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The design of wall-climbing underwater robot system (수중 벽면 주행 기구의 설계)

  • 김병만;김경훈;박영수;박기용
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1997.10a
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    • pp.237-240
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    • 1997
  • The design of underwater inspection robot system is presented. This robot system is designed for wall inspection in the nuclear plant facility. This paper describes the major components of the robot and its structures. This robot system is consisted of three parts : mechanical electrical and sensing pail. The main problem of designing mechanical part is to select the mechanism of driving. In this system the propeller driving mechanism is selected which can be move the robot continuously. For reducing the size of robot, we designed the CPU and motor controller board. The sensor system is consisted of two parts. One is environment monitoring part and the other is robot localization system.

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Repetitive Periodic Motion Planning and Directional Drag Optimization of Underwater Articulated Robotic Arms

  • Jun Bong-Huan;Lee Jihong;Lee Pan-Mook
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.4 no.1
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    • pp.42-52
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    • 2006
  • In order to utilize hydrodynamic drag force on articulated robots moving in an underwater environment, an optimum motion planning procedure is proposed. The drag force acting on cylindrical underwater arms is modeled and a directional drag measure is defined as a quantitative measure of reaction force in a specific direction in a workspace. A repetitive trajectory planning method is formulated from the general point-to-point trajectory planning method. In order to globally optimize the parameters of repetitive trajectories under inequality constraints, a 2-level optimization scheme is proposed, which adopts the genetic algorithm (GA) as the 1st level optimization and sequential quadratic programming (SQP) as the 2nd level optimization. To verify the validity of the proposed method, optimization examples of periodic motion planning with the simple two-link planner robot are also presented in this paper.

Sensor Fusion for Underwater Navigation of Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (무인잠수체의 수중항법을 위한 센서퓨전)

  • 주민근;서주노;송광섭;이판묵;홍석원;박영일
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 2000.10a
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    • pp.175-175
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    • 2000
  • In this Paper we propose a navigation algorithm which can be used to estimate state vectors such as position and velocity for its motion control using multi-sensor output measurements. The output measurement we will use in estimating the state is a series of known multi-sensor asynchronous outputs with measurement noise. This paper investigates the Extended Kalman Filtering method to merge asynchronous heading, heading rate, velocity of DVL, and SSBL information to produce a single state vector. Different complexity of Kalman Filter, with biases and measurement noise, are investigated with theoretically data from KRISO's AUV. All levels of complexity of the Kalman Filters are shown to be much more close and smooth to real trajectories then the basic underwater acoustic navigation system comment)'used aboard underwater vehicle.

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Adaptive Neural Network Control for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (신경회로망을 이용한 자율무인잠수정의 적응제어)

  • 이계홍;이판묵;이상정
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.8 no.12
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    • pp.1023-1030
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    • 2002
  • Since the dynamics of autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) are highly nonlinear and their hydrodynamic coefficients vary with different vehicle's operating conditions, high performance control systems of AUVs are needed to have the capacities of teaming and adapting to the variations of the vehicle's dynamics. In this paper, a linearly parameterized neural network (LPNN) is used to approximate the uncertainties of the vehicle dynamics, where the basis function vector of the network is constructed according to the vehicle's physical properties. The network's reconstruction errors and the disturbances in the vehicle dynamics are assumed be bounded although the bound may be unknown. To attenuate this unknown bounded uncertainty, a certain estimation scheme for this unknown bound is introduced combined with a sliding mode scheme. The proposed controller is proven to guarantee that all signals in the closed-loop system are uniformly ultimately bounded (UUB). Numerical simulation studies are performed to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.

Underwater Acoustic Source Localization based on the Probabilistic Estimation of Direction Angle (확률적 방향각 추정에 기반한 수중 음원의 위치 인식 기법)

  • Choi, Jinwoo;Choi, Hyun-Taek
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.9 no.4
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    • pp.206-215
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    • 2014
  • Acoustic signal is crucial for the autonomous navigation of underwater vehicles. For this purpose, this paper presents a method of acoustic source localization. The proposed method is based on the probabilistic estimation of time delay of acoustic signals received by two hydrophones. Using Bayesian update process, the proposed method can provide reliable estimation of direction angle of the acoustic source. The acquired direction information is used to estimate the location of the acoustic source. By accumulating direction information from various vehicle locations, the acoustic source localization is achieved using extended Kalman filter. The proposed method can provide a reliable estimation of the direction and location of the acoustic source, even under for a noisy acoustic signal. Experimental results demonstrate the performance of the proposed acoustic source localization method in a real sea environment.

