• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제9권4호
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• pp.391-407
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• 2019

Tracking the location (position) of a surface or underwater marine vehicle is important as part of guidance and navigation. While the Global Positioning System (GPS) works well in an open sea environment but its use is limited whenever testing scaled-down models of such vehicles in the laboratory environment. This paper presents the design, development and implementation of a low energy ultrasonic augmented single beacon-based localization technique suitable for such requirements. The strategy consists of applying Extended Kalman Filter (EKF) to achieve location tracking from basic dynamic distance measurements of the moving model from a fixed beacon, while on-board motion sensor measures heading angle and velocity. Iterative application of the Extended Kalman Filter yields x and y co-ordinate positions of the moving model. Tests performed on a free-running ship model in a wave basin facility of dimension 30 m by 30 m by 3 m water depth validate the proposed model. The test results show quick convergence with an error of few centimeters in the estimated position of the ship model. The proposed technique has application in the real field scenario by replacing the ultrasonic sensor with industrial grade long range acoustic modem. As compared with the existing systems such as LBL, SBL, USBL and others localization techniques, the proposed technique can save deployment cost and also cut the cost on number of acoustic modems involved.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권7호
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• pp.700-710
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• 2009

A computer vision technique of estimating the location of an unmanned ground vehicle is proposed. Identifying the location of the unmaned vehicle is very important task for automatic navigation of the vehicle. Conventional positioning sensors may fail to work properly in some real situations due to internal and external interferences. Given a DSM(Digital Surface Map), location of the vehicle can be estimated by the registration of the DSM and multiview range images obtained at the vehicle. Registration of the DSM and range images yields the 3D transformation from the coordinates of the range sensor to the reference coordinates of the DSM. To estimate the vehicle position, we first register a range image to the DSM coarsely and then refine the result. For coarse registration, we employ a fast random sample matching method. After the initial position is estimated and refined, all subsequent range images are registered by applying a pair-wise registration technique between range images. To reduce the accumulation error of pair-wise registration, we periodically refine the registration between range images and the DSM. Virtual environment is established to perform several experiments using a virtual vehicle. Range images are created based on the DSM by modeling a real 3D sensor. The vehicle moves along three different path while acquiring range images. Experimental results show that registration error is about under 1.3m in average.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제36권9C호
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• pp.573-580
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• 2011

무선 센서 네트워크는 다양한 분야에서 광범위하게 사용되고 있으며, 무선측위는 센서 네트워크의 응용을 위한 필수적이고 핵심적인 기술로 집중을 받고 있다. 하지만 무선 센서 네트워크의 환경이 3차원으로 이루어져 있는 반면에 대부분의 무선측위 기법은 2차원으로 구현되어 있어 새로운 기법이 요구되고 있는 상황이다. 이에 본 논문에서는 3차원 공간에서 동작하는 무선 센서 네트워크를 위한 저복잡도 무선측위 메커니즘을 제안한다. 기본 개념은 2개의 앵커 노드를 한쌍으로 탑재한 비행체를 이용하는 것으로, 이 앵커 노드들은 그들의 현재 위치를 담고있는 비컨 신호를 주기적으로 전파하며 임의 노드들은 앵커 노드들의 통신 범위에 들어가자마자 이 비컨 신호를 수신한다. 제안된 기법은 3차원 무선측위의 복잡도를 줄이기 위하여 3차원 문제를 2차원의 계산으로 변형하여 임의 노드의 위치를 추정한다. 모의실험 결과를 통해 무선 센서 네트워크에서 제안된 기법이 3차원 무선측위에 효과적임을 확인하였다.

