• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.61-69
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• 2010

로봇이 동작하는 환경을 완벽하게 커버리지 하기 위해서는 전체환경 지도를 가지고 있어야 한다. 그러나 대부분의 기존 커버리지 알고리즘은 로봇이 동작하기 전 사전에 생성된 지도가 있어야 동작 한다. 이런 이유로 기존의 커버리지 알고리즘은 미지의 환경에 바로 적용할 수 없는 문제를 가지고 있다. 미지의 환경에서 로봇이 모든 영역을 커버리지 하기위해서는 로봇스스로 환경 지도를 생성할 수 있어야한다. 본 논문에서는 SLAM 알고리즘을 통합하여 미지의 환경에서 로봇이 환경 지도를 생성하며 생성된 지도를 기반으로 커버리지를 수행하는 DmaxCoverage 알고리즘을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션 실험을 통해서 DmaxCoverage 알고리즘이 기존의 커버리지 알고리즘에 비해서 효율적임을 증명하였다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2005년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.252-254
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• 2005

Completer coverage path planning requires the robot path to cover every part of the workspace, which is an essential issue in cleaning robots and many other robotic applications such as vacuum robots and painter robots. In this paper, a novel Water Flowing Algorithm (WFA) is proposed for cleaning robots to complete coverage path planning in unknown environment without obstacles. The robot covers the whole workspace just like that water fills up a container. First the robot goes to the lowest point in the workspace just like water flows to the bottom of the container. At last the robot will come to highest point in the workspace just like water overflows from the container and simultaneously the robot has covered the whole workspace. The computer simulation results show that the proposed algorithm enable the robot to plan complete coverage paths.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2000년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.2840-2842
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• 2000

This paper describes sensor-based occupancy grid map construction method through complete coverage navigation algorithm in unknown environment. In this paper, we use the updated Baysian model for probabilistic grid map. For map construction, complete coverage navigation method in which mobile robot can navigate complete field through as short path as possible in unknown environment, is used. The computer simulations result show that map construction method using complete coverage algorithm is efficient.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제11권9호
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• pp.789-794
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• 2005

This paper describes an algorithm for minimal turning complete coverage Path planning for cleaning robots. This algorithm divides the whole cleaning area by cellular decomposition, and then provides the path planning among the cells employing a flow network. It also provides specific path planning inside each cell guaranteeing the minimal turning of the robots. The minimal turning of the robots is directly related to the faster motion and energy saving. The proposed algorithm is compared with previous approaches in simulation and the result shows the validity of the algorithm.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.255-262
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• 2011

Many intelligent robots have to be given environmental information to perform tasks. In this paper an intelligent robot, that is, a cleaning robot used a sensor fusing method of two sensors: LRF and StarGazer, and then was able to obtain the information. Throughout wall following using laser displacement sensor, LRF, the working area is built during the robot turn one cycle around the area. After the process of wall following, a path planning which is able to execute the work effectively is established using flow network algorithm. This paper describes an algorithm for minimal turning complete coverage path planning for intelligent robots. This algorithm divides the whole working area by cellular decomposition, and then provides the path planning among the cells employing flow networks. It also provides specific path planning inside each cell guaranteeing the minimal turning of the robots. The proposed algorithm is applied to two different working areas, and verified that it is an optimal path planning method.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.2658-2679
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• 2018

This paper proposes a novel Random Scheduling Algorithm based on Subregion Coverage (RSASC), to solve the SET K-cover problem (an NP-complete problem). SET K-cover problem distributes the set of sensors into the maximum number of mutually exclusive subsets (MESSs) in such a way that each of them can be scheduled for lifetime extension of WSN. Sensor coverage divides the target region into different subregions. RSASC first sorts the subregions in the ascending order concerning their sensor coverage. Then, it forms the subregion groups according to their similar sensor coverage. Lastly, RSASC ensures the K-coverage of each subregion from every group by randomly scheduling the sensors. We consider the target-coverage and area-coverage applications of WSN to analyze the usefulness of our proposed RSASC algorithm. The distinct quality of RSASC is that it utilizes less number of deployed sensors (33% less) to form the optimum number of MESSs with the higher computational speed (saves more than 93% of the time) as compared to the existing three algorithms.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제26권7호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2009

