• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2001년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.551-554
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• 2001

A necessity of remote control robots or various searching robots etc. that accomplish works given instead of human under long distance and extreme environment such as volcano, universe, deep-sea exploration and nuclear power plant etc. is increasing, and so the development and the research regarding these mobile robots are actively progressing. The wheel mobile robot or the track mobile robot have a sufficient energy efficiency under this en, but also have a lot of limits to accomplish works given which are caused from the restriction of mobile ability. Therefore, recently many researches for the walking robot with superior mobility and energy efficiency on the terrain, which is uneven or where obstacles, inclination and stairways exist, have been doing. The research for these walking robots is separated into fields of mechanism and control system, gait research, circumference environment and system condition recognition etc. greatly. It is a research field that the gait research among these is the centralist in actual implementation of walking robot unlike different mobile robots. A research field for gait of walking robot is classified into two parts according to the nature of the stability and the walking speed, static gait or dynamic gait. While the speed of a static gait is lower than that of a dynamic gait, a static gait which moves the robot to maintain a static stability guarantees a superior stability relatively. A dynamic gait, which make the robot walk controlling the instability caused by the gravity during the two leg supporting period and so maintaining the stability of the robot body spontaneously, is suitable for high speed walking but has a relatively low stability and a difficulty in implementation compared with a static gait. The quadruped walking robot has a strong point that can embody these gaits together. In this research, we will develope an autonomous quadruped robot with an asaptibility to the environment by selectry appropriate gait, element such as duty factor, stride, trajectory, etc.

• 한국인터넷방송통신학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.163-168
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• 2016

농 수산물의 기본적인 품질향상을 위해서는 저수지의 효율적인 통합제어 관리시스템과 정확한 데이터가 절대적으로 필요하며 이는 USN을 이용하여 비용과 시간을 절감할 수 있다. 이를 위하여 본 논문에서는 수상에서 환경을 계측하여 알려줄 수 있는 수상 로봇과 환경정보를 취합하여 통신하기 위한 네트워크를 설계하고 제작하였다. 기존의 모델에 비해 내구성이 뛰어나고 저렴한 모델을 설계하였으며 ZigBee와 TRS, Wi-Fi 및 LTE 망으로 연계가 가능하도록 네트위크를 설계하였다. 또한 모의실험을 통하여 수상로봇의 탐사기능을 확인하였고 사용자 관리 프로그램을 제작하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제12권6호
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• pp.585-593
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• 2006

In this paper, we propose a vision-based simultaneous localization and map-building (SLAM) algorithm. SLAM problem asks the location of mobile robot in the unknown environments. Therefore, this problem is one of the most important processes of mobile robots in the outdoor operation. To solve this problem, Extended Kalman filter (EKF) is widely used. However, this filter requires computational power (${\sim}O(N)$, N is the dimension of state vector). To reduce the computational complexity, we applied compressed extended Kalman filter (CEKF) to stereo image sequence. Moreover, because the mobile robots operate in the outdoor environments, we should estimate full d.o.f.s of mobile robot. To evaluate proposed SLAM algorithm, we performed the outdoor experiments. The experiment was performed by using new wheeled type mobile robot, Robhaz-6W. The performance results of CEKF SLAM are presented.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.205-211
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• 2024

Effective warehouse management requires advanced resource planning to optimize profits and space. Robots offer a promising solution, but their effectiveness relies on embedded artificial intelligence. Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) enhances robot intelligence in these environments. This study explores various MARL algorithms using the Multi-Robot Warehouse Environment (RWARE) to determine their suitability for warehouse resource planning. Our findings show that cooperative MARL is essential for effective warehouse management. IA2C outperforms MAA2C and VDA2C on smaller maps, while VDA2C excels on larger maps. IA2C's decentralized approach, focusing on cooperation over collaboration, allows for higher reward collection in smaller environments. However, as map size increases, reward collection decreases due to the need for extensive exploration. This study highlights the importance of selecting the appropriate MARL algorithm based on the specific warehouse environment's requirements and scale.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.295-300
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• 2017

