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Automation design of spent fuel rod consolidation

  • Yun, Ji-Sup;Lee, Jae-Sol;Park, Hyun-Soo
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1987.10b
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    • pp.613-618
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    • 1987
  • Rod consolidation is a method of increasing spent nuclear fuel storage capacity by disassembling fuel assemblies thus storing the fuel rods in a tighter array. It involves some basic operations which closely resemble to the material handling of a manufacturing process. But all the operations must be controlled remotely in shielded environment from outside due to the highly radioactive nature of the workpiece. In this study the status of the rod consolidation technology in other countries has been surveyed and a feasibility study for the conceptual design of this process have been made.

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Autonomous Navigation Control of Mobile Robot using fuzzy (퍼지를 이용한 이동로봇의 자율주행제어)

  • 김은석;주기세
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 1999.05a
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    • pp.340-347
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    • 1999
  • Recently, the progress of industrialization has been taken concern of material handling automation. So far, the conveyor belt has been popular for material handling. However, this system has many disadvantages such as the space, cost, In this paper, a new navigation algorithm using fuzzy is introduced. The mobile robot follows a line installed on the roads. These informations are inputted with three approximate sensors. These obtained informations are analyzed with fuzzy technique for autonomous steering. Therefore, unlike existing systems, high reliability is guaranteed under bad environment conditions. The installation and maintenance of a line is easily made at lower cost. The use of the mobile robot can be extended to materials handing purposes in manufacturing, hospital, inter-of fire documents deliveries.

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COMPUTER AIDED SCHECULING MODEL OF MATERIALS HANDSLING IN CHEMICAL ANALYSIS FLOOR

  • Fujino, Yoshikazu;Motomatu, Hiroyoshi;Kurono, Shigeru
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1995.10a
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    • pp.31-34
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    • 1995
  • The automated chemical analysis shop floor are developed for the environmental pollution problems in our chemical analysis center. This shop floor have the several equipments include weight, pour, dry, heater, boiler, mixture, spectroscopy etc. And the material handling components are made up by the stored stack, conveyore, turntables, robot etc. Computer simulation has been an important tool for these complete design problem. We have designed the arangement of chemical equipments and material flow systems by using the simulator "AutoModII". "AutoMoII" is one of the advanced simulator, CAD-like drawing tools with a powerful, engineering oriented language to model control logic and material flow. The result is the modeling of the chemical analysis system in accurate, three dimensional detail. We could designed the set able layout and scheduling system by using the AutoMoII simulator. AutoMoII simulator.

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A Study of Virtual Environment of Safe Lifting Works for Reducing Low Back Injuries

  • Kim, Dae-Sik;Kang, Kyong-Sik
    • Journal of the Korea Safety Management & Science
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    • v.2 no.2
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    • pp.11-20
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    • 2000
  • Today, technologies and automation have been accelerated up in the industrial workplace. Nevertheless, many systems still require humans to handle materials manually. The Low Back Pain (LBP) is one of modern human being's most common and complex ailments. Many risk factors with the onset of LBP have been identified, however, lifting out of Manual Material Handling(MMH) was the most important factor to the LBP. The Virtual Reality(VR) is used in a variety of ways and often in a confusion and misleading manner. In order to solve the prevention of the LBP, a lifting box was translated in the Virtual Environment(VE). As simulating under the VE, optimal lifting works could be constructed. The purpose of this study is to reduce the chronical low back pain for the manual material handlers.

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3D Vision Implementation for Robotic Handling System of Automotive Parts (자동차 부품의 로봇 처리 시스템을 위한 3D 비전 구현)

  • Nam, Ji Hun;Yang, Won Ock;Park, Su Hyeon;Kim, Nam Guk;Song, Chul Ki;Lee, Ho Seong
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Process Engineers
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    • v.21 no.4
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    • pp.60-69
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    • 2022
  • To keep pace with Industry 4.0, it is imperative for companies to redesign their working environments by adopting robotic automation systems. Automation lines are facilitating the latest cutting-edge technologies, such as 3D vision and industrial robots, to outdo competitors by reducing costs. Considering the nature of the manufacturing industry, a time-saving workflow and smooth linkwork between processes is vital. At Dellics, without any additional new installation in the automation lines, only a few improvements to the working process could raise productivity. Three requirements are the development of gripping technology by utilizing a 3D vision system for the recognition of the material shape and location, research on lighting projectors to target long distances and high illumination, and testing of algorithms/software to improve measurement accuracy and identify products. With some of the functional requisites mentioned above, improved robotic automation systems should provide an improved working environment to maximize overall production efficiency. In this article, the ways in which such a system can become the groundwork for establishing an unmanned working infrastructure are discussed.

