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Design of Hybrid Wheeled and Legged Mobile Robot with a Waist Joint (허리 구조를 갖는 복합 바퀴-다리 이동형 로봇의 설계)

  • Choi, Dae-Gyu;Jeong, Dong-Hyuk;Kim, Yong-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.24 no.3
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    • pp.304-309
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    • 2014
  • In this paper, we design a hybrid wheeled and legged mobile robot with a waist joint. The proposed hybrid mobile robot is designed to have a hybrid structure with leg and wheel for the efficient movement in flat and uneven surfaces. The proposed robot have a waist joint that is used to stably transform from wheeled driving to legged walking of the robot and to overcome non-flat surface. In order to recognize various environments we use LRF sensor, PSD sensor, CCD camera. Also, a motion planning method for hybrid mobile robot with a waist joint is proposed to select wheeled driving motion and legged walking motion of the robot based the environment types. We verify the efficient mobility of the developed hybrid mobile robot through navigation experiments using the proposed motion planning method in various environments.

GPS/INS Data Fusion and Localization using Fuzzy Inference/UPF (퍼지추론/UPF를 이용한 UGV의 GPS/INS 데이터 융합 및 위치추정)

  • Lee, So-Hee;Yoon, Hee-Byung
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.408-414
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    • 2009
  • A GPS/INS system is widely used in the UGV to estimate position during the mission. However, there are few restrictions when a GPS/INS system used alone. For example, GPS provides precise location information but easily interrupted by external factors like weather, environment, etc. INS provides continuous location data but positioning errors grew very rapidly with time. Therefore, it is necessary to integrating multi-sensors for more continuous and correct position estimation. In this paper, we propose location estimation algorithm of the UGV for GPS/INS integrated system that combines Fuzzy Inference and Unscented Particle Filter(UPF) to improve navigation. Fuzzy inference provides the simplest method integrating GPS/INS and UPF is non-linear estimation filter well suited to the correction of errors. The performance of the proposed algorithm was tested to compare with other algorithms. the results show that the proposed algorithm is more accuracy in position estimation and ensures continuous position tracking.

Implementation of an Intelligent Automatic Parking Assist System (지능형 자동 주차 지원 시스템의 구현)

  • Park Cheong-Sool;Han Min-Hong
    • Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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    • v.6 no.4
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    • pp.182-190
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    • 2005
  • In the paper, we propose an intelligent automatic parking assist system. To realize an automatic parking, first, the prospective parking position and the location of a vehicle should be recognized. Second, the system should compute a path which introduces the parking position precisely with avoiding any obstacles. Third, the handle should be controlled so that the vehicle moves through the path. To calculate the location of the vehicle and its surroundings, the system applies the camera image method to transforming input images to the plane map. It also uses the inertial navigation method which recognizes the position and the direction of a moving vehicle by using a kinematic model of the vehicle. To generate a path of the vehicle, the simple path method and the Bezier spline method are tested. The divided arc method which generates multiple paths is also tested. We apply a method which makes the system choose the best path with multiple objective functions. We introduce the virtual road method, as a solution for the problem of mechanical time delay, to have the vehicle followed the designated path.

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Co-Evolutionary Model for Solving the GA-Hard Problems (GA-Hard 문제를 풀기 위한 공진화 모델)

  • Lee Dong-Wook;Sim Kwee-Bo
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.15 no.3
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    • pp.375-381
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    • 2005
  • Usually genetic algorithms are used to design optimal system. However the performance of the algorithm is determined by the fitness function and the system environment. It is expected that a co-evolutionary algorithm, two populations are constantly interact and co-evolve, is one of the solution to overcome these problems. In this paper we propose three types of co-evolutionary algorithm to solve GA-Hard problem. The first model is a competitive co-evolutionary algorithm that solution and environment are competitively co-evolve. This model can prevent the solution from falling in local optima because the environment are also evolve according to the evolution of the solution. The second algorithm is schema co-evolutionary algorithm that has host population and parasite (schema) population. Schema population supply good schema to host population in this algorithm. The third is game model-based co-evolutionary algorithm that two populations are co-evolve through game. Each algorithm is applied to visual servoing, robot navigation, and multi-objective optimization problem to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.

A Study on the Building Information Integration Method between e-AIS and KLIS-rn (인터넷 건축행정정보시스템(e-AIS)과 도로명주소 관리시스템(KLIS-rn)의 연계 방법에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Ji-Young;Kim, Ki-Rack;Lee, Won-Hee;Yu, Ki-Yun
    • The Journal of The Korea Institute of Intelligent Transport Systems
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    • v.9 no.1
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    • pp.121-130
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    • 2010
  • As the development of wireless environment and portable devices, navigation companies need more spatial information for Location Based Service and so they are investing heavily in this part. But my country have constructed lots of spatial dataset during the NGIS project, and then we can reduce costs by using constructed spatial dataset. The integration method of each building information between e-AIS and KLIS-rn is linked to designed mapping table by main building numbers and auxiliary cadastral number. e-AIS and KLIS-rn are integrated by the feature matching between CAD data and KLIS-rn. Due to the limitation of test data, more accuracy test will be required with various data sets.

