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Area Search of Multiple UAV's based on Evolutionary Robotics (진화로봇공학 기반의 복수 무인기를 이용한 영역 탐색)

  • Oh, Soo-Hun;Suk, Jin-Young
    • Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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    • v.38 no.4
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    • pp.352-362
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    • 2010
  • The simultaneous operation of multiple UAV's makes it possible to enhance the mission accomplishment efficiency. In order to achieve this, easily scalable control algorithms are required, and swarm intelligence having such characteristics as flexibility, robustness, decentralized control, and self-organization based on behavioral model comes into the spotlight as a practical substitute. Recently, evolutionary robotics is applied to the control of UAV's to overcome the weakness of difficulties in the logical design of behavioral rules. In this paper, a neural network controller evolved by evolutionary robotics is applied to the control of multiple UAV's which have the mission of searching limited area. Several numerical demonstrations show the proposed algorithm has superior results to those of behavior based neural network controller which is designed by intuition.

Analysis of Control Conflict between UPFC Multiple Control Functions and Their Interaction Indicator

  • Wang H. F.;Jazaeri M.;Cao Y. J.
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.3 no.spc2
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    • pp.315-321
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    • 2005
  • Interactions among multiple control functions of a UPFC installed in a power system have been observed in power system simulation and been reported in authors' previous publications [1,2]. This paper presents new analytical results about these observed interactions and concludes that they are due to the control conflict between the series and shunt part of the UPFC, which are connected through the internal common capacitor inside the UPFC. Investigation in the paper reveals, for the first time as far as the authors are aware of, that the linkage pattern of UPFC series and shunt part decides whether the control functions implemented by the UPFC series and shunt part conflict each other or not. This linkage pattern of UPFC series and shunt part can be described by the flow of active power through the UPFC at steady-state operation of the power system. Hence in order to predict the possible interactions among multiple control functions of the UPFC, an interaction indicator is proposed in the paper which is the direction and amount of active power flow through the internal link of the UPFC series and shunt part at steady-state operation of the power system. This proposed interaction indicator can be calculated from power system load flow solution without having to run simulation of the power system with UPFC controllers installed. By using the indicator, the interactions among multiple control functions of the UPFC caused by badly set controller's parameters are excluded. Therefore the indicator only identifies the possible existence of inherent control conflict of the UPFC.

Design of a Robust Controller Using Genetic Algorithms and LMI Design Method (유전자 알고리즘과 LMI 설계 방법을 이용한 강인 제어기의 설계)

  • Lee, Moon-Noh;Lee, Hong-Kyu
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.17 no.7
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    • pp.619-624
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    • 2011
  • This paper presents a controller design method for a robust control problem with multiple constraints using genetic algorithms and LMI design method. A robust $H_{\infty}$ constraint with loop shaping and pole placement is used to address disturbance attenuation with error limits and desired transient specifications, in spite of the plant uncertainties and disturbances. In addition, a loop gain constraint is considered so as not to enlarge the loop gain unnecessarily. The robust $H_{\infty}$ constraint and pole placement constraint can be expressed in terms of two matrix inequalities and the loop gain constraint can be considered as an objective function so that genetic algorithms can be applied. Accordingly, a robust controller can be obtained by integrating genetic algorithms with LMI approach. The proposed controller design method is applied to a track-following system of an optical disk drive and is evaluated through simulation results.

Load Distribution Method over Multiple Controllers in SDN (SDN에서 컨트롤러 간의 부하 분배 방법)

  • Kyung, Yeunwoong;Hong, Kiwon;Park, Sungho;Park, Jinwoo
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.40 no.6
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    • pp.1114-1116
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    • 2015
  • In this paper, we propose a load distribution scheme in SDN utilizing load redirection, enabling incoming messages to be migrated to another controller. Specifically, when the capacity of a controller reaches a threshold, the controller makes incoming packets be migrated to a less-loaded controller to prevent them from being blocked. Analytical result shows that our scheme has lower blocking probability than the conventional scheme.

Design of a Robust Fine Seek Controller Using a Genetic Algorithm (유전자 알고리듬을 이용한 강인 미동 탐색 제어기의 설계)

  • Lee, Moonnoh;Jin, Kyoung Bog
    • Transactions of the Korean Society for Noise and Vibration Engineering
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    • v.25 no.5
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    • pp.361-368
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    • 2015
  • This paper deals with a robust fine seek controller design problem with multiple constraints using a genetic algorithm. A robust $H\infty$ constraint is introduced to attenuate effectively velocity disturbance caused by the eccentric rotation of the disk. A weighting function is optimally selected based on the estimation of velocity disturbance and the estimated minimum velocity loop gain. A robust velocity loop constraint is considered to minimize the variances of the velocity loop gain and bandwidth against the uncertainties of fine actuator. Finally, a robust fine seek controller is obtained by solving a genetic algorithm with an LMI condition and an appropriate objective function. The proposed controller design method is applied to the fine seek control system of a DVD recording device and is evaluated through the experimental results.

