• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.269-276
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• 2014

In recent, autonomous navigation techniques to avoid obstacles have been studied by using unmanned aircraft vehicles(UAVs) since the increment of UAV's interest and utilization. Particularly, autonomous navigation based UAVs are utilized in several areas such as military, police, media, and so on. However, there are still some problems to avoid obstacle when UVAs perform autonomous navigation. For instance, the UAV can not forward in the corner of corridors even though it utilizes the improved vanish point algorithm that makes an autonomous navigation system. Therefore, in this paper, we propose an obstacle avoidance technique based on immune algorithm for autonomous navigation of Quadrotor. The proposed algorithm is consisted of two steps such as 1) single color discrimination and 2) multiple color discrimination. According to the result of experiments, we can solve the previous problem of the improved vanish point algorithm and improve the performance of autonomous navigation of Quadrotor.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제19권5호
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• pp.423-428
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• 2013

This paper investigates a boundary tracking problem using multiple quadrotor UAVs to detect and track the boundary of physical events. We set the boundary estimation problem as a classification problem of the region in which the physical events occur, and employ SVL (Support Vector Learning). We also demonstrate a velocity vector field which is globally attractive to a desired closed path with circulation at the desired speed and a virtual phase for stabilizing the collective configuration of the multiple quadrotors. Experimental results with multiple quadrotors show that this study provides good performance of the collective boundary tracking.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.759-765
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• 2016

This paper presents the principle, dynamics modeling and control, hardware implementation, and flight test result of a hybrid-type unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The proposed UAV was designed to provide both hovering and fixed-wing type aerodynamic flight modes. The UAV's flight mode transition was achieved through the attitude transformation in pitch axis, which avoids a complex rotor tilt mechanism from a structural and control viewpoint. To achieve this, a different navigation coordinate was introduced that avoids the gimbal lock in pitch singularity point. Attitude and guidance control algorithms were developed for the flight control system. For flight test purposes, a quadrotor attached with a tailless fixed-wing structure was manufactured. An onboard flight control computer was designed to realize the navigation and control algorithms and the UAV's performance was verified through the outdoor flight tests.

• 한국가시화정보학회지
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• 제17권3호
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• pp.46-51
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• 2019

Rotor wake interaction must be considered to understand the quadrotor flight, and the rotor separation distance is an important parameter that affects the rotor wake interaction. In this study, the wake characteristics were investigated with varying the rotor separation distance. The velocity field in the rotor wake was measured using digital PIV for hovering mode at Re = 34,000, and the wake boundaries from the inner and outer rotor tips were quantitatively compared with varying the rotor separation distance. The symmetric rotor-tip vortex shedding about the rotor axis was found at a large rotor separation distance. However, the wake boundary became more asymmetric about the rotor axis with decreasing the rotor separation distance. At the minimum rotor separation distance, in particular, a faster vortex decay was observed due to a strong vortex interaction between adjacent rotors.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제50권9호
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• pp.639-646
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• 2022

본 논문은 사전에 알려지지 않은 환경에서 깊이지도를 이용하여 정보를 획득하고, 이를 기반으로 쿼드로터의 착륙 선택 알고리즘 성능을 분석한다. 무인항공기의 유도 및 제어시스템은 궤적 계획 유도시스템과 위치 및 자세 제어기로 구성된다. 아래를 향하는 짐벌 시스템에 부착된 스테레오 비전 센서가 획득한 깊이 정보를 이용하여 착륙 지점을 선정한다. 평탄도 정보는 사전 정의된 깊이지도 영역의 최대 깊이 차이 및 UAV와의 거리를 고려하여 산출한다. 본 논문에서는 3가지 착륙 방법을 제안하며 다양한 성능지수들을 활용하여 성능을 비교한다. 성능지수로는 UAV 이동 거리, 지도 정확도, 장애물 대응 시간 등을 고려한다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제6권10호
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• pp.2529-2547
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• 2012

