• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권10호
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• pp.983-989
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• 2007

Most of life thing including human being have tendency of reaction with inherently their own pattern against environmental change caused by such as light, sound, smell etc. Especially, a sense of direction often works as a very important factor in such reaction. Actually, human or animal lift that can react instantly to a stimulus determine their action with a sense of direction to a stimulant. In this paper, we try to propose how to give a sense of direction to a robot using sound being representative stimulant, and tracking sensors being able to detect the direction of such sound source. We also try to propose how to determine the relative directions among devices or robots using the digital compass and the RSSI on wireless network.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.1070-1075
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 실내 보안지역내의 인간 출입을 통제하기위해 보안로봇을 이용한 출입통제 기능을 수행한 시스템 및 연구결과를 제시하고 있다. 제안된 로봇은 환경인식을 위한 레이저파인더를 탑재하고 보안지역을 상시 관찰을 수행하며 출입금지 구역에 인간을 출입이나 진행을 감지했을 때, 로봇이 인간의 속도벡터를 계산 및 주행할 경로를 계획하고 인간의 진행방향을 차단할 수 있도록 예측된 경로를 따라 주행을 하게 된다. 이때, 인간의 움직임은 포인터 물체로 간주하였으며 로봇의 기구학에 기반하여 인간의 위치를 추정한다. 실내에서 계속적인 환경변화에 대해 로봇은 감시기능 수행하게 된다. 통제구역에 대한 진입을 인식하게 되면 인간의 움직임의 반대방향으로 주행하여 진입차단 기법을 제시한다. 제안된 연구결과를 검정하기위해 로봇을 이용한 위치추정 및 추적 실험결과를 제시하였다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.463-471
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• 2023

This paper proposes a method to estimate the level of interest shown by visitors towards a specific target, a guide robot, in spaces where a large number of visitors, such as exhibition halls and museums, can show interest in a specific subject. To accomplish this, we apply deep learning-based behavior recognition and object tracking techniques for multiple visitors, and based on this, we derive the behavior analysis and interest level of visitors. To implement this research, a personalized dataset tailored to the characteristics of exhibition hall and museum environments was created, and a deep learning model was constructed based on this. Four scenarios that visitors can exhibit were classified, and through this, prediction and experimental values were obtained, thus completing the validation for the interest estimation method proposed in this paper.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제26권2_1호
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• pp.225-230
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• 2023

This research addresses sound command based human tracking problems for autonomous cleaning mobile robot in a networked AI space. To solve the problem, the difference among the traveling times of the sound command to each of three microphones has been used to calculate the distance and orientation of the sound from the cleaning mobile robot, which carries the microphone array. The cross-correlation between two signals has been applied for detecting the time difference between two signals, which provides reliable and precise value of the time difference compared to the conventional methods. To generate the tracking direction to the sound command, fuzzy rules are applied and the results are used to control the cleaning mobile robot in a real-time. Finally the experiment results show that the proposed algorithm works well, even though the mobile robot knows little about the environment.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제4권2호
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• pp.165-171
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• 2004

Robots will be able to coexist with humans and support humans effectively in near future. One of the most important aspects in the development of human-friendly robots is to cooperation between humans and robots. In this paper, we proposed a method for multi-object identification in order to achieve such human-centered system and robot localization in intelligent space. The intelligent space is the space where many intelligent devices, such as computers and sensors, are distributed. The Intelligent Space achieves the human centered services by accelerating the physical and psychological interaction between humans and intelligent devices. As an intelligent device of the Intelligent Space, a color CCD camera module, which includes processing and networking part, has been chosen. The Intelligent Space requires functions of identifying and tracking the multiple objects to realize appropriate services to users under the multi-camera environments. In order to achieve seamless tracking and location estimation many camera modules are distributed. They causes some errors about object identification among different camera modules. This paper describes appearance based object representation for the distributed vision system in Intelligent Space to achieve consistent labeling of all objects. Then, we discuss how to learn the object color appearance model and how to achieve the multi-object tracking under occlusions.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.78-86
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• 2014

This paper proposes a method of tracking an object for a person-following mobile robot by combining a monocular camera and a laser scanner, where each sensor can supplement the weaknesses of the other sensor. For human-robot interaction, a mobile robot needs to maintain a distance between a moving person and itself. Maintaining distance consists of two parts: object tracking and person-following. Object tracking consists of particle filtering and online learning using shape features which are extracted from an image. A monocular camera easily fails to track a person due to a narrow field-of-view and influence of illumination changes, and has therefore been used together with a laser scanner. After constructing the geometric relation between the differently oriented sensors, the proposed method demonstrates its robustness in tracking and following a person with a success rate of 94.7% in indoor environments with varying lighting conditions and even when a moving object is located between the robot and the person.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권11호
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• pp.954-962
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• 2002

