• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.245-250
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• 2019

Milli-scale crawling robots have been widely studied due to their maneuverability in confined spaces. For successful crawling, the crawling robots basically required to fulfill alternating gait with elliptical foot trajectory. The alternating gait with elliptical foot trajectory normally generates both forward and upward motion. The upward motion makes the aerial phase and during the aerial phase, the forward motion enables the crawling robots to proceed. This simultaneous forward and upward motion finally results in fast crawling speed. In this paper, we propose a novel alternating mechanism to make a crab-inspired eight-legged crawling robot. The key design strategy is an alternating mechanism based on double four-bar linkages. Crab-like robots normally employs gear-chain drive to make the opposite phase between neighboring legs. To use the gear-chain drive to this milli-scale robot system, however, is not easy because of heavy weight and mechanism complexity. To solve the issue, the double-four bar linkages has been invented to generate the oaring motion for transmitting the equal motion in the opposite phase. Thanks to the proposed mechanism, the robot crawls just like the real crab with the crawling speed of 0.57 m/s.

• 사물인터넷융복합논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.59-65
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• 2020

일상에서 이용하는 모든 물건들이 네트워크 접속 기능을 갖추고, 이들이 긴밀하게 연동하면서 생활 및 업무의 편의성을 높이는 IoT(사물인터넷) 시대가 활짝 열렸다. 로봇도 IoT 환경에 맞춰 발전해야 하는 상황이다. 논문에서는 IoT 환경을 위한 다리가 있는 로봇 궤적을 생성하기 위해 새로운 형태의 EFM (진화 퍼지 머신)을 사용하는 방법에 대하여 다룬다. 퍼지 시스템은 비선형 시스템을 묘사하는 데 널리 사용되고 있다. 퍼지 시스템에서 퍼지 모델의 전반부 및 후반부 구조를 결정하는 것은 매우 중요한 문제이다. EFM은 다리가 달린 로봇을 위해 퍼지 시스템의 전반부 및 후반부 구조를 진화시켜 효율적으로 구조를 개선한다. 퍼지 시스템에서 각 구조의 로봇 궤적 매개 변수를 생성하고 EFM에 의해 자동으로 조정된다. 제안된 접근 방식은 다리가 있는 로봇에 적용하여 성능을 살펴본다.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.159-164
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• 2011

본 연구에서는 4절 링크 이론(four-bar linkage mechanism)과 얀센 메커니즘(Jansen mechanism)을 기반으로 다관절 보행 로봇(multi-legged walking robot)인 게(crab) 로봇을 제작하고, 게 로봇의 움직임에 대하여 기구학적인 해석을 제시한다. 제작된 게 로봇은 영상 획득을 위하여 카메라를 장착하였고, 장애물 회피를 위하여 3조의 초음파 센서를 가지고 있다. 또한 RF통신으로 외부에 영상 정보를 전달하며, Blue-tooth 통신 모듈을 장착하여 외부로부터 부여된 임무를 수행할 수 있다. 게 로봇의 설계와 제작을 하기 위해서 필요로 하는, 로봇 다리의 움직임을 알기 위해서는 관절 변수와 다리 끝단의 위치 및 자세와의 관계를 얻어야 한다. 따라서, 제안된 기구학적 해석은 로봇의 설계와 제작에 있어서 많은 도움을 주며 중요한 과정이다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2013

Small mobile robots which use round wheels are suitable for driving on a flat surface, but it cannot climb the obstacle whose height is greater than the radius of wheels. As an alternative, legged-wheels have been proposed by many researchers due to its better climbing performance. However, driving and climbing performances have a trade-off relationship so that their driving performance should be sacrificed. In this study, in order to achieve both driving and climbing performances, a new transformable wheel was developed. The developed transformable wheel can have a round shape on a flat surface and change its shape into legged-wheel when it makes a contact with an obstacle. For design of the transformable wheel, the performance of legged-wheel was analyzed with respect to the number and curvature of the leg, and then the new transformable wheel was designed based on the analysis. Contrary to the existing transformable wheels that contain additional actuators for the transformation, the developed transformable wheel can be unfolded without any additional actuator. In this study, in order to validate the transformable wheel, a simple robot platform was fabricated. Consequently, it climbed the obstacle whose height is 2.6 times greater than the wheel radius.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.2654-2659
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• 2003

