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Development of Effective Stiffness and Effective Strength for a Truss-Wall Rectangular model combined with Micro-Lattice Truss (트러스 벽면과 미세격자 트러스로 구성된 정육면체 단위모델의 강성 및 강도 개발)

  • Choi, Jeong-Ho
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.133-143
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    • 2016
  • The objective in here is to find the density, stiffness, and strength of truss-wall rectangular (TWR) model which is combined with lattice truss (MLT) inside space. The TWR unit-cell model is defined as a unit cell originated from a solid-wall rectangular (SWR) model and it has an empty space inside. Thus, the empty space inside of the TWR is filled with lattice truss model defined as TWR-MLT. The ideal solutions derived of TWR-MLT are based on TWR with MLT model and it has developed by Gibson-Ashby's theory. To validate the ideal solutions of the TWR-MLT, ABAQUS software is applied to predict the density, strength, and stiffness, and then each of them are compared with the Gibson-Ashby's ideal solution as a log-log scale. Applied material property is stainless steel 304 because of cost effectiveness and easy to get around. For the analysis, SWR and TWR-MLT models are 1mm, 2mm, and 3mm truss diameter separately within a fixed 20mm opening width. In conclusion, the relative Young's modulus and relative yield strength of the TWR-MLT unit model is reasonably matched to the ideal expectations of the Gibson-Ashby's theory. In nearby future, TWR-MLT model can be verified by advanced technologies such as 3D printing skills.t.

Study of Metal(Au) Bump for Transverse Ultrasonic Bonding (금속(Au)범프의 횡초음파 접합 조건 연구)

  • Ji, Myeong-Gu;Song, Chun-Sam;Kim, Joo-Hyun;Kim, Jong-Hyeong
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.52-58
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    • 2011
  • In this paper, the direct bonding process between FPCB and HPCB was studied. By using an ultrasonic horn which is mounted on the ultrasonic bonding machine, it is alternatively possible to bond the gold pads attached on the FPCB and HPCB at room temperature without an adhesive like ACA or NCA. The process condition for obtaining more bonding strength than 0.6 Kgf, which is commercially required, was carried out as 40 kHz of frequency, 0.6 MPa of bonding pressure and 2 second of bonding time. The peel off test was performed for evaluating bonding strength which results in more than 0.8 Kgf.

AUTOMATION AND ROBOT APPLICATION IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS AND BIO-INDUSTRIES

  • Sevila, Francis
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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    • 1996.06c
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    • pp.142-159
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    • 1996
  • Engineering of automated tools for the agro-food industries and the rural world activities have to pick up two challenges : to answer the immediate important problems related to the situation of these industries, and to imaging the tools that their professional will need next century. Creating or modifying automated tools in the next few will be made taking into account parameters either technical (environmental protection, health and safety), or social and economical (investment , employment). There will be a strong interaction with disciplines like ecology, medicine, ergonomy, psycho-sociology , etc. , The partners for such a research, tools manufactures and users, should have an early involvement in its content, in order to find rapidly the solution to the drastic problems they are meeting. On a longer term , during the next 20 years , there will be an important evolution of the rural space management and of the food processes. This will imply the emergence of new types of activities and know-how's , with lines of automated tools to be invented and developed , like : micro-system for organic localized tasks -mobile and adaptive equipments highly autonomous for natural space actions - device for perception , decision and control reproducing automatically the expert behaviors of human operators. Design of such automated tools need to overcome technological difficulties like the automation of the expert-decision process, or the management of complex design.

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A Study on T-Joint Welding by High Power Fiber Laser of SAPH Steel Plate for Automobile (자동차용 강판 SAPH의 고출력 파이버 레이저에 의한 T형상 용접특성에 관한 연구)

  • Oh, Yong-Seok;Yoo, Young-Tae;Shin, Ho-Jun
    • Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.35-44
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this paper is to describe experimental results about the T-joint welding of the high power continuous wave (CW) fiber laser for SAPH steel plate for seat frame of car. The seat rail is a part of seat frame of cars. The assembling method is mostly fix up using a bolt and nut. But this assembling method has many demerits in productivity such as increasing work process and material cost. This paper presents an experimental study about Laser T-Joint weldability of seat rail. Laser welding has many advantages in lightness and saving material costs of seat frame. The laser beam was moved along the work pieces by six axis robot with process optical fiber. The laser beam is focused with a welding head within incident angle $15{\sim}45^{\circ}$ for the purpose of the T-joint welding through two side full penetration. The range of the root gap size is less than ${\leq}0.4mm$. Optical microscopy SEM were performed to observe the micro structures and determine the structures of welded zone.

Health Monitoring of a Composite Actuator with a PZT Ceramic during Electromechanical Fatigue Loading

  • Woo, Sung-Choong;Goo, Nam-Seo
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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    • v.27 no.6
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    • pp.541-549
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    • 2007
  • This work describes an investigation into the feasibility of using an acoustic emission (AE) technique to evaluate the integrity of a composite actuator with a PZT ceramic under electromechanical cyclic loading. AE characteristics have been analyzed in terms of the behavior of the AE count rate and signal waveform in association with the performance degradation of the composite actuator during the cyclic tests. The results showed that the fatigue cracking of the composite actuator with a PZT ceramic occurred only in the PZT ceramic layer, and that the performance degradation caused by the fatigue damage varied immensely depending on the existence of a protecting composite bottom layer. We confirmed the correlations between the fatigue damage mechanisms and AE signal types for the actuators that exhibited multiple modes of fatigue damage; transgranular micro damage, intergranular fatigue cracking, and breakdown by a short circuiting were related to a burst type signal showing a shortly rising and slowly decaying waveform with a comparably low voltage, a continuous type signal showing a gradual rising and slowly decaying waveform with a very high voltage and a burst and continuous type signal with a high voltage, respectively. Results from the present work showed that the evolution of fatigue damage in the composite actuator with a PZT ceramic can be nondestructively identified via in situ AE monitoring and microscopic observations.

