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Localization of Mobile Robot using Local Map and Kalman Filtering (지역 지도와 칼만 필터를 이용한 이동 로봇의 위치 추정)

  • Lim, Byung-Hyun;Kim, Yeong-Min;Hwang, Jong-Sun;Ko, Nak-Yong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Electrical and Electronic Material Engineers Conference
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    • 2003.07b
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    • pp.1227-1230
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    • 2003
  • In this paper, we propose a pose estimation method using local map acquired from 2d laser range finder information. The proposed method uses extended kalman filter. The state equation is a navigation system equation of Nomad Super Scout II. The measurement equation is a map-based measurement equation using a SICK PLS 101-112 sensor. We describe a map consisting of geometric features such as plane, edge and corner. For pose estimation we scan external environments by laser rage finer. And then these data are fed to kalman filter to estimate robot pose and position. The proposed method enables very fast simultaneous map building and pose estimation.

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Implementation of vision system for a mobile robot using pulse phase difference & structured light (펄스 위상차와 스트럭춰드 라이트를 이용한 이동 로봇 시각 장치 구현)

  • 방석원;정명진;서일홍;오상록
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1991.10a
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    • pp.652-657
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    • 1991
  • Up to date, application areas of mobile robots have been expanded. In addition, Many types of LRF(Laser Range Finder) systems have been developed to acquire three dimensional information about unknown environments. However in real world, because of various noises (sunlight, fluorescent light), it is difficult to separate reflected laser light from these noise. To overcome the previous restriction, we have developed a new type vision system which enables a mobile robot to measure the distance to a object located 1-5 (m) ahead with an error than 2%. The separation and detection algorithm used in this system consists of pulse phase difference method and multi-stripe structured light. The effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed vision system are demonstrated by 3-D maps of detected objects and computation time analysis.

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An Implementation of a Map Building Algorithm for Efficient Traveling of Mobile Robots (이동로봇의 효율적인 주행을 위한 맵 빌딩 알고리즘의 구현)

  • Kim, Jong-Hwa;Kim, Jin-Kyu;Lim, Jae-Kwon;Han, Seong-Bong
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.32 no.1
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    • pp.184-191
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    • 2008
  • In order for a mobile robot to move under unknown or uncertain environment, it must have an environmental information. In collecting environmental information, the mobile robot can use various sensors. In case of using ultrasonic sensors to collect an environmental information, it is able to comprise a low-cost environmental recognition system compared with using other sensors such as vision and laser range-finder. This paper proposes a map building algorithm which can collect environmental information using ultrasonic sensors. And also this paper suggests a traveling algorithm using environmental information which leads to the map building algorithm. In order to accomplish the proposed traveling algorithm, this paper additionally discusses a position revision algorithm.

Direction Augmented Probabilistic Scan Matching for Reliable Localization (신뢰성 높은 위치 인식을 위하여 방향을 고려한 확률적 스캔 매칭 기법)

  • Choi, Min-Yong;Choi, Jin-Woo;Chung, Wan-Kyun
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.17 no.12
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    • pp.1234-1239
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    • 2011
  • The scan matching is widely used in localization and mapping of mobile robots. This paper presents a probabilistic scan matching method. To improve the performance of the scan matching, a direction of data point is incorporated into the scan matching. The direction of data point is calculated using the line fitted by the neighborhood data. Owing to the incorporation, the performance of the matching was improved. The number of iterations in the scan matching decreased, and the tolerance against a high rotation between scans increased. Based on real data of a laser range finder, experiments verified the performance of the proposed direction augmented probabilistic scan matching algorithm.

Object Recognition-based Global Localization for Mobile Robots (이동로봇의 물체인식 기반 전역적 자기위치 추정)

  • Park, Soon-Yyong;Park, Mignon;Park, Sung-Kee
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.3 no.1
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2008
  • Based on object recognition technology, we present a new global localization method for robot navigation. For doing this, we model any indoor environment using the following visual cues with a stereo camera; view-based image features for object recognition and those 3D positions for object pose estimation. Also, we use the depth information at the horizontal centerline in image where optical axis passes through, which is similar to the data of the 2D laser range finder. Therefore, we can build a hybrid local node for a topological map that is composed of an indoor environment metric map and an object location map. Based on such modeling, we suggest a coarse-to-fine strategy for estimating the global localization of a mobile robot. The coarse pose is obtained by means of object recognition and SVD based least-squares fitting, and then its refined pose is estimated with a particle filtering algorithm. With real experiments, we show that the proposed method can be an effective vision- based global localization algorithm.

