• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1006-1013
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose an optimal posture control law for an unmanned bicycle by deriving linear bicycle model from fully nonlinear differential equations. We calculate each equilibrium point of a bicycle under any given turning radius and angular speed of rear wheel. There is only one equilibrium point when a bicycle goes straight, while there are a lot of equilibrium points in case of turning. We present an optimal equilibrium point which makes the leaning input minimum when a bicycle is turning. As human riders give rolling torque by moving center of gravity of a body, many previous studies use a movable mass to move center of gravity like humans do. Instead we propose a propeller as a new leaning input which generates rolling torque. The propeller thrust input makes bicycle model simpler and removes input magnitude constraint unlike a movable mass. The proposed controller can hold optimal equilibrium points using both steering input and leaning input. The simulation results on linear control for circular motion are demonstrated to show the validity of the proposed approach.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.285-295
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• 2018

Purpose: The aim of this study is to develop a three-wheel riding cultivator for improving the performance of the current four-wheel riding cultivators in the market. Methods: A prototype three-wheel riding cultivator with the rated power of 15.5-kW, a primary hydrostatic and a two-speed selective gear transmission shifts, front/rear three-wheel drive, a hydraulic wheel tread adjustment, and the mid-section attachment of the major implements was designed and constructed. Its specifications and basic performance are investigated. Results: The maximum speeds of the prototype at the low and high stages were measured to be approximately 7.31, and 11.29 km/h in forward travel, respectively, and approximately 3.60, and 6.37 km/h in rearward travel, respectively. The minimum ground clearance is shown to be 670 mm. The rotating speeds of the power takeoff (PTO) shaft at the low and high stages are shown to be approximately 795 and 1,140 rpm, respectively. The tread of the rear wheels, the minimum radius of turning, and the maximum lifting height of the parallel link device are measured to be within 1,320-1,720 mm, 2.80 m, and 390 mm, respectively. Approximately 25.3% and 74.7% of the total weight of the prototype are distributed in the front and rear wheels on flat ground, respectively. When the tread of rear wheels increased from 1,320 to 1,720 mm, the left and right static lateral overturning angles increased from $33.4^{\circ}$ to $39.1^{\circ}$ and from $29.0^{\circ}$ to $36.1^{\circ}$, respectively. Conclusions: The prototype three-wheel riding cultivator showed a wide range of travel and PTO speeds, high minimum ground clearance, small minimum radius of turning, and easy control of the rear wheel tread. Further, the easy observation of cultivating operations by mid-mounting the implements can improve quality of work. Therefore, the prototype is expected to contribute to the riding mechanization of cultivating operations for various upland crops in Korea.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제20권10호
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• pp.415-424
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• 2019

최근 고령인구의 증가로 인해 실내 외에서 고령자들이 편리하게 생활할 수 있는 다양한 재활복지기기에 대한 관심이 증가하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 거동이 불편한 노인 또는 장애인들 스스로가 좁은 실내에서 안전하고 편리하게 이동과 이승이 가능하도록 최소 회전반경과 문턱 극복을 포함하여 설계 제작하였다. 좌식문화가 발전한 실내 환경에서 골절질환, 노인질환 및 기타 무릎, 허리질환을 가진 사용자의 이승 편의성을 제공하고자 하였다. 먼저 실내에서 이 승강이 가능하도록 프레임에 기본적으로 링크, 시트, 암레스트, 커버, 모터, 감속기, 배터리, 충전기, 센서, 컨트롤러 기구물 등을 부착하였다. 사용자의 환경과 신체적 특징을 고려하여 제품 디자인과 구조물을 설계하였으며, 고령자 또는 장애인이 실내에서 일상생활을 지원할 수 있도록 IoT 기능을 추가하였다. 제작된 실내 이 승강 휠체어의 동작성능을 확인하기 위해 구동실험을 수행하였다. 연속 주행시간, 회전반경, 액추에이터 최대부하, 최대 승강 높이, 음압레벨, 운행 보조센서 센싱 최소거리, 서버 및 앱 프로그램 상호 연동과 기기호환성, 듀티 사이클 오차율 시험성능 테스트를 수행하였다. 시험결과, 제작된 휠체어는 각 항목의 성능시험 목표 값을 달성하였으며, 성공적으로 작동하는 것으로 나타났다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.365-370
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• 2012

Most path planning algorithms for a marine robot in the ocean environment have been developed without considering the robot's heading angle. As a result, the robot has a difficulty in following the path correctly. In this paper, we propose a limit-cycle circle set that applies to the $Theta^*$ algorithm. The minimum turning radius of a marine robot is calculated using a limit-cycle circle set, and circles of this radius is used to generate a configuration space of an occupancy grid map. After applying $Theta^*$ to this configuration space, the limit-cycle circle set is also applied to the start and end nodes to find the appropriate path with specified heading angles. The benefit of this algorithm is its fast computation time compared to other 3-D ($x,y,{\theta}$) path planning algorithms, along with the fact that it can be applied to the 3-D kinematic state of the robot. We simulate the proposed algorithm and compare it with 3-D $A^*$ and 3-D $A^*$ with post smoothing algorithms.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제24권1호
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• pp.98-102
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• 2015

This paper proposes an autonomous navigation method for a nonholonomic mobile robot, based on the generalized Voronoi diagram (GVD). We define the look-ahead point for a given motion constraint to determine the direction of motion, which solves the problem of a minimum turning radius for the real nonholonomic mobile robot. This method can be used to direct the robot to explore an unknown environment and construct smooth feedback curves for the nonholonomic robot. As the trajectories can be smoothed, the position of the robot can be stabilized in the plane. The simulation results are presented to verify the performance of the proposed methods for the nonholonomic mobile robot. Furthermore, this approach is worth drawing on the experience of any other mobile robots.

