morphological image processing method. By means of this system it is possible to evaluate the parameters of tool wear. Experimental tests performed with this system on an NC lathe have shown good performances here described and discussed.

• Proceedings of the KWS Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.732-736
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• 2002

The introduction of newly developed intelligent and user-friendly robotics has opened a new era in shipbuilding. Together with traditional and low-cost mechanization a record level of welding automation rate has been achieved in the construction of cruise vessels. In the paper modem applications and recent developments of welding automation and robotics in shipbuilding have been described and some forecast for the future trends are given. Development in the field of shipyards will be continued with accelerated speed and we shall have interesting prospects for the near future. New laser techniques can boost the shipyards in a revolutional way when production is rapidly changing, materials will be lighter and quality demands are becoming more strict.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1996.10b
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• pp.516-519
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• 1996

Sub-assembly in ship manufacturing is a sequence of filet joint welding of stiffeners on metal panels and the process is different depending on companies. In this paper, we introduce a new intelligent robotic system of the sub-assembly process in Samsung Heavy Industry, where one shift of 22m * 9m workspace includes one to ten panels and each panel includes up to 10 stiffeners. The inherent problems such as several hundreds of different panels, unstructured task environment and the large scale do not allow a fixed automation, but needs highly intelligent versatile automation. The robotic system is composed of four 14DOF macro-mini robots and a task recognition system. Application of this system has verified the task specification such as low temperature environment(-10.deg. C) and productivity is satisfied successfully.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.15 no.10
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• pp.1021-1028
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• 2009

In this paper, a location identification for a cleaning robot using a camera shooting forward a room ceiling which kas three point landmarks is introduced. These three points are made from a laser source which is placed on an auto charger. A fisheye lens covering almost 150 degrees is utilized and the image is transformed to a camera image grabber. The widly shot image has an inevitable distortion even if wide range is coverd. This distortion is flatten using an image warping scheme. Several vision processing techniques such as an intersection extraction erosion, and curve fitting are employed. Next, three point marks are identified and their correspondence is investigated. Through this image processing and image distortion adjustment, a robot location in a wide geometrical coverage is identified.