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A Study on the Performance Test of Axial-flow Cyclone Separator (축상유입식 사이클론 집진기 성능시험에 관한 연구)

  • Chin, Do-Hun
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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    • v.23 no.1
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    • pp.101-106
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    • 2020
  • Along with dust collection efficiency, pressure loss is a very important cyclone operation factor. A severe rise in pressure loss causes the problem of cost. To solve the problem, the method connecting axial-vane type cyclones in parallel is suggested recently. The axial vane type cyclone dust collector applied in this study is a small portable type. Multiple cyclones are installed in a round type. The basic performance test on the axial vane type cyclone dust collector was conducted. As a result, the cut size reduced along with a rise in the wind velocity of the cyclone dust collector inlet. According to the test on dust collection efficiency, the effect of dust collection began to appear in the range of 3㎛ and dust collection efficiency was greatly improved at 5 ㎛. The noise of the cyclone dust collector well met the fan sound power level of KSB 6361.

An Indoor Space Representation Method Using 3D Environmental Data (3차원 데이터를 이용한 실내 공간 표현 기법)

  • Lee, Se-Ho;Jeong, Seong-Gyun;Chung, Tae-Young;Kim, Chang-Su
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Broadcast Engineers Conference
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    • 2012.07a
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    • pp.417-418
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    • 2012
  • 본 논문에서는 3차원 데이터를 이용한 효율적인 실내 공간 표현 기법을 제안한다. 제안하는 기법은 3차원 데이터의 획득과 실내 구조 및 영상 정보를 표현하기 위한 표현 복원으로 구성된다. 3차원 데이터는 레이저 거리 측정기(laser range finder, LRF)와 전방향(omni) 카메라를 통해 획득한 포인트 클라우드 공간 정보와 전방향 텍스쳐 영상으로 구성된다. 실내 구조를 복원하기 위해, 획득한 포인트 클라우드를 복셀 격자 기반의 샘플링 기법을 통해 균일화하고 포아송 표면 재구성(Poisson surface rocoostruction) 기법을 통해 3차원 메쉬를 생성한다. 그리고 전방향 텍스쳐 영상과 3차원 메쉬외 기하학적 관계를 이용한 텍스쳐 매핑 기법을 통해 최종적으로 3차원 메쉬 표면을 복원한다. 실험 결과를 통해 제안하는 기법이 실내 공간을 효과적으로 표현함을 확인한다.

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A Study of Object Tracking Drones Combining Image Processing and Distance Sensor (영상처리와 거리센서를 융합한 객체 추적용 드론의 연구)

  • Yang, Woo-Seok;Chun, Myung-Hyun;Jang, Gun-Woo;Kim, Sang-Hoon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2017.11a
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    • pp.961-964
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    • 2017
  • 드론의 대중화에 따른 사고위험의 증가로 안전한 조종 방법에 대한 연구의 필요성이 대두되었다. 따라서 조종자의 조종능력에 구애받지 않는 자율비행제어기술이 필요하게 되었고, 이를 보다 안정적으로 구현하기 위하여 자율주행 소프트웨어 플랫폼으로 주목받고 있는 Robot Operating System(ROS)를 사용하였다. ROS를 기반으로 Laser Range Finder(LRF)와 Particle Filter를 사용하여 자율적으로 객체추적이 가능하며 지능적으로 장애물을 회피하여 비행 할 수 있는 안정적인 자율비행제어시스템을 구현하고자 한다.

LRF-Based Servo System for a Manipulator Grasping Moving Cylinders (움직이는 원통형 물체를 잡는 매니퓰레이터를 위한 레이저 거리계 기반의 서보시스템)

  • Cheon, Hong-Seok;Kim, Byung-Kook
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.14 no.3
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    • pp.263-272
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    • 2008
  • We implemented a real-time servo system for a manipulator based on Laser Range Finder (LRF). and established algorithms for grasping a moving cylinder. We devised a manipulator mechanism and driving hardware based on a system board equipped with Xscale Processor with real-time operating system RTAI on Linux. The manipulator motor driver is connected to the system board via CAN communication link, and LRF is connected via RS-232C. We implemented real-time software including CAN device driver, RS-232C device driver, manipulator trajectory generator, and LRF control software. A typical application experiment for grasping a cylinder with circle motion demonstrated our system's real-time performance.

Performance Comparison of Sensor-Programming Schemes According to the Shapes of Obstacles

  • Chung, Jong-In;Chae, Yi-Geun
    • International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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    • v.13 no.3
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    • pp.56-62
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    • 2021
  • MSRDS(Microsoft Robotics Developer Studio) provides the ability to simulate these technologies. SPL(Simple Programming Language) of MSRDS provides many functions for sensor programming to control autonomous robots. Sensor programming in SPL can be implemented in two types of schemes: procedure sensor notification and while-loop schemes. We considered the three programming schemes to control the robot movement after studying the advantages and disadvantages of the sensor notification procedure and the while-loop scheme. We also created simulation environments to evaluate the performance of the three considered schemes when applied to four different mazes. The simulation environment consisted of a maze and a robot with the most powerful sensor, i.e., the LRF(Laser Range Finder) sensor. We measured the required travel time and robot actions (number of turns and number of collisions) needed to escape the maze and compared the performance outcomes of the three considered schemes in the four different mazes.