• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 이동로봇에 장착된 단일 초음파 센서 회전 모듈을 이용하여 구조화가 잘 된 실내 환경에 대한 지도를 작성하고 작성된 지도를 바탕으로 로봇의 자기 위치를 보정하는 데 있어서 지도작성과 위치 보정에 대한 정량화를 통해 성능을 향상시키기 위한 방법을 제시한다 이동로봇의 환경은 물체의 형상, 즉 직선, 모서리 ,곡선 등의 기하학적인 형상으로 표현되는 지도를 구성하고 초음파센서의 거리정보로부터 동일거리영역(Region of Constant Depth: RCD)을 분류하였다. 그리고 물리적 기반의 초음파 센서모델을 적용하여 주행중인 이동로봇의 자기위치 추정할 수 있도록 확장 칼만필터를 이용하였다 제시된 방법을 이용하여 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제시한 방법을 검증하고 실내 환경에서의 실험을 통해서 그 성능을 제시하고 있다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제58권4호
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• pp.817-823
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• 2009

This paper proposes a robust method for mapping of a caterpillar-type mobile robot which inherently has uncertainty in its modeling by compensating for the estimated pose error of the robot. In general, a caterpillar type robot is difficult to model, which results in inaccuracy in Simultaneous Localization And Mapping(SLAM). To enhance the robustness of the SLAM for a caterpillar-type mobile robot, we factorize the SLAM posterior, where we used particle filter to estimate the position of the robot and Extended Kalman Filter(EKF) to map the environment. The simulation results show the effectiveness and robustness of the proposed method for mapping.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1996년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); 포항공과대학교, 포항; 24-26 Oct. 1996
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• pp.527-530
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• 1996

The Kalman filter has been used as a self-localization method for the mobile robot. To satisfy the assumptions inherent in the Kalman filter, we should calibrate the sensors of the robot before use of them. However, it is generally hard to find exact sensor parameters, and the parameters may change during the robot task as the environment varies. Thus we need to perform on-line sensor calibration, by which we can obtain more credible location of the mobile robot. In this paper, we present an on-line sensor calibration scheme which estimates the unknown sensor bias and the current position of the robot. To this end, first we find out the calibration errors of the sensor from redundant sensory data using the parity vector and recursive minimum variance estimation. Then we calculate the current position of the robot by weighted least square estimation without internal encoder data. The performance of the proposed method is evaluated through computer simulation.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.352-354
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• 2007

This paper presents a method to estimate the position of a mobile robot by using a gyro sensor and accelerometer sensors on it. Together with contact sensors we propose a mapmaking algorithm for an indoor environment where the robot moves. The direction of robot can be estimated through a gyro sensor and the distance is founded out by accelerometers. Then one can presume the position of robot. Using the direction and distance values vector-based mapmaking job can be performed. Tactile sensors help the robot recognize the boundary limit value of indoor environment and decide outer wall line of the map.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.151-156
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• 2019

According to recent advances in technology, major robot technologies that have been developed and commercialized for industrial use are being applied to various fields in our everyday life such as guide robots and cleaning robots. Among them, the navigation based on the self localization has become an essential element technology of the robot. In the case of indoor environment, many high-priced sensors are used, which makes it difficult to activate the robot industry. In this paper, we propose a robotic platform and a moving algorithm that can travel by using Dijkstra algorithm. The proposed system can find a short route to the destination with its own position. Also, its performance is discussed through the experimentation of an actual robot.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제25권4호
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• pp.361-368
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• 2015

