• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.10 no.6
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• pp.529-536
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• 2004

Autonomous navigation of an indoor mobile robot using the global ultrasonic system is presented in this paper. Since the trajectory error of the dead-reckoning navigation grows with time and distance, the autonomous navigation of a mobile robot requires to localize the current position of the robot, so that to compensate the trajectory error. The global ultrasonic system consisting of four ultrasonic generators fixed at a priori known positions in the work space and two receivers on the mobile robot has the similar structure with the well-known satellite GPS(Global Positioning System), and it is useful for the self-localization of an indoor mobile robot. The EKF(Extended Kalman Filter) algorithm for the self-localization is proposed and the autonomous navigation based on the self-localization is verified by experiments.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.13 no.7
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• pp.683-687
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• 2007

In last decades, several linearization methods for the AOA measurements have been proposed, for example, Gauss-Newton method and Closed-Form solution. Gauss-Newton method can achieve high accuracy, but the convergence of the iterative process is not always ensured if the initial guess is not accurate enough. Closed-Form solution provides a non-iterative solution and it is less computational. It does not suffer from convergence problem, but estimation error is somewhat larger. This paper proposes a Self-Tuning Weighted Least Square AOA algorithm that is a modified version of the conventional Closed-Form solution. In order to estimate the error covariance matrix as a weight, a two-step estimation technique is used. Simulation results show that the proposed method has smaller positioning error compared to the existing methods.

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.108-118
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• 1996

This paper presents automatic reentry of a deepsea reser by adaptive control. Reentry is one of the major pro blems regarding a deepsea riser. In the reentry operation, the lower end of riser must be accurately positioned over the tarket point on the seabed. But the deepsea riser shows complex elastic response due to flexibility and nonlinearity of the riser dynamics and the required positioning accuracy is high. Moreover, elastic deformation must by controlled for securing structural integrity. In adaptive control, uncertainly known parameters like added mass and drag coefficient in the riser dynamics are identified and control forces at the floating body and the riser are calculated simultaneously. An Adaptive algorithm for MIMO linear discrete time system without requiring a persistent excitation is adopted in this study. The effectiveness of adaptive control logic is tested by numerical simulation and model experiment. The designed control system shows good overall performances, so that the present study can be applied to the control of the deepsea riser.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.4 no.6
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• pp.753-758
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• 1998

본 논문은 카메라 파라메터의 측정오차에 대하여 강인성을 보이는 새로운 로봇의 스테레오 시각 위치제어 알고리즘을 제시한다. 제시된 알고리즘은 카메라로부터 측정된 영상 데이터만을 이용함으로써, 특히 파라메터 측정오차에 대하여 매우 민감함을 보이는 영상 데이터로부터 작업 공간에서의 위치로의 변환, 즉 역변환 추정장치의 필요성을 제거하였다. 이러한 특징이 기존 개발된 시각 제어기와의 큰 차이를 두고 있다. 그럼에도 불구하고 제시된 제어기는 전 작업 영역 내에서 시스템 안정성을 갖는다. 또한 카메라의 위치 측정 오차에 대하여 전혀 영향을 받지 않음이 증명되어지고 방향 폭정 오류에 대해서도 기존 제어기보다 강인함을 시뮬레이션을 통하여 보여진다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 1987.10b
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• pp.264-268
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• 1987

This paper is concerned on kinematic analysis and simulation of an automatic feeding mechanism subjected by the motion of a curvilinear inverse can. The curvilinear cam is rotated by positioning a translating roller and the automatic feeding mechanism is moved to the sliding position by the motion of a campin fixed on the curvilinear cam. The curvilinear cam consists of two arcs of circles and two straight lines. The modular approach is used for the kinematic analysis of the feeding mechanism. As the first part of the paper for the motion simulation of the cam-feeding system, this paper discusses the algorithm to simulate the motion of the cam-feeding mechanism. The second part of the paper presents the state-of-art for the graphics-oriented CAD technique,

• Annual Conference of KIPS
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• 2005.05a
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• pp.275-278
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• 2005

ATMEL사의 GPS(Global Positioning System) 칩셋을 이용하여 실제 GPS 응용분야에서 사용될 수 있는 GPS 시스템을 구현하였다. 또한, 맵 정보들을 플래쉬 메모리에 추가와 삭제를 가능토록 하기위한 데이터베이스 구조를 설계 하고 GPS의 오차와 실제 도로환경을 고려하여 매칭 알고리즘을 구현하였다. 본 논문에서 설계한 데이터베이스 구조에 42500개의 맵정보가 정상적으로 플래쉬 메모리에 추가와 삭제되는 것을 확인하였으며, 실험을 통하여 구현한 매칭 알고리즘이 정상적 으로 동작함을 확인하였다.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.6 no.2
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• pp.182-188
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• 2011

This paper describes a method of road tracking by using a vision and laser with extracting road boundary (road lane and curb) for navigation of intelligent transport robot in structured road environments. Road boundary information plays a major role in developing such intelligent robot. For global navigation, we use a global positioning system achieved by means of a global planner and local navigation accomplished with recognizing road lane and curb which is road boundary on the road and estimating the location of lane and curb from the current robot with EKF(Extended Kalman Filter) algorithm in the road assumed that it has prior information. The complete system has been tested on the electronic vehicles which is equipped with cameras, lasers, GPS. Experimental results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the combined laser and vision system by our approach for detecting the curb of road and lane boundary detection.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Automotive Engineers
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.7-14
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• 2008

Unmanned vehicle has a performance for finding the path and the way point by itself, so called orientation and direction. For the more precise navigation performance, Extended kalman filter, which is integrated with inertial navigation system and global positioning system is proposed in this paper. Extended kalman filter's performance is evaluated by the simulation and applied to the unmanned vehicle. The test result shows the effectiveness of Extended kalman filter for the navigation.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.55-66
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• 2001

The Global Positioning System(GPS) and the Strapdown Inertial Navigation System(SDINS) techniques have been widely utilized in many applications. However each system has its own weak point when used in a stand-alone mode. SDINS suffers from fast error accumulation dependent on an operating time while GPS has problem of cycle slips and just provides low update rate. The best solution is to integrate the GPS and SDINS system and its integration allows compensation for each shortcomings. This paper, first, is to define and derive error equations of integrated SDINS/GPS system before it will be applied on a real hardware system with gyro, accelerometer and GPS receiver. Second, the accuracy, availability and performance of this mechanization are verified on the simulation study.

• Journal of Sensor Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.3
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• pp.149-157
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• 2014

This paper considers the ability of counting and positioning multi-targets by using a mobile UWB radar device. After a background subtraction process, distinguishing between clutters and human body signals, the position of targets will be computed using weighted Gaussian mixture methods. While computer vision offers many advantages, it has limited performance in poor visibility conditions (e.g., at night, haze, fog or smoke). UWB radar can provide a complementary technology for detecting and tracking humans, particularly in poor visibility or through-wall conditions. As we know, for 2D measurement, one method is the use of at least two receiver antennas. Another method is the use of one mobile radar receiver. This paper tried to investigate the position detection of the stationary human body using the movement of one UWB radar module.