• Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.275-282
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• 2013

Applications such as vibration isolation, gravity compensation, pick-and-place machines, etc., would benefit from (long-stroke) cylindrical/tubular permanent magnet (PM) actuators with integrated passive gravity compensation to minimize the power consumption. As an example, in component placing (pick-and-place) machines on printed circuit boards, passive devices allow the powerless counteraction of translator including nozzles or tooling bits. In these applications, an increasing demand is arising for high-speed actuation with high precision and bandwidth capability mainly due to the placement head being at the foundation of the motion chain, hence, a large mass of this device will result in high force/power requirements for the driving mechanism (i.e. an H-bridge with three linear permanent magnet motors placed in an H-configuration). This paper investigates a tubular actuator topology combined with passive gravity compensation. These two functionalities are separately introduced, where the combination is verified using comprehensive three dimensional (3D) finite element analyses.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권2호
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• pp.481-488
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• 2000

This paper presents a new passive gravity -compensating system for articulated robot manipulators. The system, which consists of linear zero- free -length springs, achieves exact counterbalancing o f the gravitational loads throughout the entire range of the manipulator workspace, A basic concept is to design springs such that the total potential energy of the system including the manipulator and the springs should be maintained constant. A prototype has been developed for a direct-drive five-bar manipulator and its performances have been investigated. Results show that the gravity-induced motor torques have been reduced to less than 5% of those of uncompensated robots. Also, the gravity-compensating system simplifies the position control algorithm while maintaining the trajectory-tracking errors in a satisfactory level. In conclusion, the proposed system efficiently improves the manipulator performances by reducing the driving motor size and the energy consumption as well as by simplifying the control systems.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제36권1호
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• pp.103-108
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 수직다관절 로봇에 걸리는 중력 토크를 보상하는데 주로 사용되는 스프링 중력보상장치의 최적설계에 대하여 기술하였다. 스트레스, 좌굴, 피로 조건과 같은 스프링 설계에 대한 다수의 비선형 제약 조건을 반영하면서, 동시에 계산 시간을 줄이기 위하여, SQP(Sequential Quadratic Programming)를 적용하였다. 또한 정수해를 가져야 하는 설계 변수를 반영하기 위하여, Continuous Relaxation 방법을 사용하였다. 시뮬레이션을 통하여 설계된 중력보상 장치가 주요 작업 영역에서 추가의 무게 증가 없이 중력 보상 성능이 효과적으로 높아짐을 입증하였다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.11-18
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• 2017

Static balance of an articulated robot arm at various configurations requires a torque compensating for the gravitational torque of each joint due to the robot mass. Such compensation torque can be provided by a spring-based counterbalance mechanism. However, simple installation of a counterbalance mechanism at each pitch joint does not work because the gravitational torque at each joint is dependent on other joints. In this paper, a 6 DOF industrial robot arm based on the parallelogram for multi-DOF counterbalancing is proposed to cope with this problem. Two passive counterbalance mechanisms are applied to pitch joints, which reduces the required torque at each joint by compensating the gravitational torque. The performance of this mechanism is evaluated experimentally.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.105.2-105
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• 2002

$\textbullet$ Statically stable walk with COG(center of gravity) $\textbullet$ Dynamically stable walk with ZMP(zero moment point) $\textbullet$ Dynamically adaptational stable walk with FRI(foot ratation indicator) $\textbullet$ Simplified inverted pendulum model approach $\textbullet$ Analysis posture of biped's foot as passive joint $\textbullet$ Stability compensation method of FRI against falling down $\textbullet$ Simulation of ZMP and FRI to real biped robot IWR-III

• The Korean Journal of Physiology
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.13-21
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• 1973

An attempt was made to study circulatory and respiratory responses to the passive tilt. Anesthetized dogs were tilted from horizontal to upright $(+90^{\circ})$ and head down $(-90^{\circ})$ position. The arterial blood pressure was decreased in the upright position and was decreased slightly in the head down position comparing to that in the horizontal position. Cardiac index also decreased in the both upright and head down positions. The total systemic vascular resistance was slightly increased in the upright position and was markedly increased in the head down position. The mean pulmonary arterial pressure was significantly decreased in the both upright and head down positions. The total pulmonary vascular resistance was decreased in the both upright and head down positions. Oxygen consumption was slightly decreased in the upright position, whereas it was slightly increased in the head down position. The A-V $O_2$ difference (vol. %) was slightly increased in the upright position and increased in the head down position. From the above results, process of the circulatory compensation to the gravity in the Passive tilting test was discussed. Neuronal cardiovascular regulation to the gravity and tile adaptation of capacitance vessles to hydrostatic stress and oxygen consumption concerning anoxic endurance of the brain were also discussed.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.469-475
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• 2017

최근 산업현장에서 작업자들의 장시간 작업으로 인한 사고 및 부상의 위험을 방지하기 위하여 작업자들의 근력을 보조할 수 있는 외골격 근력보조 장치에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그러나 기존의 외골격 장치들은 작업자의 근력을 보조하기 위하여 모터의 동력을 사용하므로, 고가일 뿐만 아니라 오작동의 위험이 있어서 산업현장에서 매우 제한적으로 사용되었다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해서, 본 연구에서는 센서 및 모터 없이 순수 기계요소들만으로 구성된 근력보조 외골격 장치를 설계 및 제작하였다. 본 외골격 장치는 사람의 손목 관절을 제외한 어깨, 팔꿈치 관절의 동작이 추종 가능하며, 팔의 자중에 의한 중력토크를 상쇄 가능한 중력보상장치를 탑재하여 작업자의 팔에 대한 근력보조를 수행한다. 개발된 외골격 장치의 성능을 검증하기 위하여 EMG 센서를 이용한 근전도 비교 실험을 수행하였고, 실험 결과를 바탕으로 외골격 장치의 근력보조 성능을 확인하였다.