Developing Smartphone-based Control Service of Vehicle's Convenience Features using CAN (CAN을 활용한 스마트폰 기반 차량 편의장치 제어 서비스 개발)

  • Jeon, Byoung Chan;Cha, Si Ho;Cho, Sang Yeop
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.9-15
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    • 2012
  • Multiple convenience features have been getting installed in recently released cars. However, the control of them has many uncomfortable matters yet. To resolve them, it is needed to study how to use easier the convenience features and control them remotely. Currently, wide range of convergence services are being released in various industries by using smartphone and smartphones with its state-of-the-art functions also are being released. In this paper, we design and implement smartphone-based applications for controling the vehicle's convenience features to control the vehicle convenience features with smartphone. To do this, we configure CAN (Controller Area Network) communication between the vehicle's various convenience features, and establish MCU (Micro Controller Unit) to control each feature. We also connect between the MCU and smartphones to make them available for the remote control. We can control lights, turn signals, audio, windows, air conditioner, and so on with the implemented smartphone-based control service of vehicle's convenience features using CAN remotely.

Design and Implementation of Wireless Intelligent Controller for Micro-Inverter in Solar Power Systems (태양광 발전시스템에서 사용하는 마이크로인버터용 무선지능형제어기 설계 및 구현)

  • Han, Seongtaek
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.15 no.4
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    • pp.9-17
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    • 2019
  • Sun power generation systems which use large capacity centralized inverters have loss of power generation due to cloud and building shadows, pollution, cell deterioration, etc. To minimize loss of power generation, decentralized solar power systems using multiple micro-inverters are being proposed as an alternative. A distributed solar power system consisting of a system-connected system uses power line communication to collect data from the micro-inverters. Power line communication has the advantage of using power lines without separate lines for data transmission, but in distributed solar power generation systems that use a large number of micro-inverters, the bit error rate is less reliable due to the phenomenon caused by limited transmission power, high load interference and noise, variable signal attenuation, and impedance characteristics. So we proposed wireless intelligent controller for micro-inverter that is used to build distributed solar power systems. and we design and implement that. Further, the proposed wireless intelligent controller for micro-inverter was used to establish a small-volume solar power plant to check its function and operation.

Supervisory Control for Energy Management of Islanded Hybrid AC/DC Microgrid

  • Mansour, Henda Ben;Chaarabi, Lotfi;Jelassi, Khaled;Guerrero, Josep M.
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.355-363
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    • 2022
  • This paper presents the modeling for islanded hybrid AC/DC microgrid and the verification of the proposed supervisory controller for energy management for this microgrid. The supervisory controller allows the microgrid system to operate in different power flows through the proposed control algorithm, it has several roles in the management of the energy flow between the different components of the microgrid for reliable operation. The proposed microgrid has both essential objectives such as the maximum use of renewable energies resources and the reduction of multiple conversion processes in an individual AC or DC microgrids. The microgrid system considered for this study has a solar photovoltaic (PV), a wind turbine (WT), a battery (BT), and a AC/DC loads. A small islanded hybrid AC/DC microgrid has been modeled and simulated using the MATLAB-Simulink. The simulation results show that the system can maintain stable operation under the proposed supervisory controller when the microgrid is switched from one operating mode of energy flow to another.

Development of Real-Time Displacement Measurement System for Multiple Moving Objects of construction structures using Image Processing Techniques (영상처리기술을 이용한 건축 구조물의 실시간 변위측정 시스템의 개발)

  • Kim, Sung-Wook;Seo, Jin-Ho;Kim, Sang-Bong
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2003.04a
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    • pp.764-769
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    • 2003
  • The paper introduces a development result for displacement measurement system of multiple moving objects based on image processing technique. The image processing method adopts inertia moment theory for obtaining the centroid of the targets and basic processing algorithms of gray, binary, closing, labeling and etc. To get precise displacement measurement in spite of multiple moving targets, a CCD camera with zoom is used and the position of camera is changed by a pan/tilt system. The fiducial marks on the fixed positions are used as the sensing points for the image processing to recognize the position errors in directions of X -Y coordinates. The precise alignment device is pan /tilt of X - Y type and the pan/tilt is controlled by DC servomotors which are driven by 80c196kc microprocessor based controller. The centers of the fiducial marks are obtained by a inertia moment method. By applying the developed precise position control system for multiple targets, the displacement of multiple moving targets are detected automatically and are stored in the database system in a real time. By using database system and internet, displacement data can be confirmed at a great distance and analyzed. The developed system shows the effectiveness such that it realizes the precision about 0.12mm in the position control of X -Y coordinates.

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A Study on System for Synchronization of Multiple UAVs and Ground Control System (무인이동체 및 지상국 컴퓨터 간의 시간 정보 동기화를 위한 시스템 연구)

  • Lee, Won-Seok;Lee, Woon-Sang;Song, Hyoung-Kyu
    • Journal of the Semiconductor & Display Technology
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.11-16
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    • 2020
  • In this paper, system that includes multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are considered. The vehicles are equipped with a mission computer for a specific mission and equipment. The mission equipment operates based on the time of mission computer. Also, data collected by flight computer and mission computer is saved with the time of each operating system. Generally, time offset between multiple computers always exists, though the computers are connected to the Internet. When the data collected by multiple computers is combined, the time offset causes damage on reliability of the combined data. Computers that connected to the Internet are synchronized by network time protocol (NTP). This paper proposes a system that the time of multiple mission computers are synchronized by the same NTP server to minimize the time offset. In the results of the measurement, the system time offset of multiple mission computer is maintained within 10ms from the system time of the server computer.