In a park or street, we can see many people jogging or walking with their dogs tracking their masters. In this study, an entertainment robot that imitates a dog's behavior is created. The robot's task is tracking a moving target that is recognized as the master. In order to design the robot, the ecological approach. in which the robot's goals and surroundings heavily influence its design, is used. A three-wheel type locomotion system is designed as the robot's physical structure which can follow a human jogging in outdoor space like a park. A sensor system which can detect the position of a master for the robot in the outdoor space, is developed. This sensor system consists of a signal transmitter which is at the hand of a master and some sensors which are mounted on the robot. The transmitter emits RF(radio frequency) and ultrasonic signals and the sensors detect the direction and distance from the robot to the transmitter by using the received signals. For the control architecture of the robot, a purely reactive behavior-based method is used in order to increase speed of response. The developed robot is evaluated through experiments conducted in indoor and outdoor environments.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제28권1호
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• pp.243-262
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• 2022

본 연구는 소셜로봇 디자인 연구의 흐름 중 하나인 로봇의 외형에 관하여 시선 추적(Eye Tracking)을 활용하여 로봇에 대한 사용자의 태도를 형성하는 메커니즘을 발견하고, 로봇 디자인 시 참고할 수 있는 구체적인 인사이트를 발굴하고자 하였다. 소셜로봇의 몸 전체, 얼굴, 눈, 입술 등을 관심 영역(Area of Interest: AOI)으로 설정하여 측정된 사용자의 시선 추적 지표와 디자인평가 설문을 통하여 파악된 사용자의 태도를 연결하여 소셜로봇 디자인의 연구 모형을 구성하였다. 구체적으로 본 연구에서 사용된 시선 추적 지표는 고정된 시간(Fixation), 첫 응시 시간(First Visit), 전체 머문 시간(Total Viewed), 그리고 재방문 횟수(Revisits)이며, 관심 영역인 AOI(Areas of Interests)는 소셜로봇의 얼굴, 눈, 입술, 그리고 몸체로 설계하였다. 그리고 디자인평가 설문을 통하여 소셜로봇의 감정 표현(Expressive), 인간다움(Human-like), 얼굴 두각성(Face-highlighted) 등의 소비자 신념을 수집하였고, 종속변수로 로봇에 대한 태도를 설정하였다. 시선 반응에 따른 소셜로봇에 대한 태도를 형성하는 과정에서 두가지 경로를 통해 영향을 미치는 것을 확인되었다. 첫번째는 시선이 태도에 직접적으로 미치는 영향으로 소셜로봇의 얼굴과 눈의 응시에 따라 긍정적인 태도 인 것으로 나타났다. 구체적으로, 로봇의 첫 응시 시점이 이를수록 눈에서는 머문 시간이 길고 재방문 빈도가 낮을수록 로봇에 대한 태도를 긍정적으로 평가하였다. 즉 소셜로봇을 얼굴보다 눈에 집중해서 보게 될 때 피험자들이 로봇에 대한 판단에 있어 직접적으로 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 두번째로는 로봇에 대한 인지적 지각된 측면을 고려하여 얼굴 두각성(Face-highlighted), 의인화(Human-like), 감정 표현(Expressive)이 태도에 미치는 영향의 결과로 모두 긍정적인 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 또한 소셜로봇에 대한 지각이 구체적으로 로봇의 어떤 외형적 요소가 연관성을 가지는지 살펴본 결과 소셜로봇의 얼굴과 입술에 머문 시간이 길수록 입술을 다시 주시하지 않을수록 Face-highlighted에 긍정적인 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 전신은 첫 응시가 늦을수록, 입술은 첫 응시가 빠르고 시선이 고정된 시간이 짧을수록 Human-like에 긍정적인 영향이 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 마지막으로 소셜로봇의 얼굴에 머문 시간은 길수록 Expressive에 긍정적인 영향이 미치는 것으로 나타났다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권10호
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• pp.890-897
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• 2002

This paper deals with the reduction of trajectory tracking error by changing the initial postures of a biped robot. Gait of a biped robot depends on the constraints of mechanical kinematics and the initial states including the posture. Also the dynamic walking stability in a biped robot system is analyzed by zero moment point(ZMP) among the stabilization indices. Path trajectory, in which knee joint is bent forward like human's cases, is applied to most cases considered with above conditions. A new initial posture, which is similar to bird's gait, is proposed to decrease trajectory tracking error and it is verified through real experimental results.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2007년도 제38회 하계학술대회
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• pp.1777-1778
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• 2007

In this paper, We design and implement a humanoid robot, With Educational purpose, which can collaborate and communicate with human. We present an affective human-robot communication system for a humanoid robot, D2, which we designed to communicate with a human through dialogue. D2 communicates with humans by understanding and expressing emotion using facial expressions, voice, gestures and posture. Interaction between a human and a robot is made possible through our affective communication framework. The framework enables a robot to catch the emotional status of the user and to respond appropriately. As a result, the robot can engage in a natural dialogue with a human. According to the aim to be interacted with a human for voice, gestures and posture, the developed Educational humanoid robot consists of upper body, two arms, wheeled mobile platform and control hardware including vision and speech capability and various control boards such as motion control boards, signal processing board proceeding several types of sensors. Using the Educational humanoid robot D2, we have presented the successful demonstrations which consist of manipulation task with two arms, tracking objects using the vision system, and communication with human by the emotional interface, the synthesized speeches, and the recognition of speech commands.