• 융합신호처리학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.21-28
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• 2020

본 논문에서는 새로운 형태의 전동 외발 손수레를 제안하였다. 제안된 전동 외발 손수레는 작업 동작을 감지하여 작업자의 의도에 따라 안전하고 균형을 잃지 않도록 하면서 자동으로 외발 손수레를 이동시킬 수 있도록 해 준다. 작업자가 손수레의 손잡이를 잡고 위 아래로 기울이면 외발 손수레에 장착된 방위각 센서를 이용하여 전후 방향의 각도인 피치각을 감지하고 이를 전후진 이동 의도로 간주하여 각도의 크기에 비례하는 속력으로 손수레의 바퀴를 가감속 제어하여 전후진시킨다. 또한 기존 손수레와 달리 적재함에도 추가의 자유도를 부가하여 회전할 수 있도록 하였고, 작업 중 손수레가 좌우 방향으로 기울어질 때 기울기인 롤각을 감지하고 이를 기반으로 하여 적재함이 항상 지면과 수평을 유지할 수 있도록 위치 제어하여 작업자가 손수레의 균형을 잃지 않고 안전하고 쉽게 손수레를 운전할 수 있도록 해 준다. 농업 현장이나 산업 현장에서 실제로 사용할 수 있도록 DC 모터와 인휠모터, 모터 드라이버, 2축 방위각 센서와 저가의 마이크로 컨트롤러를 사용하여 경제적이고 효율적인 제어 시스템을 구성하고 기구부 설계 제작도 수행하였다. 또한 피치각의 변화만 있는 경우, 롤각의 변화만 있는 경우, 그리고 피치각과 롤각이 동시에 변화하는 경우에 대한 실험을 통해 개발된 전동 외발 손수레의 안정성과 유용성을 검증하였다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제3권4호
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• pp.331-337
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• 2008

The field of robots is being widely accepted as a new technology today. Many robots are produced continuously to impart amusement to people. Especially the robot which operates with a wheelbarrow was enough of a work of art to arouse excitement in the audiences. All the wheelbarrow robots share the same technology in that the direction of roll and pitch are acting as balance controllers, allowing the robots to maintain balance for a long period by continuously moving forward and backward. However one disadvantage of this technology is that they cannot avoid obstacles in their way. Therefore movement in sideways is a necessity. For the control of rotation of yawing direction, the angle and direction of rotation are adjusted according to the velocity and torque of rotation of a motor. Therefore this study aimed to inquire into controlling yawing direction, which is responsible for rotation of a robot. This was followed by creating a simulation of a wheelbarrow robot and equipping the robot with a yawing direction controlling device in the center of the body so as to allow sideway movements.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제33권3호
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• pp.157-166
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• 2008

Protected horticulture is labor-intensive. It necessitates great amount of labor in many tasks including grafting, pollination and harvesting. Particularly, carrying crops involves the most intensive labor which leads to a high risk of musculoskeletal disorder. Thus, this study aims at developing an ergonomic vehicle to reduce this intensity of labor and ergonomic evaluation by applying the newly developed vehicles to REBA. 5 healthy male subjects with no records of any musculoskeletal disorder were participated in this study. The experimental units were divided into three categories: lifting, lowering and pushing tasks. The results showed that the developed vehicle received less loads in group B (arms and wrists) than in group A (trunk, neck and legs). Especially, the developed vehicle scored $1.0{\sim}4.4$ in group C on REBA while the conventional wheelbarrow got $3.0{\sim}7.6$, regardless of working postures. In conclusion, the developed ergonomic vehicle provided less loads for human bodies compared to the conventional one.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.286-294
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• 2009

A high prevalence of protected horticulture farmer's work-related musculo-skeletal disorders (MSDs) have been reported in precedent studies. One of the tasks required ergonomic intervention to reduce the musculo-skeletal risks is the task of product transporting. The purpose of this study is to evaluate quantitatively the spinal load of operator using manual vehicles to predict and prevent musculo-skeletal risks. Spinal load in operators using 4 kinds of manual vehicle were analyzed. Before evaluating spinal load on operator using the manual vehicles by bio-mechanical approach, it is needed to validate human model. In this study, ADAMS LifeMOD human model shows satisfactory results, comparing with already validated model's results or measured results. While Operators pushed the manual vehicles(wheelbarrow, Trolley, 2 wheel cart, and 4 wheel cart) contained loads that were 0 N and 800 N, their spinal loads(compression force, shear force) were evaluated. The compression force demonstrated under the NIOSH action limits - 3410N - for all 4 manual vehicle's operators(McGill 1997; Marras 2000). However, the lateral shear force demonstrated over the University of Waterloo - 500N - for all 3 manual vehicle's operators except 4Wheel cart (Yingline and McGill, 1999). Therefore, operators have risks in prevalence of the musculo-skeletal disorders due to shear force. The findings of this study suggest that it need to be determine the spinal load, especially lateral shear force in designing the manual vehicles in the future.