• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.251-268
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• 2007

A Gaussian sum filter (GSF) is proposed in this paper on simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) for mobile robot navigation. In particular, the SLAM problem is tackled here for cases when only bearing measurements are available. Within the stochastic mapping framework using an extended Kalman filter (EKF), a Gaussian probability density function (pdf) is assumed to describe the range-and-bearing sensor noise. In the case of a bearing-only sensor, a sum of weighted Gaussians is used to represent the non-Gaussian robot-landmark range uncertainty, resulting in a bank of EKFs for estimation of the robot and landmark locations. In our approach, the Gaussian parameters are designed on the basis of minimizing the representation error. The computational complexity of the GSF is reduced by applying the sequential probability ratio test (SPRT) to remove under-performing EKFs. Extensive experimental results are included to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed techniques.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.580-585
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• 2005

A QRT(Quad-Rotor Type) hovering robot system is developed for quick detection and observation of the circumstances under calamity environment such as indoor fire spots. The UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is equipped with four propellers driven by each electric motor, an embedded controller using a DSP, INS(Inertial Navigation System) using 3-axis rate gyros, a CCD camera with wireless communication transmitter for observation, and an ultrasonic range sensor for height control. The developed hovering robot shows stable flying performances under the adoption of RIC(Robust Internal-loop Compensator) based disturbance compensation and the vision based localization method. The UAV can also avoid obstacles using eight IR and four ultrasonic range sensors. The VTOL(Vertical Take-Off and Landing) flying object flies into indoor fire spots and sends the images captured by the CCD camera to the operator. This kind of small-sized UAV can be widely used in various calamity observation fields without danger of human beings under harmful environment.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.810-816
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• 2007

A security robot system named EGIS-SR is a mobile security robot through one of the new growth engine project in robotic industries. It allows home surveillance through an autonomous mobile platform using onboard cameras and wireless security sensors. EGIS-SR has many sensors to allow autonomous navigation, hierarchical control architecture to handle lots of situations in monitoring home surveillance and mighty networks to achieve unmanned security services. EGIS-SR is tightly coupled with a networked security environment, where the information of the robot is remotely connected with the remote cockpit and patrol man. It achieved an intelligent unmanned security service. The robot is a two-wheeled mobile robot and has casters and suspension to overcome a doorsill. The dynamic motion is verified through $ADAMS^{TM}$ simulation. For the main controller, PXA270 based hardware platform based on linux kernel 2.6 is developed. In the linux platform, data handling for various sensors and the localization algorithm are performed. Also, a local path planning algorithm for object avoidance with ultrasonic sensors and localization using $StarGazer^{TM}$ is developed. Finally, for the automatic charging, a docking algorithm with infrared ray system is implemented.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2009년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.597-598
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• 2009

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.33-34
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• 2010

• ETRI Journal
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• 제37권2호
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• pp.262-272
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• 2015

In particular, for a practical mobile robot team to perform such a task as that of carrying out a search and rescue mission in a disaster area, the network connectivity and localization have to be guaranteed even in an environment where the network infrastructure is destroyed or a Global Positioning System is unavailable. This paper proposes the new collective intelligence network management architecture of multiple mobile robots supporting seamless network connectivity and cooperative localization. The proposed architecture includes a resource manager that makes the robots move around and not disconnect from the network link by considering the strength of the network signal and link quality. The location manager in the architecture supports localizing robots seamlessly by finding the relative locations of the robots as they move from a global outdoor environment to a local indoor position. The proposed schemes assuring network connectivity and localization were validated through numerical simulations and applied to a search and rescue robot team.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.995-1005
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• 2011

An efficient outdoor local localization method is suggested using multi-sensor fusion with MU-EKF (Multi-Update Extended Kalman Filter) for car-like mobile robots. In outdoor environments, where mobile robots are used for explorations or military services, accurate localization with multiple sensors is indispensable. In this paper, multi-sensor fusion outdoor local localization algorithm is proposed, which fuses sensor data from LRF (Laser Range Finder), Encoder, and GPS. First, encoder data is used for the prediction stage of MU-EKF. Then the LRF data obtained by scanning the environment is used to extract objects, and estimates the robot position and orientation by mapping with map objects, as the first update stage of MU-EKF. This estimation is finally fused with GPS as the second update stage of MU-EKF. This MU-EKF algorithm can also fuse more than three sensor data efficiently even with different sensor data sampling periods, and ensures high accuracy in localization. The validity of the proposed algorithm is revealed via experiments.

