• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제26권10호
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• pp.56-64
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• 2009

This paper presents a parallel typed walking robot which can walk in omni-direction and climb from a floor to a wall. We design a six D.O.F leg mechanism composed of three legs, which form a parallel mechanism with a base and a ground to generate arbitrary poses. Optimal design is conducted to maximize the walking space and the dexterity, which are normalized by the stroke of leg. Kinematic parameters are found to maximize the weighted optimal objectives. We design a triple parallel mechanism robot by inserting Stewart platform between the upper leg mechanism and the lower leg mechanism and examine the gaits when the robot walks on the ground and climbs from a floor to a wall. The analysis of walking space and dexterity for each gait shows that the triple parallel walking robot has a large walking space with a large stability region. We explore the possibility that the robot can climb from a floor to a wall. Investigating the gaits for the six steps proves that the robot can lift the foot up to the wall by combining the orientational walking space generated by three parallel mechanisms.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제32권4호
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• pp.310-318
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• 2008

This paper presents a parallel typed walking robot to improve walking space and stability region. The robot is designed by inserting an intermediate mechanism between upper leg mechanism and lower leg mechanism. The leg mechanism is composed of three legs and base, which form a parallel mechanism with ground. Seven different types of walking robot are invented by combining the leg mechanisms and an intermediate mechanism. Topology is applied to design the leg mechanism. A motor vector is adopted to determine Jacobian and a wrench vector is used to analyze dynamics of the robot. We explore the stability region of the robot from the reaction force of legs and compute ZMP including the holding force to contact the foot to a wall. This investigates a walking stability when the robot walks on the ground as well as on the wall. We examine the walking space generated by support legs and by swing legs. The robot has both a large positional walking space and a large orientational walking space so that it can climb from a floor up to a wall.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2001

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2004년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.708-713
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• 2004

This research develops a sensorless hydraulic servo system of Parallel-Typed robot for harbour construction. Purpose of the robot is to mechanize the construction, which is accomplished through a joystick's operating by a stoneworker (or diver). The robot is attached on the end of an excavator as its attachment or transported by a crane to reach the desired place. The embedded compact controller is installed on the robot body and controlled by wireless telecommunication. For underwater work, it is necessary to waterproof the robot and its sensors. Especially, a sensor waterproof is a main drawback for the underwater robot. This leads us to develop a hydraulic robot position controller using an observer which gives the position information without any position sensor. We design a neural network to identify the displacement change according to the command voltage to servo valve. To verify the sensorless controller, this paper presents the performance of the sensorless control for which the position is given by the observer comparing with that of the sensor control for which the position is measured by LVDT sensors.

• 대한기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한기계학회 2003년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.1781-1786
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• 2003

This research develops a robot as the device which constructs underwater harbour. This construction is to build a breakwater, which is dangerous and difficult. The hydraulic parallel mechanism-typed robot is developed to mechanize the construction by operating of a stoneworker (or diver) through a joystick. The six-dof robot is able to carry 2-3 tons' heavy stone and put it on the surface of breakwater. This paper presents the mechanical design of a miniature robot, its control and application for the breakwater construction.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.323-330
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• 2009

병렬기구를 이용하여 항만공사를 위한 수중로봇을 개발하였다. 수중으로 큰 피복석을 옮기기 위해 수중로봇은 크레인에 의해 권양된다. 수중로봇의 요오와 피치운동은 유압 실린더에 의해 제어되지만 롤 운동은 제어되지 않는다. 롤 운동을 위해 로봇 양쪽에 프로펠러가 장착되어 제어된다. 본 논문은 수중로봇의 롤 운동제어에 관한 것이다. 롤 운동 각도를 측정하기 위해 자이로 센서가 사용되었다. 로봇의 롤 운동을 2차 비선형 시스템으로 나타내고 반복 리스트 스퀘어 방법과 적응인식 방법으로 동적 모델을 찾았다. 동적 모델로 외란을 보상하기 위한 제어입력을 계산하고 PD 제어, 반복 리스트 스퀘어 모델 베이스 제어, 적응 모델 베이스 제어를 롤 운동제어에 적용했다. 수중로봇의 시스템을 설명하고 제안한 제어기의 시뮬레이션과 실험결과를 보인다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.81.1-81
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• 2002

$\textbullet$ This paper presents a study on the development of a walking robot for an armor-stone work of the breakwater construction. The armor-stone work is putting stones about 0.3 ∼ 2m3 on the surface of the breakwater to prevent it from waving. $\textbullet$ This work has been done manually, and its process plan is uncertain by effects of the weather, wave and tide of sea. Therefore the constructional cost is considered to be wasteful $\textbullet$ Working in underwater as well as on land for human workers causes the accident and caisson disease, so it is necessary to replace the process to be mechanized. $\textbullet$ The basic requirements of the robot for mechanizing are as follows : 1) To have a large...

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제35권3호
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• pp.299-308
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• 2011

본 논문은 항만공사용 로봇의 실린더 길이 측정을 위한 압력 옵서버 개발이다. 로봇의 유압 실린더 제어를 위해 변위 센서가 필요하며 일반적으로 LVDT, 리니어 스케일 등이 사용된다. 이러한 센서는 실린더 외부몸통에 장착되므로 건설현장과 같은 열악한 환경에서 사용할 경우 내구성이 좋지 못하다. 본 논문에서는 압력센서를 이용하여 간접적으로 실린더 길이를 측정한다. 압력센서는 유압 밸브박스 내부에 장착되어 외부충격으로부터 보호되며 방수가 용이하다. 오일을 압축성 매개체로 간주하여 실린더의 위치와 속도 함수인 동적압력 방정식을 유도하고 RLS를 이용하여 실린더가 전진, 후진 리미트에 도달할 때마다 파라미터를 갱신한다.