Soft Robots Based on Magnetic Actuator (자성 액추에이터 기반의 소프트 로봇)

  • Nor, Gyu-Lyeong;Choi, Moon Kee
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers
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    • v.34 no.6
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    • pp.401-415
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    • 2021
  • Soft robots are promising devices for applications in drug delivery, sensing, and manufacturing. Traditional hard robotics are manufactured with rigid materials and their degrees of motion are constrained by the orientation of the joints. In contrast to rigid counterpart, soft robotics, employing soft and stretchable materials that easily deforms in shape, can realize complex motions (i.e., locomotion, swimming, and grappling) with a simple structure, and easily adapt to dynamic environment. Among them, the magnetic actuators exhibit unique characteristics such as rapid and accurate motion control, biocompatibility, and facile remote controllability, which make them promising candidates for the next-generation soft robots. Especially, the magnetic actuators instantly response to the stimuli, and show no-hysteresis during the recovery process, essential for continuous motion control. Here, we present the state-of-the-art fabrication process of magnetically controllable nano-/micro-composites, magnetically aligning process of the composites, and 1-dimensional/multi-dimensional multimodal motion control for the nextgeneration soft actuators.

Denoising of Infrared Images by an Adaptive Threshold Method in the Wavelet Transformed Domain (웨이브렛 변환 영역에서 적응문턱값을 이용한 적외선영상의 잡음제거)

  • Cho, Chang-Ho;Lee, Sang-Hyo;Lee, Jong-Yong;Cho, Do-Hyeon;Lee, Sang-Chuel
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
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    • v.43 no.4
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    • pp.65-75
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    • 2006
  • This thesis deals with a wavelet-based method of denoising of infrared images contaminated with impulse noise and Gaussian noise, he method of thresholding the wavelet coefficients using derivatives and median absolute deviations of the wavelet coefficients of the detail subbands was proposed to effectively denoise infrared images with noises. Particularly, in order to eliminate the impulse noise the method of generating binary masks indicating locations of the impulse noise was selected. By this method, the threshold values dividing edges and noises were obtained more effectively proving the validity of the denoising method compared with the conventional wavelet shrinkage method.

Development and Formative Evaluation of Simulation Contents for Scientific Exploration based on NetLogo (NetLogo 기반의 과학탐구용 시뮬레이션 콘텐츠 개발 및 형성평가)

  • Woo, Jeonghoon;Jun, Youngcook
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.65-76
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    • 2014
  • This paper aims at implementing experimental devices with which middle school students can explore scientific ideas using GoGo Board and NetLogo that connect real and simulated worlds. Related research literature was reviewed to design a simulation-based learning model using computer simulation and robot-related activities. In order to construct devices for exploratory experiments, GoGo Board was adopted for developing the interface of Micro-Based Laboratory(MBL) devices with several sensors while NetLogo was used for connecting MBL devices (real world) and simulated experiments (virtual world). The simulation contents were developed in the area of heat equilibrium for changing temperature and the conduct-current relationship appeared in the textbook of middle school science class. With the developed device and contents students can visualize the change of temperature cold and hot waters in terms of heat equilibrium. They also can measure the change of conductor representing the relationship between conductor and current. The formative evaluation of the contents carried out with several middle school students indicated the future direction for upgrading simulation contents and interface. The results might be beneficial for science educators who want to apply simulation contents with the use of computers.

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Locomotive Mechanism Based on Pneumatic Actuators for the Semi-Autonomous Endoscopic System (자율주행 내시경을 위한 공압 구동방식의 이동메카니즘)

  • Kim, Byungkyu;Kim, Kyoung-Dae;Lee, Jinhee;Park, Jong-Oh;Kim, Soo-Hyun;Hong, Yeh-Sun
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.8 no.4
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    • pp.345-350
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    • 2002
  • In recent years, as changing the habit of eating, the pathology in the colon grows up annually. The colonoscopy is generalized, but if requires much time to acquire a dexterous skill to perform an operation and the procedure is painful to the patient. biomedical and robotic researchers are developing a locomotive colonoscope that can travel safe1y in colon. In this paper, we propose a new actuator and concept of semi-autonomous colonoscope. The micro robot comprises camera and LED for diagnosis, steer- ing system to pass through the loop, pneumatic actuator and bow-shaped flexible supporters to control a contact force and to pass over haustral folds in colon. For locomotion of semi-autonomous colonoscope, we suggest an actuator that is based on impact force between a cylinder and a piston. In order to validate the concept and the performance of the actuator, we carried out the simulation of moving characteristics and the preliminary experiments in rigid pipes and on the colon of pig.

Sensor-based Recognition of Human's Hand Motion for Control of a Robotic Hand (로봇 핸드 제어를 위한 센서 기반 손 동작 인식)

  • Hwang, Myun Joong
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.15 no.9
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    • pp.5440-5445
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    • 2014
  • Many studies have examined robot control using human bio signals but complicated signal processing and expensive hardware are necessary. This study proposes a method to recognize a human's hand motion using a low-cost EMG sensor and Flex sensor. The method to classify movement of the hand and finger is determined from the change in output voltage measured through MCU. The analog reference voltage is determined to be 3.3V to increase the resolution of movement identification through experiment. The robotic hand is designed to realize the identified movement. The hand has four fingers and a wrist that are controlled using pneumatic cylinders and a DC servo motor, respectively. The results show that the proposed simple method can realize human hand motion in a remote environment using the fabricated robotic hand.