• 전기전자학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.636-644
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 스마트 홈 환경 내에서 웰니스 로봇의 이동을 위한 로봇의 사물인터넷 기반 지능형 자기위치인식 및 자세제어 방법을 제안한다. 먼저, 자기위치인식 방법은 스마트 홈, 홈 환경 내 위치하고 있는 물체, 홈 웰니스 로봇 간의 사물인터넷을 기반으로 하는 방법을 제안한다. 스마트 홈에 RF태그를 설치하고 환경 내 물체에 RF 리더를 내장하여 환경 내 물체의 절대좌표 정보를 획득하고, 물체와 홈 웰니스 로봇간 블루투스 통신을 이용하여 물체의 절대좌표 정보를 홈 웰니스 로봇에 제공한 후, 홈 웰니스 로봇에 장착되어 있는 스테레오 카메라를 통해서 물체를 기준으로 한 홈 웰니스 로봇의 상대 좌표를 알아내어 로봇의 스마트 홈 환경에서의 자기위치인식을 한다. 둘째로, 홈 웰니스 로봇의 물체 접근을 위한 비전센서 기반의 퍼지 자세 제어 방법을 제안한다. 홈 웰니스 로봇의 정면에 장착된 스테레오 카메라를 기준으로 물체까지의 깊이 정보를 추출하고 영상의 중앙을 기준으로 틀어진 각을 계산하여 물체와 홈 웰니스 로봇 정면과의 각도차를 알아낸다. 얻은 정보를 퍼지 순람표(Look-Up table)로 작성하여 물체에 접근하기 위한 홈 웰니스 로봇의 자세제어를 하도록 한다. 이렇게 제안한 각각의 자기위치인식 및 자세제어 방법의 성능은 실제 구축한 스마트 홈 환경과 웰니스 로봇을 가지고 실험하여 확인한다.

• Advances in robotics research
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.45-57
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• 2018

Even though the popularity of projection mapping continues to increase and it is being implemented in more and more settings, most current projection mapping systems are limited to special purposes, such as outdoor events, live theater and musical performances. This lack of versatility arises from the large number of projectors needed and their proper calibration. Furthermore, we cannot change the positions and poses of projectors, or their projection targets, after the projectors have been calibrated. To overcome these problems, we propose a projection mapping method using a projector robot that can perform projection mapping in more general or ubiquitous situations, such as shopping malls. We can estimate a projector's position and pose with the robot's self-localization sensors, but the accuracy of this approach remains inadequate for projection mapping. Consequently, the proposed method solves this problem by combining self-localization by robot sensors with position and pose estimation of projection targets based on a 3D model. We first obtain the projection target's 3D model and then use it to accurately estimate the target's position and pose and thus achieve accurate projection mapping with a projector robot. In addition, our proposed method performs accurate projection mapping even after a projection target has been moved, which often occur in shopping malls. In this paper, we employ Ubiquitous Display (UD), which we are researching as a projector robot, to experimentally evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• 한국지능시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국퍼지및지능시스템학회 2007년도 춘계학술대회 학술발표 논문집 제17권 제1호
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• pp.15-18
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• 2007

이 논문에서는 Encoder, Gyro, 다수의 IR센서를 이용한 실내용 이동로봇의 자기위치 추정에 관한 방법 중 첫 번째 실험으로 다수의 IR센서로부터 획득한 거리데이터를 이용하여 작성한 환경지도에서 모서리를 검출하고, 이를 바탕으로 각 센서에서 측정된 데이터를 병합하도록 하였다. 마지막으로 얻어진 환경지도와 실제 환경을 비교하여 그 성능을 평가하였다.