• 한국철도학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국철도학회 2011년도 정기총회 및 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.51-56
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• 2011

The train travels on the track and, thus, the rear wheels precisely follow the paths of the front wheels. On the contrary, in the vehicles running on the road like automobiles, buses and trucks, the front wheels try to drag the rear ones toward them and across the inside of the curve. Off-tracking is defined as the radial offset between the path of the centerline of the front axle and the path of the centerline of the following axle. In the case of the bimodal tram with AWS(all wheel steering), the off-tracking decrease but the rear swing-out values increase because of the rear steering at the reverse phase angle. Thus, in order to determine the swept path width, maximum road width at the minimum turning radius, off-tracking and swing-out should be considered for the bimodal tram. In this paper, trajectory simulations were carried out for the various condition such as front steering, front and rear steering and suppression of swing-out to optimize the swept path width.

• 한국농공학회지
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• 제12권3호
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• pp.2019-2028
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• 1970

1. 트랙터에 의(依)한 효율적(效率的) 경기방법(耕起方法)을 실험(實驗) 고찰(考察)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 가. 포장내측경기(圃場內側耕起)에 있어서 선회소요시간(旋回所要時間)을 최소(最少)하는 효율적(效率的) 선회법(旋回法)은 선회간격(旋回間隔)이 zr(r=최소선회반경(最少旋回半徑))보다 작을때는 Q 자형(字型), 클때는 U 자형(字型)이다. 나. 포장내측경기(圃場內側耕起)의 단위선회구(單位旋回區) 건(巾) w는 2.5r 시(時) 가장 효율적(效率的)이다. 다. 포장주변부(圃場周邊部) 경기(耕起)에 있어서는 W>-0.0345L + 35.84 시(時)는 혼합경법(混合耕法)이 능률적(能率的)이고 W<-0.0345 + 35.84 시(時)는 반접속경법(半接續耕法)이 능률적(能率的)이다. 라. 포장주변부(圃場周邊部)의 건(巾)l는 내측경기시(內側 耕起時)와 주변경기시(周邊耕起時)에 있어서 모두 적을수록 효과적임으로 최소치(最少値)인 2r가 가장 적합(適合)하다. 2. 트랙터에 의(依)한 단위포장(單位圃場)과 경기능률(耕起能率)과의 관계(關係)를 고찰(考察)하여 다음과 같은 결과(結果)를 얻었다. 가. 종횡비(縱橫比)$\frac{L}{W}$ 및 면적(面積) A가 크면 일반적(一般的)으로 경기능률(耕起能率)은 증가(增加)한다. 나. 경기능률(耕起能率)의 증가율(增加率)은 종횡비(縱橫比) 및 면적(面積)이 크면 클수록 증가율(增加率)이 점차적으로 감소(減少)한다. 다. $\frac{L}{W}-T$ 곡선(曲線)에서 $\frac{L}{W}$에 대(對)한 T의 변화(變化)가 큰 범위(範圍)는 대략(大略) 20a에서 6, 30a에서 5, 50a에서 4, 80a에서 3, 100a에서 2.5 이내(以內)이다. 라. T-A 곡선(曲線)의 변화율(變化率)은 $\frac{L}{W}$의 영향(影響)을 받으나 대략(大略) $T=A^{-\frac{2}{3}}$ 곡선(曲線)의 변화율(變化率)과 같다. 마. 종횡비(縱橫比)가 3이상(以上)일때는 면적(面積)의 크기에 상관(相關)없이 경기능률(耕起能率)에 미치는 10a 면적증가(面積增加)의 효과는 약(約) 5 정도(程度)의 종횡비(縱橫比) 증가효과와 같다. 바. 종횡비(縱橫比)가 $2{\sim}3$일때는 면적(面積)의 크기에 상관(相關)없이 경기능률(耕起能率)에 미치는 10a 면적증가(面積增加)의 효과는 약(約) $4{\sim}2$ 정도(程度)의 종횡비(縱橫比) 증가효과와 같으면 이는 종횡비(縱橫比)가 적을수록, 면적(面積)이 클수록 차차(次次) 감소(減少)한다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.134-145
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• 1996