Development of Autonomous Loading and Unloading for Network-based Unmanned Forklift (네트워크 기반 무인지게차를 위한 팔레트 자율적재기술의 개발)

  • Park, Jee-Hun;Kim, Min-Hwan;Lee, Suk;Lee, Kyung-Chang
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.17 no.10
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    • pp.1051-1058
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    • 2011
  • Unmanned autonomous forklifts have a great potential to enhance the productivity of material handling in various applications because these forklifts can pick up and deliver loads without an operator and any fixed guide. Especially, automation of pallet loading and unloading technique is useful for enhancing performance of logistics and reducing cost for automation system. There are, however, many technical difficulties in developing such forklifts including localization, map building, sensor fusion, control, and so on. This is because the system requires numerous sensors, actuators, and controllers that need to be connected with each other, and the number of connections grows very rapidly as the number of devices grows. This paper presents a vision sensorbased autonomous loading and unloading for network-based unmanned forklift where system components are connected to a shared CAN network. Functions such as image processing and control algorithm are divided into small tasks that are distributed over a number of microcontrollers with a limited computing capacity. And the experimental results show that proposed architecture can be an appropriate choice for autonomous loading in the unmanned forklift.

A Development of 3D Simulator Program for Performance Valuation of Port Transportation Systems

  • Park, Sung-Chul;Suh, Jin-Ho;Lee, Young-Jin;Lee, Kwon-Soon
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2005.06a
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    • pp.393-396
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    • 2005
  • Due to the fast growing rate of the global container trade, every major port is under the pressure of meeting the projected capacity demand. As a result, alternative solutions have been sought for improving capacity and meeting the growing demand for container storage area and terminal capacity. Moreover, material handling process re-engineering is now a critical issue for logistics and supply chain managers of airline, shipping lines, terminal and warehousing enterprises around the world. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to develop the 3D simulator for executing performance valuation of port transportation systems. The developed 3D simulator system is to measure the effectiveness of the proposed total system and compare it with existing practices. The performance analysis variables are also defined for these comparisons

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VRML based Realtime RFID+4D Progress Management System Development (VRML기반 실시간 RFID+4D 진도관리 시스템 개발)

  • Park, Jae-Hyun;Yoon, Su-Won;Choi, Cheol-Ho;Chin, Sang-Yoon
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2010.05b
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    • pp.99-102
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    • 2010
  • Today's construction is higher and more complex. So types and amounts of needed materials for construction project are increasing and those are occurred problems in construction site such as insufficient working space, confusion of materials handling order and working circulation. Because of those problems, research of progress management system using RFID+4D has been studied, but it is impossible to manage progress and material statement in real-time. So this study analyzed problems of current research and suggested VRML based RFID+4D Progress Management System. This Study focused on system basic concept and interface is designed for system development. This research is still progressing, so it has to do more development and research. However, it could be expected construction management efficiency and automation of management tasks.

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Material Handling Automation Simulation Using Virtual AGV (가상 AGV를 이용한 물류자동화 시뮬레이션)

  • Kim, Tai-Who;Hong, Hyun-Ju;Kweon, Seok-Geon;Ro, Young-Shick
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2003.07d
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    • pp.2495-2497
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    • 2003
  • 본 논문에서는 다수의 AGV를 이용한 물류자동화 시뮬레이션에 대해 연구하였다. 각각의 AGV가 독립적으로 명령을 수행하도록 가상의 AGV를 제안하고 이미 연구된 AGV의 주행경로 표현방법, 경로망 구성방법을 이용하였다. 작업요구시 주어진 작업을 가장 빨리 수행 할 수 있는 AGV를 선정하고 최적 경로 계획을 수행하였다. 그리고 작업을 수행 중인 AGV는 경로 합류점에서의 교착상태(dead lock)와 충돌이 발생할 수 있는데 이를 방지하기 위한 통제구역을 정의하고 교통제어를 수행하였다.

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PLANT FACTORY IN THE 21st CENTURY (21세기의 식물공장)

  • Hashimoto, Y.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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    • 2000.11a
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    • pp.1-30
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    • 2000
  • The higher stage of development of plant factory is discussed, that involves technologies such as process control for the plant growth environment, mechanization for material handling, system control for production and computer applications. Further, the advantages of a plant factory include production stabilization, higher production efficiency, and better quality management of products through a shortened growing period, better conditions, lower labor requirements, and easier application of industrial concepts. Finally, to realize the ultimate plant factory using both solar and artificial light, the intelligent approach from control engineering, physiological ecology and artificial intelligence(AI) may be inevitable and introduced based on some works done by authors.

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