• 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.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.121-130
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• 2011

The localization of vehicle is an important part of an unmanned vehicle control problem. Pseudolite ultrasonic system(PUS) is the method to find an absolute position with a high accuracy by using ultrasonic sensor. And Gyro is the inertial sensor to measure yaw angle of vehicle. PUS can be able to estimate the position of mobile robot precisely, in which errors are not accumulated. And Gyro is a more faster measure method than PUS. In this paper, we suggest a more accuracy method of calculating PUS which is numerical analysis approach named Newtonian method. And also propose the fusion method to increase the accuracy of estimated angle on moving vehicle by using PUS and Gyro integrated system by Kalman filtering. To control the 4WS unmanned vehicle, the trajectory following algorithm is suggested. And the new concept arbitration of goal controller is suggested. This method considers the desirability function of vehicle state. Finally, the performances of Newtonian method and designed controller were verified from the experimental results with the 4WS vehicle scaled 1/10.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2013년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1557-1558
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• 2013

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제30권2호
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• pp.141-149
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• 2016

In this technical note, the issues and challenges for the launch and recovery systems (LARS) and related techniques for the operation of an underwater robot from a manned platform are considered. Various types of LARS fitted to specific manned platforms, surface or sub-surface, are surveyed and categorized. The current UUV launch and recovery systems from surface ships and submarines utilize time consuming processes. As underwater robot technologies evolve and their roles are defined, safe and effective launch and recovery methods should be developed capable of reliable and efficient operations, particularly at a high sea state. To improve the existing underwater robot capabilities, LARS technology maturation is required in the near term, leading to the ability to incorporate autonomous LARS for an underwater robot on a manned platform. In the near term, particular emphasis should be placed on UUV LARS, which are surface ship based, with submarine based systems in the long term. Furthermore, for a dedicated LARS ship, independent of the existing host ship type, particular emphasis should be given to fully utilizing the capabilities of underwater robots.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.312-318
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• 2022

Robot-based layout automation has been recently promoted for the purpose of improving productivity and quality. Marking robots have various functional demands to secure marking precision and environmental adaptability. In particular, in order to automate marking work of building structure, correction of the marking line through position recognition of rebars placed is required. Because the rebars must maintain a constant cover thickness from the formwork surface, if the rebars are out of planned position, the rebar or marking line need to be corrected to secure the cover thickness. Thus, the marking robot for structural work needs to have the function for determining the position correction of the rebar or the marking line. In order to judge the correction of marking line, it is required to measure the distance between the planned marking line and the rebar placed. Therefore, this study proposes an algorithm that can measure the distance between the planned line and the rebar, and correct marking line for the automatic operation of the marking robot. The results of this study will be utilized as a core function for unmanned operation of the marking robot and contribute to securing precise marking by reflecting construction errors.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.97-107
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• 2011

This paper describes efficient flight control algorithms for building a reconfigurable ad-hoc wireless sensor networks between nodes on the ground and airborne nodes mounted on autonomous vehicles to increase the operational range of an aerial robot or the communication connectivity. Two autonomous flight control algorithms based on adaptive gradient climbing approach are developed to steer the aerial vehicles to reach optimal locations for the maximum communication throughputs in the airborne sensor networks. The first autonomous vehicle control algorithm is presented for seeking the source of a scalar signal by directly using the extremum-seeking based forward surge control approach with no position information of the aerial vehicle. The second flight control algorithm is developed with the angular rate command by integrating an adaptive gradient climbing technique which uses an on-line gradient estimator to identify the derivative of a performance cost function. They incorporate the network performance into the feedback path to mitigate interference and noise. A communication propagation model is used to predict the link quality of the communication connectivity between distributed nodes. Simulation study is conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the proposed reconfigurable airborne wireless networking control algorithms.

• 한국광학회지
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• 제26권1호
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• pp.44-53
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• 2015

현재의 이미지 센서기술은 메가픽셀 급에 한정되어 있는데 메가픽셀 급의 이미지 센서로 기가픽셀의 이미지를 생성하기 위해서는 필수적으로 중첩영역의 이미지를 하나로 합성하는 스티칭(stitching) 기법을 쓸 수밖에 없다. 본 논문에서는 로봇파노라마헤드와 스티칭 기법을 사용하여 기가픽셀카메라 기술의 전 과정을 탐구해 보았다. 그리고 이 과정을 통해서 얻어진 경험이나 이해를 바탕으로 듀크대와 BAE의 기가픽셀카메라 기술에 대해서도 설계해석을 시도해 보았다. 또 나아가, 새로운 기가픽셀카메라의 광학구조에 대한 모색도 시도해 보았다. 기가픽셀카메라 기술에서는 스티칭 작업과는 별도로 먼거리의 피사체 혹은 대기오염과 같은 원인으로 발생하는 흐릿한 영상부분을 보정하는 것이 필수적이라는 것도 파악되었다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.981-988
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• 2023

무인 비행체의 활용범위가 확대됨에 따라 관련 기술의 발전과 기술 수요도 증가하는 추세이다. 무인 비행체의 운영빈도가 늘어나고 운영의 편리성이 강조됨에 따라 관련 자율비행 기술도 중요성이 주목받고 있다. 무인 비행체의 자율 비행에 있어 목적지에 도달하는 경로계획을 세우는 일은 유도제어에서 중요하며 무인화의 효과를 극대화하기 위해서는 경로계획 역시 자동으로 생성하는 기술이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 무인 비행체의 자율운영 효과를 높이기 위해서 급속탐색랜덤트리기법으로 생성된 경로를 무인기의 특성에 맞게 최적화하는 기법에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 최적 거리, 최단 시간, 임무점 통과 등의 지표를 달성하기 위해 경로계획을 무인 비행체의 임무 목표와 동적 특성을 고려하여 최적화하였다. 제안한 기법은 장애물 상황에 대한 성능검증을 통해 무인 비행체 경로계획 생성에 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• 항공우주기술
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2014

본 논문은 틸트-덕트 수직이착륙 비행로봇을 위한 동력계통의 설계, 개발 및 시험 결과를 기술한다. 본 연구에서는 R/C 모터보트에 적용되는 소형 수냉식 엔진을 이용하여 비행로봇의 탑재 및 비행체와 인터페이스에 대한 하드웨어 개발 사항을 기술하였다. 또한 지상시험과 안전줄 시험을 통해 비행체의 추력 성능을 측정하고 동력계통의 내구성 결과가 제시되었다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.155-161
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• 2005

Up to now, a lot of unmanned demining systems have been developed. However, some inferiority surely exist by reason of their large platform and explosive mechanism. To settle this inferiority, non-explosive demining system adaptable to a mobile robot already has been developed. Brief experiment indoors showed that developed demining system can remove landmines well. But, out of doors, several problems are detected. In this research, a study on the performance improvement of developed non-explosive demining system is mainly discussed. To overcome downhill effect, mechanical sensor composed of shaft and spring is used. It is confirmed that clearance depth control using the mechanical sensor is a good solution for the inclination of the system.