본 연구는 최근 급증하고 있는 1인 가구 내 개인이 직면할 수 있는 심리적 소외감을 해결할 수 있는 대안으로 인간과 정서적으로 소통할 수 있는 소셜로봇의 역할 탐색에 목적이 있다. 먼저 문헌연구를 통해 소셜로봇의 정의와 특징을 파악 후 소셜로봇의 현황과 미래 전망을 분석하였다. 이를 기반으로 향후 소셜로봇의 잠재적 수요자가 될 수도권에 거주하는 만 20세 이상 30세 이하의 1인 가구를 대상으로 심층인터뷰를 하여 사용자 경험 측면에서 소셜로봇에게 필요한 역할을 정리하였다. 그 결과 모든 실험자는 자신에게만 특화되어 상호작용할 수 있는 소셜로봇이 필요하다고 응답했으나, 로봇과의 애착 형성 필요성에 대해서는 개인마다 차이를 보였다. 이를 통해 개인별 생활 방식 및 성향 등에 따라 소셜로봇에게 요구하는 점이 다르다는 것을 파악하였다. 따라서 향후 소셜로봇이 인간의 삶 속에 자리매김하기 위해서는 개별 맞춤형 소셜로봇의 기술 개발과 사용자 경험 측면에서의 고려가 필요하다는 함의를 도출할 수 있었다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제7권4호
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• pp.259-266
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• 2012

In these days, researches about underwater robots have been actively in progress for the purposes of ocean detection and resource exploration. Unlike general underwater robots such as ROV(Remotely Operated Vehicle) and AUV(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) which have propellers, an articulated underwater robot which is called Crabster has been being developed in KORDI(Korea Ocean Research & Development Institute) with many cooperation organizations since 2010. The robot is expected to be able to walk and swim under the sea with its legs. Among many researching fields of this project, we are focusing on a swimming section. In order to find effective swimming locomotion for the robot, we approached this subject in terms of Biomimetics. As a model of optimized swimming organism in nature, diving beetles were chosen. In the paper, swimming motions of diving beetles were analyzed in viewpoint of robotics for applying them into the swimming motion of the robot. After modeling the kinematics of diving beetle through robotics engineering technique, we obtained swimming patterns of the one of living diving beetles, and then compared them with calculated optimal swimming patterns of a robot leg. As the first trial to compare the locomotion data of legs of the diving beetle with a robot leg, we have sorted two representative swimming patterns such as forwarding and turning. Experimental environment has been set up to get the motion data of diving beetles. The experimental equipment consists of a transparent aquarium and a high speed camera. Various swimming motions of diving beetles were recorded with the camera. After classifying swimming patterns of the diving beetle, we can get angular data of each joint on hind legs by image processing software, Image J. The data were applied to an optimized algorithm for swimming of a robot leg which was designed by robotics engineering technique. Through this procedure, simulated results which show trajectories of a robot leg were compared with trajectories of a leg of a diving beetle in desired directions. As a result, we confirmed considerable similarity in the result of trajectory and joint angles comparison.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권10호
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• pp.915-920
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• 2013

Payload capacity and transition ability are essential for climbing robots to apply the robots to various applications such as inspection and exploration. This paper presents a new climbing robotic platform with multi-link structure of track-wheel modules to enhance payload capacity and transition ability, and its tracking controller design and experimental results. The compliances between track-wheel modules achieve stable internal and external transitions while the large adhesion area of the track-wheel module enhances the payload capacity of the robot. Kinematic model-based tracking controller is designed and implemented for autonomous internal transition, and the gains of the controller are optimized by experimental design. Experiments on the automatic internal transitions are performed and the results guarantee autonomous internal transition with little tracking error.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.687-693
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• 2012

본 논문에서는 군집로봇의 효과적인 협조탐색을 위한 탐색영역에 대한 군집로봇의 최적배치을 제안한다. 먼저, 탐색영역에 대한 최적의 배치를 위해 보로노이 테셀레이션과 K-mean 알고리즘을 이용하여 탐색영역을 분할한다. 분할된 영역을 안전한 주행을 위해 전역경로계획과 지역경로계획을 한다. 전역경로계획은 A*알고리즘을 이용하여 전역경로계획을 하여 최적의 전역경로를 찾고, 지역경로계획은 포텐셜 필드방법을 이용하여 장애물 회피 통해 안전하게 목표점에 이르게 한다. 마지막으로 제안한 알고리즘은 시물레이션을 통해 그 응용가능성을 검토한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권7호
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• pp.658-663
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• 2012

An accurate outdoor localization method using line/arc features is suggested for mobile robots with LRFs (Laser Range Finders) and odometry. Localization is a key process for outdoor mobile robots which are used for autonomous navigation, exploration and so on. In this paper, an accurate pose correction algorithm is proposed for mobile robots using LRFs, which use three feature types: line, circle, and arc. Using this method we can reduce the number of singular cases that robots couldn't find their pose. Finally we have got simulation results to validate the proposed algorithm.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제16권2호통권95호
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• pp.130-137
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• 1999

In this paper we propose a method of determining the local curvature of a three dimensional convex object using the force and torque information obtained from the active touch of a robot hand. A technique for estimating two dimensional curvature of a convex object are introduced and the way of computing the three dimensional curvature from the two dimensional vurvatures is presented. Also, we develop an experimental system consisting of a finger and verify the effectiveness of the proposed method experimentally.