본 논문은 실내 환경에서 이동로봇의 위치추정을 위해 무향 칼만 필터(UKF, Unscented Kalman Filter)를 적용하는 방법을 기술한다. 위치 추정을 위해 적용한 무향 칼만 필터 방법은 측정 거리에 따라 오차 공분산 값을 조절하는 새로운 측정 불확실성 모델을 제안한다. 또한 이 방법은 속도정보의 불확실성 및 측정 불확실성에 관한 오차 공분산 행렬의 비 대각 성분을 '0'이 아닌 값으로 설정한다. 이 방법은 100*40m 의 실내 작업환경에서 외수용성 센서로서 레이저영역측정기(Laser range finder)를 가진 차륜형 이동로봇을 이용한 실험을 통하여 평가한다. 이 실험에서는 적응적 불확실성 모델을 사용하지 않는 보통의 방법과 제안된 방법의 추정성능을 비교한다. 또한 이 실험은 오차 공분산의 비 대각성분을 '0'이 아닌 값으로 설정하여 추정 성능이 개선되는 것을 확인한다. 이 논문은 이동로봇의 위치추정을 위한 실용적인 UKF 방법을 구현하고 그 성능을 평가 하는 것을 주요 내용으로 한다.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.1153-1164
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• 2024

In recent years, unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) have been used to search for lost or stolen radioactive sources to avoid radiation exposure for operators. To achieve autonomous localization of radioactive sources, the UGVs must have the ability to automatically determine the next radiation measurement location instead of following a predefined path. Also, the radiation field of radioactive sources has to be reconstructed or inverted utilizing discrete measurements to obtain the radiation intensity distribution in the area of interest. In this study, we propose an effective source localization framework and method, in which UGVs are able to autonomously explore in the radiation area to determine the location of radioactive sources through an iterative process: path planning, radiation field reconstruction and estimation of source location. In the search process, the next radiation measurement point of the UGVs is fully predicted by the design path planning algorithm. After obtaining the measurement points and their radiation measurements, the radiation field of radioactive sources is reconstructed by the Gaussian process regression (GPR) model based on machine learning method. Based on the reconstructed radiation field, the locations of radioactive sources can be determined by the peak analysis method. The proposed method is verified through extensive simulation experiments, and the real source localization experiment on a Cs-137 point source shows that the proposed method can accurately locate the radioactive source with an error of approximately 0.30 m. The experimental results reveal the important practicality of our proposed method for source autonomous localization tasks.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2001년도 ICCAS
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• pp.36.5-36
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• 2001

Localization is one of the key problems in the navigation of autonomous mobile robots. The probabilistic Markov localization approaches offer a good mathematical framework to deal with the uncertainty of environment and sensor readings but their use for realtime applications is limited by their computational complexity. This paper aims to reduce the high computational cost associated with the probabilistic Markov localization algorithm. We propose a hybrid landmark-based localization method combining triangulation and probabilistic approaches, which can efficiently update position probability grid, while the probabilistic framework allows to make use of any available sensor data to refine robot´s belief about its current location. The simulation results show the effectiveness and robustness of the method.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.933-938
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• 2001

In this paper, we describe a method for the mobile robot using images of a moving object. This method combines the observed position from dead-reckoning sensors and the estimated position from the images captured by a fixed camera to localize a mobile robot. Using the a priori known path of a moving object in the world coordinates and a perspective camera model, we derive the geometric constraint equations which represent the relation between image frame coordinates for a moving object and the estimated robot`s position. Since the equations are based on the estimated position, the measurement error may exist all the time. The proposed method utilizes the error between the observed and estimated image coordinates to localize the mobile robot. The Kalman filter scheme is applied to this method. Effectiveness of the proposed method is demonstrated by the simulation.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.258-260
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• 2005

We describe a method for localizing a mobile robot in the working environment using a vision system and VRML. The robot identifies landmarks in the environment and carries out the self-positioning. The image-processing and neural network pattern matching technique are employed to recognize landmarks placed in a robot working environment. The robot self-positioning using vision system is based on the well-known localization algorithm. After self-positioning, 2D scene is overlaid with VRML scene. This paper describes how to realize the self-positioning and shows the result of overlaying between 2D scene and VRML scene. In addition we describe the advantage expected from overlapping both scenes.