Gesture based Input Device: An All Inertial Approach

  • Chang Wook;Bang Won-Chul;Choi Eun-Seok;Yang Jing;Cho Sung-Jung;Cho Joon-Kee;Oh Jong-Koo;Kim Dong-Yoon
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • v.5 no.3
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    • pp.230-245
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    • 2005
  • In this paper, we develop a gesture-based input device equipped with accelerometers and gyroscopes. The sensors measure the inertial measurements, i.e., accelerations and angular velocities produced by the movement of the system when a user is inputting gestures on a plane surface or in a 3D space. The gyroscope measurements are integrated to give orientation of the device and consequently used to compensate the accelerations. The compensated accelerations are doubly integrated to yield the position of the device. With this approach, a user's gesture input trajectories can be recovered without any external sensors. Three versions of motion tracking algorithms are provided to cope with wide spectrum of applications. Then, a Bayesian network based recognition system processes the recovered trajectories to identify the gesture class. Experimental results convincingly show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed gesture input device. In order to show practical use of the proposed input method, we implemented a prototype system, which is a gesture-based remote controller (Magic Wand).

Robust Pelvic Coordinate System Determination for Pose Changes in Multidetector-row Computed Tomography Images

  • Kobashi, Syoji;Fujimoto, Satoshi;Nishiyama, Takayuki;Kanzaki, Noriyuki;Fujishiro, Takaaki;Shibanuma, Nao;Kuramoto, Kei;Kurosaka, Masahiro;Hata, Yutaka
    • International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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    • v.10 no.1
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    • pp.65-72
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    • 2010
  • For developing navigation system of total hip arthroplasty (THA) and evaluating hip joint kinematics, 3-D pose position of the femur and acetabulum in the pelvic coordinate system has been quantified. The pelvic coordinate system is determined by manually indicating pelvic landmarks in multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) images. It includes intra- and inter-observer variability, and may result in a variability of THA operation or diagnosis. To reduce the variability of pelvic coordinate system determination, this paper proposes an automated method in MDCT images. The proposed method determines pelvic coordinate system automatically by detecting pelvic landmarks on anterior pelvic plane (APP) from MDCT images. The method calibrates pelvic pose by using silhouette images to suppress the affect of pelvic pose change. As a result of comparing with manual determination, the proposed method determined the coordinate system with a mean displacement of $2.6\;{\pm}\;1.6$ mm and a mean angle error of $0.78\;{\pm}\;0.34$ deg on 5 THA subjects. For changes of pelvic pose position within 10 deg, standard deviation of displacement was 3.7 mm, and of pose was 1.28 deg. We confirmed the proposed method was robust for pelvic pose changes.

Design of the Neuro-Fuzzy based System for Analyzing Collision Avoidance Measures of Ships (뉴로-퍼지 기반의 선박 충돌 회피 조치 분석 시스템 설계)

  • Yi, Mira
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.113-118
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    • 2017
  • Various studies on the method of ship collision risk assessment for alarm have been reported constantly, and the result of the studies is applied to navigation devices. However, it is known that navigators ignore or turn off frequent alarms from the devices of predicting collision risk, because they may avoid collisions in the most of situations. In oder to make the prediction of ship collision risk more useful, it is necessary to consider the customary actions of ship collision avoidance. This paper proposes a system of analyzing collision avoidance measures of ships according to the types of encounter and managing the avoidance history of each ship. The core module of the system is designed as a neuro-fuzzy based inference system, and the test of the module validates the proposed system.

The analysis of technology of the connected car (커넥티드 카의 기술 분석)

  • Shim, Hyun-Bo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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    • 2015.10a
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    • pp.211-215
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    • 2015
  • It comes into the spotlight as the new Blue Ocean in which the connected car industry in which the car and mobile communication technology is convergence. All sorts of infortainments services connecting with the portable electronic device(Smart phone, tablet PC, and MP3 player) and car are rapidly grown. The Connected car emphasizes the vehicle connectivity with the concept that the car has communication with the around on a real time basis and it provides the safety and expedience to the operator and using the thing of Internet (IoT) in the car and supports the application, presently, the entertainment service including the real-time Navigation, parking assistant function, not only the remote vehicle control and management service but also Email, multimedia streaming service, SNS and with the platform. Intelligent vehicle network is studied as the kind according to MANET(Mobile Ad Hoc Network) for the safety operation of the cars of the road and improving the efficiency of the driving. The intelligent vehicle network is comprised for the driving information offering changing rapidly of the communication(V2V: Vehicle to Vehicle) between the car and the car, communication(V2I : Vehicle to Infrastructure) between the infrastructure and the car, and V2X (Vehicle to Nomadic).

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A Study on Development of Visual Navigational Aids to improve Maritime Situation Awareness (해상상황인식 개선을 위한 시각적 항해보조장비 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Eun-Kyung;Im, Nam-Kyun;Han, Song-Hee;Jeong, Jung-Sik
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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    • v.22 no.3
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    • pp.379-385
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    • 2012
  • This paper developes the navigation visual aid supporting a watch officer's situation awareness and analyzes its performance test result. Developing the equipment made from composite video sensor which transfer video signal, ranger laser measurement model which search out distance, Pan/ Tilt, center control device. The developed equipment with Pan/Tilt was made from high performance video sensor and ranger laser measurement. To make a real ship test, we carried on setting the developed equipment on ship, observed a danger factor and analyzed a image, and from that we can evaluate marine environment awareness. Through this result, the developed equipment can show effective ability of the awareness of the clearer check and resolution situation when compare with the binocular.