• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.15 no.6
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• pp.604-611
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• 2009

Modular snake-like robots are robust for failure and have flexible locomotion for environments, but are difficult to control. Various phase and evolutionary approaches for modular robots have been studied for many years, but there are few comparisons among these methods. In this paper, Phase, GAps, GA and GP approaches are implemented and compared for flat, stairs, and slope environments. In addition, simulations of the locomotion evolution for modular snake-like robot are executed in Webots environments.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.67 no.5
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• pp.663-668
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• 2018

A combined CPG (Central Pattern Generator) based foot trajectory and GA (Genetic Algorithm) based joint compensation method is presented for adaptive humanoid walking. In order to increase an adaptability of humanoid walking for rough terrains, the experiment for rolling terrains are introduced. The CPG based foot trajectory method has been successfully applied to basic slops and variable slops, but has a limitation for the rolling terrains. The experiments are conducted in an ODE based Webots simulation environment using humanoid robot Nao to verify a stability of walking for various rolling terrains. The proposed method is compared to the previous CPG foot trajectory technique and shows better performance especially for the cascade rolling terrains.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.121-123
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• 2009

뱀형 모듈라 로봇은 다양한 환경에 대해서 강인성을 가지고 있고, 모듈 일부의 고장에도 이동할 수 있는 장점을 가진다. 그러나 이동 제어 방법이 어렵고, 아직까지 효율적인 이동법의 개발이 미비한 편이다. 본 연구에서는 뱀형 로봇의 이동제어를 위하여 GA(Genetic Algorithm)기반의 위상제어 방식과 GP(Genetic Programing)를 사용한 임의의 관절궤적 생성 방식을 비교한다. KMC사의 뱀형 로봇을 대상으로 먼저 webots 시뮬레이터 상에서 모델링 및 시뮬레이션을 수행하여 위의 방법들을 비교하였다.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.151-152
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• 2009

본 논문에서는 진화연산 기법중 GP(Genetic Programming)를 이용한 관절좌표계 상에서의 걸음새 자동생성 기법과 생물체의 신경발생 신호 원리를 이용한 CPG(Central Pattern Generator) 기법을 구현한다. 바이올로이드로 구성된 4족 보행로봇에 대하여 Webots기반의 ODE 시뮬레이션을 통해 접근 기법들에 대한 최적화를 수행하고 결과를 비교 분석한다. 그리고 구해진 시뮬레이션과 결과를 실제 로봇에 대해서 각 동작을 실행시켜 보면서 CPG와 GP 기반 걸음새 방식 실제적인 성능 및 특성도 고찰한다.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.751-758
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• 2016

The modifiable walking pattern generation (MWPG) algorithm can handle dynamic walking commands by changing the walking period, step length, and direction independently. When an infeasible command is given, the algorithm changes the command to a feasible one. After the feasibility of the navigational command is checked, it is translated into the desired center of mass (CM) state. To achieve the desired CM state, a reference CM trajectory is generated using predefined zero moment point (ZMP) functions. Based on the proposed algorithm, various complex walking patterns were generated, including backward and sideways walking. The effectiveness of the patterns was verified in dynamic simulations using the Webots simulator.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.14 no.6
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• pp.573-579
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• 2008

This paper introduces a new approach to develop a fast gait for quadruped robot using GP(genetic programming). Planning gaits for legged robots is a challenging task that requires optimizing parameters in a highly irregular and multidimensional space. Several recent approaches have focused on using GA(genetic algorithm) to generate gait automatically and shown significant improvement over previous results. Most of current GA based approaches used pre-selected parameters, but it is difficult to select the appropriate parameters for the optimization of gait. To overcome these problems, we proposed an efficient approach which optimizes joint angle trajectories using genetic programming. Our GP based method has obtained much better results than GA based approaches for experiments of Sony AIBO ERS-7 in Webots environment.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.107-113
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• 2010

In this paper, a prototype of cooperative work model for multi-robots system is introduced and the evolutionary approach is applied to generate the motions for the cooperative works of multi-robots system using genetic algorithm. The cooperative tasks can be performed by a humanoid robot and a mobile robot to deliver objects from shelves. Generation of the humanoid motions such as pick up, rotation, and place operation for the cooperative works are evolved. Modeling and computer simulation for the cooperative robots system are executed in Webots environments. Experimental results show the feasible and reasonable solutions for humanoid cooperative tasks are obtained.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2005.11a
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• pp.335-338
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• 2005

로봇 에이전트는 변화하는 환경에서 센서정보를 바탕으로 적절한 행동을 선택하며 동작하는 것이 중요하다. 행동 선택 네트워크는 이러한 환경에서 변화하는 센서정보에 따라 실시간으로 행동을 선택할 수 있다는 점에서, 장시간에 걸친 최적화보다 단시간 내 개선된 효율성에 초점을 맞추어 사용되어 왔다. 하지만 행동 선택 네트워크는 초기 문제에 의존적으로 설계되어 변화하는 환경에 유연하게 대처하지 못한다는 맹점을 가지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 행동 선택 네트워크의 연결을 LCS를 기반으로 진화 학습시켰다. LCS는 유전자 알고리즘을 통해 만들어진 규칙들을 강화학습을 통해 평가하며, 이를 통해 변화하는 환경에 적합한 규칙을 생성한다. 제안하는 모델에서는 LCS의 규칙이 센서정보를 포함한다. 진화가 진행되는 도중 이 규칙들이 모든 센서 정보를 포함하지 못하기 때문에 현재의 센서 정보를 반영하지 못하는 경우가 발생할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이를 해결하기 위해 센서정보 별로 개체를 따로 유지하는 방법을 제안한다. 제안하는 방법의 검증을 위해 Webots 시뮬레이터에서 케페라 로봇을 이용해 실험을 하여, 변화하는 환경에서 로봇 에이전트가 학습을 통해 올바른 행동을 선택함을 보였고, 일반LCS를 사용한 것보다 조건별 개체 유지를 통해 더 나은 결과를 보이는 것 또한 확인하였다.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.65 no.9
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• pp.1551-1556
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• 2016

A combined CPG (Central Pattern Generator) based foot trajectory and GP (Genetic Programming) based joint compensation method is presented for the adaptive humanoid walking. The CPG based foot trajectory methods have been successfully applied to basic slops and variable slops with slow rates, but have a limitation for the steep slop terrains. In order to increase an adaptability of humanoid walking for the rough terrains, a GP based joint compensation method is proposed and combined to the CPG (Central Pattern Generator) based foot trajectory method. The experiments using humanoid robot Nao are conducted in an ODE based Webots simulation environmemt to verify a stability of walking for the various aslope terrains. The proposed method is compared to the previous CPG foot trajectory technique and shows better performances especially for the steep varied slopes.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.360-365
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• 2013

The paper introduces dynamic generation technique of foot trajectories using CPG(Central Pattern Generator). In this approach, the generated foot trajectories can be changeable according to variable outputs of CPG in various environments, because they are given as mapping functions of the output signals of the CPG oscillators. It enables to provide an adaptable foot trajectory for environmental change. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach, experiments on humanoid robot Nao is executed in the Webot simulation. The performance and motion features of CPG based approach is analyzed.