• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
• /
• v.21 no.10
• /
• pp.958-964
• /
• 2015

In this paper, an object recognition method based on the depth information from the RGB-D camera, Xtion, is proposed for an indoor mobile robot. First, the RANdom SAmple Consensus (RANSAC) algorithm is applied to the point cloud obtained from the RGB-D camera to detect and remove the floor points. Next, the removed point cloud is classified by the k-means clustering method as each object's point cloud, and the normal vector of each point is obtained by using the k-d tree search. The obtained normal vectors are classified by the trained multi-layer perceptron as 18 classes and used as features for object recognition. To distinguish an object from another object, the similarity between them is measured by using Levenshtein distance. To verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed object recognition method, the experiments are carried out with several similar boxes.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers A
• /
• v.30 no.9 s.252
• /
• pp.1124-1133
• /
• 2006

This paper addresses the localization and navigation problem using invisible two dimensional barcodes on the floor. Compared with other methods using natural/artificial landmark, the proposed localization method has great advantages in cost and appearance, since the location of the robot is perfectly known using the barcode information after the mapping is finished. We also propose a navigation algorithm which uses the topological structure. For the topological information, we define nodes and edges which are suitable for indoor navigation, especially for large area having multiple rooms, many walls and many static obstacles. The proposed algorithm also has an advantage that errors occurred in each node are mutually independent and can be compensated exactly after some navigation using barcode. Simulation and experimental results. were performed to verify the algorithm in the barcode environment, and the result showed an excellent performance. After mapping, it is also possible to solve the kidnapped case and generate paths using topological information.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
• /
• v.22 no.7
• /
• pp.17-29
• /
• 2017

IRecently, researches on the recognition of indoor user situations through various sensors in a smart home environment are under way. In this paper, the case study was conducted to determine the operation of the robot vacuum cleaner by inferring the user 's indoor situation through the operation of home appliances, because the indoor situation greatly affects the operation of home appliances. In order to collect learning data for indoor situation awareness model learning, we received feedbacks from user when there was a mistake about the cleaning situation. In this paper, we propose a semi-supervised learning method using user feedback data. When we receive a user feedback, we search for the labels of unlabeled data that most fit the feedbacks collected through genetic algorithm, and use this data to learn the model. In order to verify the performance of the proposed algorithm, we performed a comparison experiments with other learning algorithms in the same environment and confirmed that the performance of the proposed algorithm is better than the other algorithms.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
• /
• v.37 no.2
• /
• pp.45-53
• /
• 2019

RGB-D SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping) refers to the technology of using deep camera as a visual sensor for SLAM. In view of the disadvantages of high cost and indefinite scale in the construction of maps for laser sensors and traditional single and binocular cameras, a method for creating three-dimensional map of indoor environment with deep environment data combined with RGB-D SLAM scheme is studied. The method uses a mobile robot system equipped with a consumer-grade RGB-D sensor (Kinect) to acquire depth data, and then creates indoor three-dimensional point cloud maps in real time through key technologies such as positioning point generation, closed-loop detection, and map construction. The actual field experiment results show that the average error of the point cloud map created by the algorithm is 0.0045m, which ensures the stability of the construction using deep data and can accurately create real-time three-dimensional maps of indoor unknown environment.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
• /
• v.17 no.1
• /
• pp.25-31
• /
• 2022

Moving among multiple floors is one of the most challenging tasks for indoor autonomous robots. Most of the previous researches for indoor mapping and localization have focused on singular floor environment. In this paper, we present an algorithm that creates a multi-floor map using 3D point cloud. We implement localization within the multi-floor map using a LiDAR and an IMU. Our algorithm builds a multi-floor map by constructing a single-floor map using a LOAM-based algorithm, and stacking them through global registration that aligns the common sections in the map of each floor. The localization in the multi-floor map was performed by adding the height information to the NDT (Normal Distribution Transform)-based registration method. The mean error of the multi-floor map showed 0.29 m and 0.43 m errors in the x, and y-axis, respectively. In addition, the mean error of yaw was 1.00°, and the error rate of height was 0.063. The real-world test for localization was performed on the third floor. It showed the mean square error of 0.116 m, and the average differential time of 0.01 sec. This study will be able to help indoor autonomous robots to operate on multiple floors.

• Information and Communications Magazine
• /
• v.25 no.4
• /
• pp.5-10
• /
• 2008

