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Mobile robot control by MNN using optimal EN (최적 EN를 사용한 MNN에 의한 Mobile Robot제어)

  • Choi, Woo-Kyung;Kim, Seong-Joo;Seo, Jae-Yong;Jeon, Hong-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.186-191
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    • 2003
  • Skills in tracing of the MR divide into following, approaching, avoiding and warning and so on. It is difficult to have all these skills learned as neural network. To make this up for, skills consisted of each module, and Mobile Robot was controlled by the output of module adequate for the situation. A mobile Robot was equipped multi-ultrasonic sensor and a USB Camera, which can be in place of human sense, and the measured environment information data is learned through Modular Neural Network. MNN consisted of optimal combination of activation function in the Expert Network and its structure seemed to improve learning time and errors. The Gating Network(GN) used to control output values of the MNN by switching for angle and speed of the robot. In the paper, EN of Modular Neural network was designed optimal combination. Traveling with a real MR was performed repeatedly to verity the usefulness of the MNN which was proposed in this paper. The robot was properly controlled and driven by the result value and the experimental is rewarded with good fruits.

Intelligent Hybrid Modular Architecture for Multi Agent System

  • Lee, Dong-Hun;Baek, Seung-Min;Kuc, Tae-Yong;Chung, Chae-Wook
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2004.08a
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    • pp.896-902
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    • 2004
  • The purpose of the study of multi-robot system is to realize multi-robot system easy for the control of robot system in case robot is adapted in the complicated environment of task structure. The purpose of the study of multi-robot system is to realize multi-robot system easy for the control of robot system in case robot is adapted in the complicated environment of task structure. To make real time control possible by making effective use of recognized information in this dynamic environment, suitable distribution of tasks should be made in consideration of function and role of each performing robots. In this paper, IHMA (Intelligent Hybrid Modular Architecture) of Intelligent combined control architecture which utilizes the merits of deliberative and reactive controllers will be suggested and its efficiency will be evaluated through the adaptation of control architecture to representative multi-robot system.

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Remote Control of Network-Based Modular Robot (네트웍 기반 모듈라 로봇의 원격 제어)

  • Yeom, Dong-Joo;Lee, Bo-Hee
    • Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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    • v.8 no.5
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    • pp.77-83
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    • 2018
  • A modular robot that memorizes motion can be easily created and operated because it expresses by hand. However, since there is not enough storage space in the module to store the user-created operation, it is impossible to reuse the created operation, and when the modular robot again memorizes the operation, it changes to another operation. There is no main controller capable of operating a plurality of modular robots at the same time, and thus there is a disadvantage that the user must input directly to the modular robot. To overcome these disadvantages, a remote controller has been proposed that can be operated in the surrounding smart devices by designing web server and component based software using wired and wireless network. In the proposed method, various types of structures are created by connecting to a modular robot, and the reconstructed operation is performed again after storing, and the usefulness is confirmed by regenerating the stored operation effectively. In addition, the reliability of the downloaded trajectory data is verified by analyzing the difference between the trajectory data and the actual trajectory. In the future, the trajectory stored in the remote controller will be standardized using the artificial intelligence technique, so that the operation of the modular robot will be easily implemented.

Design of the Combination and Separation Structures of a Modular Robot (모듈러 로봇의 결합 및 분리 구조 설계)

  • Ryoo, In-Hwan;Lee, Bo-Hee;Khong, Jung-Shik
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.12 no.8
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    • pp.3626-3635
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    • 2011
  • The modular robots are a kind of system that was developed to overcome the limitation of the movement for the mobile robot with wheels or legs. In legs type mobile robot case, they are limited for velocity and balance during moving at the uneven terrain. In wheeled mobile robot case, they are also limited to overcome dump, stair and so on. The modular robots can overcome moving limitation because of their transforming ability. However, they are researched not only driving mechanism but also combination mechanism. In this paper we proposed four kinds of unique structure for the combination and separation and also its algorithm. The effectiveness of the structure is verified with building the real structure and taking experiments to the designed modular robot

A Navigation Algorithm of Modular Robots with 3 DOF Docking Arm in Uneven Environments (3자유도 결합 팔을 가진 모듈형 로봇의 비평탄 지형 주행 알고리즘)

  • Na, Doo-Young;Min, Hyun-Hong;Lee, Chang-Seok;Noh, Su-Hee;Moon, Hyung-Pil;Jung, Jin-Woo;Kim, Yong-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.20 no.3
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    • pp.311-317
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    • 2010
  • In the paper, we propose an improved mobility method of modular robots by physical docking in the uneven environments. The modular robot system consists of autonomous docking device, 3 DOF robotic arm, motion controller, and main controller. Real-time location and direction of the robot are estimated using inner GPS and they are used to control direction and path of each robot for physical docking between modular robots. We design a navigation algorithm of modular robot using physical docking and cooperative navigation in the environment with broken road and low stair. The proposed method is verified by navigation experiments of three developed modular robots in the uneven environments.

The Effect of Modular Robot Programming Education on Learning Motivation of Informatics Curriculum (모듈형 로봇 프로그래밍 교육이 정보교과 학습동기에 미치는 영향)

  • Lim, Gun-Woong;Kim, Chang-Suk
    • The Journal of Korean Association of Computer Education
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    • v.22 no.1
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    • pp.79-86
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    • 2019
  • This study examines the impact of modular robot programming education on middle school informatics curriculum learning motivation. For this purpose, the experiment was conducted with a experimental group of 25 people and a control group of 25 people, and modular robot programming education and learning motivation test were used as research tools. As a result of processing the results of the learning motivation test paper with the independent sample t-test and the paired t-test, the experimental group had 9.36 points higher learning motivation than the control group and 15.44 points higher than the pre-test. In particular, it significantly affected the improvement of all the sub-components of the learning motivation, and among them, it greatly affected the enhancement of attention, relevance and satisfaction. In conclusion, it can be seen that modular robot programming education has a positive effect on improving students' motivation to learn the informatics curriculum.

A Comparative Study of Evolutionary Computation Techniques for Locomotion Control of Modular Snake-like Robots (모률라 뱀형 로봇의 이동 제어에 대한 진화연산 기법 비교)

  • Jang, Jae-Young;Hyun, Soo-Hwan;Seo, Ki-Sung
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.604-611
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    • 2009
  • Modular snake-like robots are robust for failure and have flexible locomotion for environments, but are difficult to control. Various phase and evolutionary approaches for modular robots have been studied for many years, but there are few comparisons among these methods. In this paper, Phase, GAps, GA and GP approaches are implemented and compared for flat, stairs, and slope environments. In addition, simulations of the locomotion evolution for modular snake-like robot are executed in Webots environments.