In this paper, we present biomimetic hopping strategy which is more human-like for legged robot through stiffness modulation. Stiffness value is calculated from the motion of body center of gravity. This method enable to reduce impact force on touch-down, adaption on ground stiffness change and height modulation. Simple selected models will be used to validate this method. For general model, singular perturbation is used for control and simulation using stiffness modulation is presented.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2003년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1603-1608
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• 2003

Multiple robotics systems with several sub-chains have a characteristic that grasp a common object with internal loading not to loose the grip. The investigation for the internal loading of a triple manipulator has been few as compared to a dual manipulator. In this paper, type of the internal loading for a triple manipulator system is investigated through analysis of the null space of the system. Several types of the internal loading are shown for general planar and spatial type triple robots, which rigidly grasp the common object. The general scheme is applied to analysis of the internal loading for the three-fingered and three-legged robots having a point contact with the grasped object.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.521-528
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• 2009

In these days, biomimetic apprioach in the design and control of robotic system has drawn much attention. The human-being and mammals possess their own feet. Using the mobility of their feet, they are able to walk in various environments such as plain land, desert, swamp, and so on. Previously developed biped robots and four-legged robots did not employ such adaptable foot. In this work, a biomimetic foot mechanism is investigated through analysis of the foot structure of the human-being. This foot mechanism consists of a toe, an ankle, a heel, and some springs replacing the foot muscles and tendons. Using five toes and springs, this foot can adapt to various environments. A mathematical modeling for this foot mechanism was performed and its characteristics were observed through numerical simulation.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2022

Mobile robot intelligence refers to planning the path of robots to move indoors and outdoors and establishing a physical action plan that can be driven safely and smoothly according to the surrounding environments' structures. This report introduces technical issues in mobile robot intelligence. Furthermore, we describe the latest mobile intelligence technology of four-legged walking, logistics, and agricultural robots. Finally, we discuss mobile robot intelligence research prospects and its potential for solving real-world problems.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.540-547
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• 2009

In the near future, military robots are likely to be substituted for military personnel in the field of battle. The power system of a legged robot is considerably more complex than the one used for a land vehicle because of the coordination and stability issues due to the large number of degree of freedom. In this paper, a servovalve-piston combination system for a straight-line motion of robot leg is modeled as three degree of freedom based on double inputs and single output transfer function. The output is the displacement of piston from neutral. The inputs are valve displacement from neutral and arbitrary load force in this system. LQR(Linear Quadratic Regulator) technique is applied in order to achieve robust stability and fast responses of the system. The Kalman filter loop, rejection of disturbance and noise, riccati equation, filter gain matrix, and frequency domain equality are analyzed and designed.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 1995년도 하계학술대회 논문집 B
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• pp.874-876
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• 1995

Force and compliance control has been used in the control of legged walking vehicles to achieve superior terrain adaptability on rough terrains. The compliance control requires distribution of the vehicle load over the supporting legs. However, the constraint equations for ground reaction forces of supporting legs are generally underdetermined, allowing an infinite number of solutions. Thus, it is possible to apply an optimization criteria in solving the force setpoint problem. It has been observed that the previous force setpoint optimization methods sometimes cause a system stability problem and/or the load distribution among supporting legs is not well balanced due to a memory effect on the solution trajectory, This paper presents an iterative force setpoint method to solve this problem using an interpolation technique. By simulation it was shown that an excessive load unbalance among supporting legs and the memory effect in the force trajectory are alleviated much with the proposed method.