Decoupled Controller Design of an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle and Performance Test Results (수중운동체에 대한 비연성 제어기 설계 및 성능 평가)

  • Hyun, Chul
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.19 no.9
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    • pp.768-773
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, decoupled course, depth and roll controller design for an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) and its performance test results are presented. Control system design is done using the PD control scheme based on a mathematical model of the AUV. Details of system implementation are given and the results of simulations and experiments using the prototype vehicle model are discussed. The designed controller was successfully applied to the nonlinear and coupled system under non-ideal actuator conditions.

Robust Nonlinear Predictive Control of Underwater Wall-Climbing Robot (수중벽면 주행로봇에 대한 강인한 비선형 예측제어기 설계)

  • Ghee Yong Park;Ji Sup Yoon;Young Soo Park
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.4 no.6
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    • pp.772-779
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    • 1998
  • 본 논문에서는 강인한 비선형 예측제어기를 개발하여 연구용 원자로 벽면검사를 위한 수중로봇에 적용하여 보았다. 비선형 예측제어기는 먼저 적절한 함수 확장을 이용하여 시스템의 미래 출력 값을 예측하고, 예측값과 설정치와의 차이를 최소화시키는 제어입력을 구하여 시스템에 인가한다. 이러한 제어기에 의한 폐회로 동특성은 목적함수가 상태변수로 이루어진 경우는 항상 안정한 특성을 보이고 목적함수가 출력변수으로 이루어진 경우는 상대 계수가 4이하인 경우에 안정한 특성을 보인다. 이 제어기는 기존의 비선형 제어기가 적용 불가능한 시스템에도 적용 가능한 장점을 가지고 있다. 시스템의 불확실성이 큰 경우, 제어 안정도 및 제어 성능을 향상시키기 위하여 감독제어를 비선형 예측제어기에 포함시켰다. 이러한 제어기를 수중 벽면 주행로봇에 대한 모사실험에 적용한 결과 제어기의 강인함과 제어 성능 향상을 볼 수 있었다.

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Localization and Autonomous Control of PETASUS System II for Manipulation in Structured Environment (구조화된 수중 환경에서 작업을 위한 PETASUS 시스템 II의 위치 인식 및 자율 제어)

  • Han, Jonghui;Ok, Jinsung;Chung, Wan Kyun
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.37-42
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    • 2013
  • In this paper, a localization algorithm and an autonomous controller for PETASUS system II which is an underwater vehicle-manipulator system, are proposed. To estimate its position and to identify manipulation targets in a structured environment, a multi-rate extended Kalman filter is developed, where map information and data from inertial sensors, sonar sensors, and vision sensors are used. In addition, a three layered control structure is proposed as a controller for autonomy. By this controller, PETASUS system II is able to generate waypoints and make decisions on its own behaviors. Experiment results are provided for verifying proposed algorithms.

Design of an Adaptive Robust Nonlinear Predictive Controller (적응성을 가진 강인한 비선형 예측제어기 설계)

  • Park, Gee--Yong;Yoon, Ji-Sup
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.7 no.12
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    • pp.967-972
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    • 2001
  • In this paper, an adaptive robust nonlinear predictive controller is developed for the continuous time nonlinear systems whose control objective is composed of the system output and its desired value. The basic control law is derived from the continuous time prediction model and its feedback dynamcis shows another from if input and output linearization. In order to cope with the parameter uncertainty, robust control is incorporated into the basic control law and the asymptotic convergence of tracking error to a certain bounded region is guaranteed. For stability and performance improvement within the bounded region, an adaptive control is introduced. Simulation tests for the motion control of an underwater wall-ranging robot confirm the performance improvement and the robustness of this controller.

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AUV Platform Design for Unmanned remotely Construction and Harbor Infrastructure (항만 실시간 감시 및 시공지원을 위한 AUV 플랫폼 설계)

  • Park, Yong-Gu;Lee, Young-Pil;Li, Ji-Hong
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.16 no.6
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    • pp.1089-1094
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    • 2021
  • In order to support the restoration and construction work of port infrastructure facilities damaged or damaged due to disasters and disasters, it is linked with work equipment based on the performance of duties such as regular patrol in the port, monitoring the underwater environment, and acquisition of underwater configuration information in the port, Define content related to AUV platform analysis and design that can support construction.