• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제29권4호
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• pp.381-387
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• 2012

The planetary exploration rover executes various missions after moving to the target point in an unknown environment in the shortest distance. Such missions include the researches for geological and climatic conditions as well as the existence of water or living creatures. If there is any obstacle on the way, it is detected by such sensors as ultrasonic sensor, infrared light sensor, stereo vision, and laser ranger finder. After the obtained data is transferred to the main controller of the rover, decisions can be made to either overcome or avoid the obstacle on the way based on the operating algorithm of the rover. All the planetary exploration rovers which have been developed until now receive the information of the height or width of the obstacle from such sensors before analyzing it in order to find out whether it is possible to overcome the obstacle or not. If it is decided to be better to overcome the obstacle in terms of the operating safety and the electric consumption of the rover, it is generally made to overcome it. Therefore, for the purpose of carrying out the planetary exploration task, it is necessary to design the proper suspension system of the rover which enables it to safely overcome any obstacle on the way on the surface in any unknown environment. This study focuses on the design of the new double 4-bar linkage type of suspension system applied to the Korea Aerospace Research Institute rover (a tentatively name) that is currently in the process of development by our institute in order to develop the planetary exploration rover which absolutely requires the capacity of overcoming any obstacle. Throughout this study, the negative moment which harms the capacity of the rover for overcoming an obstacle was induced through the dynamical modeling process for the rocker-bogie applied to the Mars exploration rover of the US and the improved version of rocker-bogie as well as the suggested double 4-bar linkage type of suspension system. Also, based on the height of the obstacle, a simulation was carried out for the negative moment of the suspension system before the excellence of the suspension system suggested through the comparison of responding characteristics was proved.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제11권1호
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• pp.153-167
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 이동 로봇이나 자율 캐릭터 에이전트로 미지의 환경을 탐사하는 문제를 다룬다 전통적으로 공간탐사 문제를 해결하기 위한 연구노력들은 주로 그래프기반의 공간 표현법들과 그래프 탐색법들에 초점을 맞추어 왔다. 최근 들어, 공간탐사를 위한 가장 효율적인 그래프 탐색법들 중 최대 $min(mn, d^2+m)$에지들만을 탐색하는 EXPLORE알고리즘이 발견되었다. 이때 d는 그래프의 부족도(deficiency)를 나타내고, m은 그래프 에지들의 수를, n은 그래프 노드들의 수를 나타낸다. 본 논문에서는 자율 에이전트에 의해 미지의 공간을 탐사하는 실시간 그래프 탐색 알고리즘 DFS-RTA*와 DFS-PHA*를 제안한다. 두 알고리즘들은 모두 EXPLORE 알고리즘과 같이 깊이-우선 탐색(DFS)을 기초로 하고 있으며, 직전 노드로의 빠른 후진을 위해 각각 실시간 최단 경로 탐색 방법인 RTA*와 PHA*를 적용하는 것이 특징이다. 본 논문에서는 대표적인 3차원 온라인 게임 환경인 Unreal Tournament게임과 지능형 캐릭터 에이전트인 KGBot를 이용한 실험을 통해 두 탐색 알고리즘의 완전성과 효율성을 분석해본다.