This paper describes a path planning algorithm, which is the minimal turning path based on the shape and size of the cell to clean up the whole area with two cleaning robots. Our method divides the whole cleaning area with each cell by cellular decomposition, and then provides some path plans among of the robots to reduce the rate of energy consumption and cleaning time of it. In addition we suggest how to plan between the robots especially when they are cleaning in the same cell. Finally simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the algorithm in an unknown area with multiple robots. And then we compare the performance index of two algorithms such as total of turn, total of time.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2010

청소 로봇의 중요한 기술 중 하나는 커버리지 성능이다. 대부분의 가정용 청소 로봇들은 로봇의 크기나 제작 비용 때문에 로봇을 구성하는 시스템 구성에 제약을 받게 된다. 이러한 이유 때문에 청소 로봇의 가장 중요한 요소인 커버리지 성능을 높이는데 필요한, 위치 인식이나 맵 구성을 위한 기존의 알고리즘들을 쉽게 적용할 수가 없다. 본 논문에서는 청소 로봇을 위한 두 가지 문제에 초점을 맞추어 이를 해결 할 수 있는 방안을 제시한다. 먼저 계산 량을 줄여 저가형 시스템을 구성할 수 있어야 한다. 이를 위해 청소 환경을 단순화 하는 형태로 변화 시켜 위치 인식과 특징점 맵을 구성하는데 필요한 계산량을 줄이는 방법을 제안한다. 두 번째로 청소로봇에 사용하는 센서들의 성능이 매우 제한적이다. 청소 로봇에 가장 많이 사용되는 센서는 초음파 센서와 적외선 센서이다. 초음파 센서의 경우에는 로봇의 크기나 구조적인 문제 때문에 측정 범위가 제한되고, 적외선의 경우엔 비용 문제와 센서 자체가 가지고 있는 측정 범위에 대한 문제에 의해 근거리 측정용 센서만을 사용한다. 이러한 센서들의 성능을 고려한 특징점 추출 방법을 설명하고 이를 이용한 맵 구성과 청소 영역 분할에 대한 방법을 제안한다. 본 논문에서 제안된 전 영역 청소를 위한 알고리즘들은 실제 판매되는 청소 로봇에 적용하여, 그 성능을 검증한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.96-116
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• 2016

Sensing coverage is a fundamental issue for Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Several coverage configuration protocols have been developed; most of them presume the availability of precise knowledge about each node location via GPS receivers. However, equipping each sensor node with a GPS is very expensive in terms of both energy and cost. On the other hand, several GPS-less localization algorithms that aim at obtaining nodes locations with a low cost have been proposed. Although their deep correlation, sensing coverage and localization have long been treated separately. In this paper, we analyze, design and evaluate a novel integrated framework providing both localization and coverage guarantees for WSNs. We integrate the well-known Coverage Configuration Protocol CCP with an improved version of the localization algorithm AT-Dist. We enhanced the original specification of AT-Dist in order to guarantee the necessary localization accuracy required by CCP. In our proposed framework, a few number of nodes are assumed to know their exact positions and dynamically vary their transmission ranges. The remaining sensors positions are derived, as accurately as possible, using this little initial location information. All nodes positions (exact and derived) are then used as an input for the coverage module. Extensive simulation results show that, even with a very low anchor density, our proposal reaches the same performance and efficiency as the ideal CCP based on complete and precise knowledge of sensors coordinates.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.2335-2337
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• 2001

In this paper, we address a new complete coverage navigation algorithm and guidance methodology for the cleaning robot. The proposed algorithm is based on the grid map. Six templates, excluding a Back-Trace(BT) template are used as the local navigation method. The effectiveness of the algorithm proposed in this paper is thoroughly demonstrated through simulations and the evaluation of parameters for the path execution.