Since the skid-steer loader is able to work for excavating, lifting and transporting load even at the narrow space, they are widely used in the regular farm and the livestock farm. The skid-steer loader normally adopts the hydrostatic transmission because the power to move the machine backward and forward should be delivered independently on both sides of wheels. Contrast to the mechanical system such as chain and belt transmissions, however, the hydrostatic transmission is less efficient in the use of energy and more difficult in the maintenance. This study was intended to investigate the feasibility of using triangular-type belt clutch and V-belt transmission for the newly developed skid-steer loader in order to overcome the problems stated in the hydrostatic transmission. In the developed triangular-type belt clutch, the centers of driving, driven and idler sheaves are arranged in the triangular shape in a plane, and V-belts were loaded loosely on three sheaves. The power is transmitted by pressing the idler connected to a lever on the loosened V-belt. Contrast to the normal belt clutch using two sheaves, the newly developed belt clutch has the characteristics of small contact-angle of the driving sheave at no bucket load and increasing contact-angle at the time of power transmission. The results of research can be summarized as follows: 1) The developed triangular-type belt clutch adopted a spring-loaded slackside idler which could transmit more power than a fixed idler could by sacrificing the belt life. The life of V-belt used in the power transmission reached at 500 hours(6 months) when the engine power of 11.8 ㎾ was transmitted. Also, it was feasible to develop the large industrial skid-loader with the V-belt transmission by using the proper set of sheaves. 2) The developed skid-steer loader changed the rotating radius and speed with bucket loads as the conventional skid steer loader did. The rotating speed was 47 deg/s at the maximum bucket load of 2.74 kN when the minimum rotating radius was 1.5m. 3) The power required in turning at the bucket load of 2.74 kN was 4 ㎾ and the slippage of V-belt was less than 1%.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제21권11호
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• pp.851-860
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• 2020

인구 고령화와 건강 복지에 대한 사회적 관심이 높아지면서 재활복지기를 포함한 실버 및 헬스케어 산업과 관련한 연구들이 활발하게 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 기존에 1차적으로 설계·제작되었던 이·승강 전동휠체어를 사용자 측면에서 보다 더 안전성과 편의성을 갖도록 개선하고자 하였다. 사용자 체형을 고려한 헤드레스트 높이조절 기능의 시트 디자인, 사용성 증대를 위한 암레스트의 길이조절 및 95° 회전 기능, 사용자 탑승 편의성을 위한 바닥까지의 시트하강 및 운행 시 승강할 수 있는 기능, 캐스터 회전반경 및 안전성 증대를 위한 발판 추가 및 풋레스트 길이 조절 기능, 승·하강 시 흔들림 방지를 위한 프레임 및 승·하강 링크 설계 등을 개선시켰다. 또한 안전주행을 위한 컨트롤러 및 드라이브 부문과 사용자 편의성 측면의 기능들을 추가적으로 설계·제작하였다. 추가 기능을 보완하여 제작된 실내 전동휠체어의 동작 상태를 평가하기 위해 구동 실험을 수행하였다. 연속 주행시간, 회전반경, 승·하강 최대 하중, 최대 승강 높이, 소음레벨, 운행 보조센서 센싱 최소거리, 서버 및 앱 프로그램 상호연동 및 기기호환성, 듀티 사이클 최대 오차율의 성능실험을 수행하였다. 실험 결과, 더 개선하여 설계·제작한 전동휠체어는 시험 목표 값을 달성하였으며, 성공적으로 동작하는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 향후 연구로는 개선하여 제작된 이·승강 전동휠체어에 대해 사용자 측면에서의 사용성 평가를 수행할 것이다.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제43권4호
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• pp.311-319
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• 2018

Purpose: The aim of this study is to develop a small combine for harvesting miscellaneous cereal crops. Methods: A prototype small combine was designed and constructed. Its specifications and basic performance were investigated. Results: The prototype small combine for harvesting miscellaneous cereal crops was designed and constructed to reflect similar specifications as those of the conventional combine. The prototype small combine comprises a diesel engine with the rated power/speed of 22.0 kW/2,600 rpm, three-stage primary and two-stage speed range transmission shifts, and a double acting threshing part. The maximum travel speeds of the prototype combine are approximately 0.72 m/s, 2.50 m/s, 0.30 m/s at the low, high speed range shifts in the forward direction, and while traversing in the reverse direction, respectively. The minimum radius of turning was approximately 1.50 m. In a static lateral overturning test, the prototype combine overturned neither to the right nor to left on a $30^{\circ}$ slope. The results of an oilseed rape harvesting test included the maximum operating speed of 0.32 m/s, the grain loss ratio of approximately 9.0%, and the effective field capacity of approximately 10.3 a/h. Additionally, among the outputs in grain outlet, the whole grains, damage grains, and materials other than grain (MOG) ratios accounted for 97.4%, 0.0%, and 2.6%, respectively. Conclusions: The prototype small combine for harvesting miscellaneous cereal crops indicates good driving ability and stability. The results of the oilseed rape harvesting test reveal that the harvesting performance must be enhanced such that the separating and cleaning parts are more suitable for each type of crop, thus reducing grain loss and foreign substances among the outputs in grain outlet. An improved small prototype combine could be used effectively to mechanize the harvesting of miscellaneous cereal crops in small family farms or semi-mountainous areas.