In this paper, we use a quadrotor-based mobile sink to gather sensor data from the terrestrial deployed wireless sensor network. By analyzing the flight features of the mobile sink node, we theoretically study the flight constraints of height, velocity, and trajectory of the mobile sink node so as to communicate with the terrestrial wireless sensor network. Moreover, we analyze the data amount which the mobile sink can send when it satisfies these flight constraints. Based on these analysis results, we propose a data acquisition approach for the mobile sink node, which is discussed detailed in terms of network performance such as the transmission delay, packet loss rate, sojourning time and mobile trajectory when given the flying speed and height of the mobile sink node. Extensive simulation results validate the efficiency of the proposed scheme.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.205-212
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• 2013

In recent, the demand of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that can autonomous navigation and remote control has been increased in military, civil and commercial field. Particularly, existing researches focused on autonomous navigation method based on vanish point and remote control method based on event processing in indoor environments. However, the existing methods have some problems. For instance, a detected vanish point in intersection point has too much detection errors. In addition, the delay is increased in existing remote control system for processing images in real time. Thus, we propose improved vanish point algorithm by removing detection errors in intersection point. We also develop a remote control system with android platform by separating flying control and image process. Finally, we compare the proposed methods with existing methods to show the improvement of our approaches.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.26-33
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• 2014

This study addresses the control problem of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) during the transition period when the flying mode changes from hovering to translational motion in the horizontal plane. First, we introduce a compensation algorithm that improves height stabilization and reduces altitude drop. The main principle is to incorporate pitch and roll measurements into the feedforward term of the altitude controller to provide a larger thrust force. To further improve altitude control, we propose the fuzzy logic controller that improves system behavior. Simulation results presented in the paper highlight the effectiveness of the proposed controllers.

• 한국정보처리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보처리학회 2013년도 춘계학술발표대회
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• pp.219-222
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• 2013

최근 몇 년간 무인항공기(UAV) 시장이 점차 커지면서 군뿐만 아니라 민간, 상업적으로도 무인항공기의 수요가 증가하고 있다. 이에 무인항공기의 한 종류인 에어드론(AR.Drone)을 활용한 실시간 원격 쿼드로터(Quadrotor) 퓨전제어기법을 제안하였다. 특히, 본 논문에서는 아이폰(i-phone) 기반의 제어기법이 아닌, 안드로이드(Android) 기반의 퓨전제어기법을 통하여 에어드론을 실시간으로 원격조정가능하게 했는데, 이는 아이폰 App 개발 시 제공되는 API와 PC 기반의 쿼드로터 제어기법을 퓨전하는 방식으로 쿼드로터의 비행제어와 영상처리를 분리시켜 기존의 방식보다 영상처리 속도를 향상시키는 방식이다. 그리고 제안된 퓨전제어기법의 우수성을 보여주기 위해, 기존의 방식들과 영상처리 속도를 비교분석하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지
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• 제53권7호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2016

쿼드로터의 헤딩 방향 감지를 위하여 일반적으로 활용하는 지자기 센서에서는 주변 자기 간섭 및 롤/피치 축 기울기로 인한 오차가 발생한다. 본 논문에서는 쿼드로터 헤딩 방향 제어를 위하여 지자기 센서와 자이로 센서의 측정 결과를 융합하는 방위각 측정 방법을 제안한다. 롤/피치 축 방향 회전으로 인하여 발생하는 지자기 센서의 좌표축 변화를 분석하고, 수평 자세 제어를 목적으로 측정된 롤/피치 축 각도를 활용하여 지자기 센서의 기울기 보상을 적용한다. 또한, 요 축 각도 측정에 상보필터를 활용하여 지자기 센서의 요 축 각도와 자이로스코프 센서의 요 축 방향 각속도 데이터를 융합한다. 제안한 방식을 실험에 적용하고 결과를 제시하여 요 축 각도 측정의 타당성 및 효과를 검증한다.