• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제7권9호
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• pp.766-773
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• 2001

Omni-directional mobile robots have been popularly employed in several application areas. However, the kinematics for these systems have not been clearly identified, specially for redundantly actuated case which is common in omni-directional mobile robot such as the Nomadic model. For such mobile robot systems, exploitation of redundant actuation as well as singularity analysis has not been extensively addressed. In light of this fact, this paper introduces two different kinematic approaches for omni-directional mobile robots. Then, a singular-free load distribution scheme for redundantly actuated three-wheeled omni-directional mobile robot is proposed. Through simulation, several advantages of redundantly actuated mobile robot in aspect of singularity avoidance, minimization of torque norm, and exploiting several subtasks are presented.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.14-25
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• 2006

This paper is focused on designing an implementable control law to perform spacecraft various missions using momentum exchange devices such as reaction wheels(RWs) and control moment gyros(CMGs). A compact equation of motion of a spacecraft installed with various momentum exchange devices is derived in this paper. A hybrid control law is proposed for precision attitude control of agile spacecraft. The control law proposed in this paper allocates control torque to the CMGs and the RWs adequately to satisfy the precision attitude control and large angle maneuver simultaneously. The saturation problem of reaction wheels and the singularity problem of control moment gyros are considered. The problems are successfully resolved by using the proposed hybrid closed loop control law. Finally, the proposed hybrid control law is demonstrated by numerical simulations.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.75-82
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• 2006

In this paper, we propose an optimal trajectory for biped robots to move up-and-down stairs using a genetic algorithm and a computed-torque control for biped robots to be dynamically stable. First, a Real-Coded Genetic Algorithm (RCGA) which of operators are composed of reproduction, crossover and mutation is used to minimize the total energy. Constraints are divided into equalities and inequalities: Equality constraints consist of a position condition at the start and end of a step period and repeatability conditions related to each joint angle and angular velocity. Inequality constraints include collision avoidance conditions of a swing leg at the face and edge of a stair, knee joint conditions with respect to the avoidance of the kinematic singularity, and the zero moment point condition with respect to the stability into the going direction. In order to approximate a gait, each joint angle trajectory is defined as a 4-th order polynomial of which coefficients are chromosomes. The effectiveness of the proposed optimal trajectory is shown in computer simulations with a 6-dof biped robot that consists of seven links in the sagittal plane. The trajectory is more efficient than that generated by the modified GCIPM. And various trajectories generated by the proposed GA method are analyzed in a viewpoint of the consumption energy: walking on even ground, ascending stairs, and descending stairs.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1747-1753
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• 2004

CMG(Control Momentum Gyro) is a control device being used for spacecraft attitude control constructing relatively large amount of torque compared to conventional body-fixed reaction wheels. The CMG produces gyroscopic control torque by continuously varying the angular momentum vector direction with respect to the spacecraft body. The VSCMG(Variable Speed Control Momentum Gyro) has favorable advantages with variable speed to lead to better control authority as well as singularity avoidance capability. Attitude dynamics with a VSCMG mounted on a two-axis gimbal system are derived in this study. The dynamic equation may be considered as an extension of the single-axis counterpart. Also, a feedback control law design is addressed in conjunction with the dynamic equations of motion.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.203-210
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• 2004

Attitude control law design for spacecraft large angle maneuvers is investigated in this paper. The feedback linearization technique is applied to the design of a nonlinear tracking control law. The output function to be tracked is the quaternion attitude parameter. The designed control law turns out to be a combination of attitude and attitude rate tracking commands. The attitude-only output function, therefore, leads to a stable closed-loop system following the given reference trajectory. The principal advantage of the proposed method is that it is relatively easy to produce reference trajectories and associated controller.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.170-177
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• 1993

