• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.20-28
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• 2012

In spite of the difficulties and uncertain characteristic of cable driven method, surgical robot instrument has adopted it as driving mechanism for various reasons. To overcome the problem of cable system, previous research applied SMCSPO (sliding mode control with sliding perturbation observer) algorithm as robust controller to control the instrument and found that the value of SPO (sliding perturbation observer) followed force disturbance, reaction force loaded on the tip very similarly. Thus, this paper confirms that the perturbation observer is sufficient estimator which finds out the mount of loaded force on the surgical robot instrument. To prove the proposition, simulation using the similar model with an actual instrument and experimental evaluation are performed. The results show that it is possible to substitute SPO for sensors to measure the reaction force. This estimated reaction force will be used to realize haptic function by sending the reaction force to a master device for a surgeon. The results will contribute to create surgical benefit such as shortening the practice time of a surgeon and giving haptic information to surgeon by using it as haptic signal to protect an organ by making force boundary.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.293-299
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• 2010

The multiple block localization method in a wide area for multiple robots using iGS is proposed in this paper. The iGS is developed for the indoor global localization using ultrasonic and RF sensors. To measure the distance between a mobile robot and a beacon, the tag on the mobile robot wakes up one beacon to send out the ultrasonic signal and measures the traveling time from the beacon to the mobile robot. As the number of robots is increased, the sampling time of localization also becomes longer. Note that only one robot can localize its own position calling beacons one by one during each of the sampling interval. This is a severe constraint for the localization of multiple robots in a wide area. This paper proposes an efficient localization algorithm for the multiple robots in a wide area which can be divided into multiple blocks. For a given block, a master beacon is designated to synchronize robots. By the access of the synchronization signal, each beacon in the selected group sends out an ultrasonic signal. When the robots in the block receive the ultrasonic signal, they can calculate their own locations based on the distances to the beacons, which are obtained by the multiplication of flight time and velocity of the ultrasonic signal. The efficiency of the algorithm is verified through the real experiments.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.10b
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• pp.353-354
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 GPS, Bleutooth 모듈을 사용하여 이동로봇의 군집이동에 관한 연구를 다루었다. 로봇 통신 모델로는 특정한 수신자가 정보를 받을 것을 기대하지 않고 통신가능 범위 안으로 들어왔을 때 상대방에게 정보를 보내는 방법인 사인보드 모델을 선택하였다. 군집간 제어를 위한 총 3대의 실외 이동을 로봇제작과 로봇의 좌표인식, 방향을 찾기 위해 GPS수신 모들과 Bluetooth 송 수신기를 사용하였다. 실험에 쓰인 모든 이동용 로봇에 GPS수신기와 Bluetooth 송 수신기를 장착하였고, GPS수신기로부터 받은 Master-이동로봇의 위치좌표를 Bluetroth 통신 영역 내에 있는 모든 이동로봇에게 송신을 한다. 각 Slave-이동로봇을 Master-이동로봇으로부터 받은 위치 좌표로 로봇간의 거리와 방향을 계산하며 이를 토대로 군집 로봇의 이동 알고리즘을 구현하였다. 본 논문에서는 군집간 제어를 위해 군집 로봇 시스템을 제작하였으며 상대적인 위치, 거리 유지, 진행방향을 계산한다. Master-이동로봇과 Slave-이동로봇 간의 1:N 실시간 통신과 일정거리를 유지함으로써 군집간 제어를 하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.20 no.10
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• pp.151-157
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• 2006

As people's living standard is being improved, human works are being replaced by robots. However, because most robots are used in process industry, fixed on the ground, we need to develop human robots that have wide applications. Currently many researches are being conducted on human robots with the object of replacing human works, but because of lack of relevant hardware, such robots are being applied limitedly to very simple tasks. To overcome the limitation, the present study developed a kinematical mechanism and a controller. Based on human kinematics, the shoulders and the arms were composed of master arms with 3 degree of freedom, and we reproduced motions similar to human ones through the characteristics of joint variables and experiment on the trajectory of the end effector.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.246-247
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 군집간 제어를 위한 이동용 로봇제작과 로봇의 좌표인식, 방향을 찾기 위하여 GPS(Global Positioning System)수신 모듈과 Bluetooth송 수신기를 사용하였다. 실험에 쓰인 모든 이동용 로봇에 GPS수신기와 Bluetooth 송 수신기를 장착하고, GPS 수신기로부터 받은 blaster-이동로봇의 위치좌표를 Bluetooth통신 영역 내에 있는 모든 이동로봇에게 보내면 각 Slave-이동로봇은 Master이동로봇으로부터 받은 위치 좌표를 이용하여 blaster-이동로봇을 중심으로 상대적인 위치, 거리 유지, 진행방향을 계산한다. Master-이동로봇과 Slave-이동로봇 간의 실시간 통신과 일정거리를 유지함으로써 군집간 제어를 할 수 있다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.132.5-132
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• 2001

In teleoperation field robotic system such as hydraulically actuated robotic excavator, the maneuverability and convenience is the most important part in the operation of robotic excavator. Particularly the force information is important in dealing with digging and leveling operation in the teleoperated excavator. Excavators are also subject to a wide variation of soil-tool interaction forces. This paper presents a new force reflecting joystick in a velocity-force type bilateral teleoperation system. The master system is electrical joystick and the slave system is hydraulically actuated cylinder with linear position sensor. Particularly Pneumatic motor is used newly in the master joystick for force reflection and the information of the pressure of salve cylinder is measured and utilized as the force feedback signal. Also force-reflection gain greatly affects the ...

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2001.04a
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• pp.586-589
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• 2001

This paper focuses on a method to connect mobile devices such as mobile robot, Automated Guided Vehicle(AGV) to a fieldbus. In this paper, the IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN is used to extend a Profibus-DP network for the mobile devices. In order to integrate these two networks, a protocol converter is developed with two process(i.e., master process of Profibus-DP and virtual master process of IEEE 802.11) and an transmission buffer. Futhermore, a virtual polling algorithm is developed at the protocol conveter in order to satisfy real-time requirements on data communication.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2005.07a
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• pp.595-597
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• 2005

This paper shows the development of remote control system for manipulators which consists of PHANToM Device as a master, Samsung FARA robot as a slave and TCP/IP based LAN fortheir Communication. This work includes the motion mapping between the master and the slave, Generation of virtual viscosity force preventing operator's unwilled action and 3D remote control simulators for the stable operation of the remote control system, etc. The remote control implementation has been performed and the results shows that the developed system can allow the operator to effectively control the manipulator.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.20 no.7
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• pp.760-766
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• 2014

This paper represents a portable robot for use in the welding process of the double hulls in shipbuilding yards. It has 5 degrees of freedom and 3kg of payload. Its body weight is 17.3 [kg] so that human workers can carry it by hand to the work place. Its body is mainly made of magnesium and aluminum alloys. Since the robot is placed about 25m apart from its controller, EtherCAT is adopted for reliable connection between the robot and controller through a single light cable. RTX real-time kernel and KPA EtherCAT master are used to control the robot on a Windows XP environment. The performance of the developed robot is satisfactory to the requirement in welding tasks of U-type cells in shipbuilding yards.

• Proceedings of the Korea Institute of Fire Science and Engineering Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.213-218
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• 2007