지능형 로봇은 자율적으로 이동할 수 있어야 한다는 것이 PC와 기본적으로 다른 점이다. 이동 로봇이 자율 주행할 때 꼭 필요한 기술이 위치 인식 기술과 장애물 감지 기술이다. 장애물 감지 기술은 이동 로봇이 다른 물체와 충돌하지 않도록 하기 위해 필요한 기술이지만 위치 인식 기술은 로봇이 현재 위치를 알고 목적지로 주행하기 위해 매우 중요한 기술이다. 지능형 로봇의 자율 주행 측면에서 위치 인식 기술은 필수적 핵심 기술이다. 위치 인식 센서는 로봇의 절대 위치 및 방향각 정보를 획득하여 실시간으로 관련 데이터를 지능형 로봇에 전달한다. 이로써 지능형 로봇의 이동 경로와 방향 제어가 가능해지고, 로봇을 보다 안정적으로 제어할 수 있다. 즉 로봇이 자기 위치를 인식한 후에야 안정적이고 지속적인 자율 주행이 가능해진다. (주)나인티시스템은 네트워크 기반 위치 파악용 indoor GPS 개념으로 로봇 위치 파악 센서 iGS를 개발하여 공급하고 있다. (주)나인티시스템이 개발한 iGS는 지능형 로봇의 거리, 위치, 방향을 파악하기 위해 초음파 송/수신부 및 RF 모듈로 Handware가 구성되어 있고 위치 추정 알고리즘, 장애물에 강건한 알고리즘 등이 Firmware를 구성하고 있다. 로봇 시장의 잠재적 성장 가능성을 고려할 때 로봇의 자율 운용에 필수적인 위치 파악 요소 기술을 선개발하여 상업화하는 것은 경제적으로도 큰 의미를 갖는다. 뿐만 아니라 위치 파악 요소 기술의 선도적 개발에 의해 미래 지능형 로봇시장을 주도할 수 있는 계기도 기대할 수 있다. Robot에 적정 가격대의 위치 인식 기술이 접목되면 Robot 산업의 활성화가 가능하다. 현재 청소용 Robot은 충돌 방지정도의 인식을 하고 있지만 위치 인식 기술이 접목되면 청소용 Robot이 더 많은 Service를 제공할 수 있다. 더 많은 Service의 실행으로 Robot 산업이 활성화되면 관련 요소기술 산업이 활성화된다. Robot 산업과 부품 산업이 활성화되면 Robot 관련 산업의 수익 Model이 다양해 진다. 위치 인식 기술은 Robot 산업뿐 아니라 산업 전반의 활성화에도 크게 기여할 것이다. 위치 인식 기술은 지능형 Robot의 자율 주행뿐 아니라 다양한 분야에 응용이 가능하다. 또한 위치 인식 기술을 국산화하면 기존 수입품을 대체할 뿐아니라 수출 시장의 진출에도 크게 기여할 수 있다.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
• /
• v.13 no.10
• /
• pp.1025-1031
• /
• 2007

GPS is widely used for positioning applications and attitude of a vehicle can be found also with multiple antennas. However, extremely weak signal level prevents GPS from indoor operation. DR with accelerometers and gyros and landmark based localization method used for indoor applications increase complexity and cost. In this paper, a simple but very efficient ultrasound based attitude determination system which determines both position and attitude in WSN is given. The range between transmitter and receivers are measured using the arrival time difference between ultrasound and RF signal. The 3 dimensional positions can be found using more than 3 range measurements. Furthermore, if more than 2 transmitters are used, the attitude can be determined using the baseline vectors obtained by differencing transmitter and receiver positions. The prototype system is implemented to evaluate the performance of the proposed method. In addition, an error analysis shows the relation between the attitude error and basel me length, quality of measurement and orientation of a vehicle. The static and dynamic experiments performed by micro mobile robot shows accurate position with less than 1.5cm error and attitude with less than 1 degree error can be obtained continuously with 20cm baseline. It is expected that these results can be adapted without modification to indoor applications such as home cleaning robot and autonomous wheelchair maneuvering.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
• /
• v.28 no.12
• /
• pp.1388-1396
• /
• 2011

This paper is focused on the procedure of the development of a micro air vehicle which has vertical take-off and landing capability for indoor reconnaissance mission. Trade studies on mission feasibility led to the proposal of a coaxial rotorcraft configuration as the platform. The survey to provide a guide for preliminary design were conducted based on commercial off-the-shelf platform, and the rotor performance was estimated by the simple momentum theory. To determine the initial size of the micro air vehicle, the modified conventional fuel balance method was applied to adopt for electric powered vehicle, and the sizing problem was optimized with the sequential quadratic programming method using MATLAB. The designed rotor blades were fabricated with high strength carbon composite material and integrated with the platform. The developed coaxial rotorcraft micro air vehicle shows stable handling quality with manual flight test in indoor situation.

• Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
• /
• v.25 no.6
• /
• pp.441-449
• /
• 2021

With advances in autonomous vehicles, there is a growing demand for more accurate position estimation. Especially, this is a case for a moving robot for the indoor operation which necessitates the higher accuracy in position estimation when the robot is required to execute the task at a predestined location. Thus, a method for improving the position estimation which is applicable to both the fixed and the moving object is proposed. The proposed method exploits the initial position estimation from Bluetooth beacon signals as observation signals. Then, it estimates the gravitational acceleration applied to each axis in an inertial frame coordinate through computing roll and pitch angles and combining them with magnetometer measurements to compute yaw angle. Finally, it refines the control inputs for an object with motion dynamics by computing acceleration on each axis, which is used for improving the performance of Kalman filter. The experimental assessment of the proposed algorithm shows that it improves the position estimation accuracy in comparison to a conventional Kalman filter in terms of average error distance at both the fixed and moving states.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
• /
• v.8 no.3
• /
• pp.421-432
• /
• 2013

This paper describes implementation of functions for mobile robot localization, which is one of the vital technologies for autonomous navigation of a mobile robot. There are several function libraries for mobile robot navigation. Some of them have limited applicability for practical use since they can be used only for simulation. Our research focuses on development of functions which can be used for localization of indoor robots. The functions implement deadreckoning and motion model of mobile robots, measurement model of range sensors, and frequently used calculations on angular directions. The functions encompass various types of robots and sensors. Also, various types of uncertainties in robot motion and sensor measurements are implemented so that the user can select proper ones for their use. The functions are tested and verified through simulation and experiments.