In robotic arc welding, the roll (rotation) of the torch about its direction vector does not have any effect on the welding operation. Thus we could use this redundant degree of greedom for the motion control of the robot manipulator. This paper presents an algorithm for the pseudo- inverse kinematic motion control of the 6-axis robot, which utilizes the above mentioned redunancy. The prototype welding operation and the tool path are also graphically simulated. Since the proposed algorithm requires only the position and normal vector of the weldine as an input data, it is useful for the CAD-based off-line programming of the arc welding robot. In addition, it also has the advantages of the redundant manipulator motion control, like singularity avoidance and collision free motion planning, when compared with the other motion control method based on the direct inverse kinematics.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제32권5호
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• pp.65-73
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• 2004

CMG(Control Momentum Gyro) 는 일반적으로 동체에 부착된 반작용휠에 비해 큰 토크의 크기를 발생시켜 인공위성의 자세제어에 이용되는 장치이다. CMG는 휠의 각 운동량벡터의 방향을 위성체의 동체축에 대하여 연속적으로 변화시킴으로써 자이로스코픽 토크를 발생하게 된다. 가변속도 CMG는 휠의 속도도 함께 변화시킴으로써 보다 다양한 제어 명령을 생성할 수 있게 되고 또한 특이(Singularity) 조건을 피하는데 장점을 지니고 있다. 본 연구에서는 2축의 김발에 장착된 가변속도 CMG를 이용한 위성체의 자세 동역학 방적식을 유도하기로 한다. 이러한 운동방정식은 기존의 1축 김벌 시스템의 경우를 확장한 것이다. 또한 유도된 운동방정식을 활용하여 피드백 자세기동 제어 법칙을 제안하기로 한다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제5권4호
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• pp.756-765
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• 2001

An effective dexterous motion control method of redundant robot manipulators based on neural optimization network is proposed to satisfy multi-criteria such as singularity avoidance, minimizing energy consumption, and avoiding physical limits of actuator, while performing a given task. The method employs a neural optimization network with parallel processing capability, where only a simple geometric analysis for resolved motion of each joint is required instead of computing of the Jacobian and its pseudo inverse matrix. For dexterous motion, a joint geometric manipulability measure(JGMM) is proposed. JGMM evaluates a contribution of each joint differential motion in enlarging the length of the shortest axis among principal axes of the manipulability ellipsoid volume approximately obtained by a geometric analysis. Redundant robot manipulators is then controlled by neural optimization networks in such a way that 1) linear combination of the resolved motion by each joint differential motion should be equal to the desired velocity, 2) physical limits of joints are not violated, and 3) weighted sum of the square of each differential joint motion is minimized where weightings are adjusted by JGMM. To show the validity of the proposed method, several numerical examples are illustrated.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.1395-1401
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• 2005

이동매니퓰레이터란 이동로봇과 작업로봇을 직렬로 결합하여 이동능력과 작업능력을 가지는 로봇이다. 이동매니퓰레이터의 중요한 특징중의 하나는 잉여의 자유도를 가진다는 것이다. 이를 이용하여 이동매니퓰레이터는 여러 가지 모드로 이동이 가능하고 다양한 작업을 수행할 수 있다. 이동매니퓰레이터는 고정베이스 구조의 로봇에 비해 넓은 작업공간과 특이자세 회피 및 장애물 회피에서 더 좋은 성능을 가진다. 두 대의 로봇이 협동하여 작업을 수행할 때 주어진 작업공간에서 여유자유도를 가지고 있는 이점을 이용하여 작업의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있다. 본 논문은 이동매니퓰레이터가 수행되어질 작업을 세분화 시키고 로봇의 작업 성능 지수를 사용하여 로봇이 최적자세로 작업을 수행할 수 있는 연구를 하였다. 제안된 알고리즘을 검증하기위해 이동매니퓰레이터를 제작하였고, 실험에 사용한 이동매니퓰레이터 PURL-II는 3자유도를 가지는 이동로봇과 5자유도를 가지는 작업로봇으로 구성되어 있다.