• 전자공학회논문지SC
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• 제42권2호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2005

본 논문에서는 이동로봇에 장착된 단일 초음파 센서 회전 모듈을 이용하여 구조화가 잘 된 실내 환경에 대한 지도를 작성하고 작성된 지도를 바탕으로 로봇의 자기 위치를 보정하는 데 있어서 지도작성과 위치 보정에 대한 정량화를 통해 성능을 향상시키기 위한 방법을 제시한다 이동로봇의 환경은 물체의 형상, 즉 직선, 모서리 ,곡선 등의 기하학적인 형상으로 표현되는 지도를 구성하고 초음파센서의 거리정보로부터 동일거리영역(Region of Constant Depth: RCD)을 분류하였다. 그리고 물리적 기반의 초음파 센서모델을 적용하여 주행중인 이동로봇의 자기위치 추정할 수 있도록 확장 칼만필터를 이용하였다 제시된 방법을 이용하여 시뮬레이션을 통하여 제시한 방법을 검증하고 실내 환경에서의 실험을 통해서 그 성능을 제시하고 있다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제12권4호
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• pp.389-394
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• 2006

Inaccurate localization exposes a robot to many dangerous conditions. It could make a robot be moved to wrong direction or damaged by collision with surrounding obstacles. There are numerous approaches to self-localization, and there are different modalities as well (vision, laser range finders, ultrasonic sonars). Since sensor information is generally uncertain and contains noise, there are many researches to reduce the noise. But, the correctness is limited because most researches are based on statistical approach. The goal of our research is to measure more exact robot location by matching between built VRML 3D model and real vision image. To determine the position of mobile robot, landmark-localization technique has been applied. Landmarks are any detectable structure in the physical environment. Some use vertical lines, others use specially designed markers, In this paper, specially designed markers are used as landmarks. Given known focal length and a single image of three landmarks it is possible to compute the angular separation between the lines of sight of the landmarks. The image-processing and neural network pattern matching techniques are employed to recognize landmarks placed in a robot working environment. After self-localization, the 2D scene of the vision is overlaid with the VRML scene.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2010

This paper suggests a multiple robot simulator which considers the uncertainties in robot motion and sensing. A mobile robot moves with errors due to some kinds of uncertainties from actuators, wheels, electrical components, environments. In addition, sensors attached to a mobile robot can't make accurate output information because of uncertainties of the sensor itself and environment. Uncertainties in robot motion and sensing leads researchers find difficulty in building mobile robot navigation algorithms. Generally, a robot algorithm without considering unexpected uncertainties fails to control its action in a real working environment and it leads to some troubles and damages. Thus, the authors propose a simulator model which includes robot motion and sensing uncertainties to help making robust algorithms. Sensor uncertainties are applied in range sensors which are widely used in mobile robot localization, obstacle detection, and map building. The paper shows performances of the proposed simulator by comparing it with a simulator without any uncertainty.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2006년도 심포지엄 논문집 정보 및 제어부문
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• pp.318-320
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• 2006

Inaccurate localization exposes a robot to many dangerous conditions. It could make a robot be moved to wrong direction or damaged by collision with surrounding obstacles. There are numerous approaches to self-localization, and there are different modalities as well (vision, laser range finders, ultrasonic sonars). Since sensor information is generally uncertain and contains noise, there are many researches to reduce the noise. But, the correctness is limited because most researches are based on statistical approach. The goal of our research is to measure more exact robot location by matching between built VRML 3D model and real vision image. To determine the position of mobile robot, landmark-localitzation technique has been applied. Landmarks are any detectable structure in the physical environment. Some use vertical lines, others use specially designed markers, In this paper, specially designed markers are used as landmarks. Given known focal length and a single image of three landmarks it is possible to compute the angular separation between the lines of sight of the landmarks. The image-processing and neural network pattern matching techniques are employed to recognize landmarks placed in a robot working environment. After self-localization, the 2D scene of the vision is overlaid with the VRML scene.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39B권9호
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• pp.570-577
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• 2014

거리 기반 실시간 측위 시스템에서 보다 정확한 측위가 가능하기 위해서는 우수한 측위 알고리즘과 함께 거리측정의 정확도 확보도 필수적으로 요구된다. 본 논문에서는 두 노드 간의 실제적인 거리측정의 정확도를 평가하기 위해 기존의 Symmetry 가정이 제거된 SDS-TWR 거리계산식 유도에 의한 정성적인 분석을 수행하고, 개발된 센서노드를 활용해 테스트 네트워크를 구축한 후 실험결과에 의한 정량적인 평가를 동시에 수행한다. 본 연구에서 구현된 IEEE 802.15.4a 소프트웨어 스택을 탑재한 센서노드 환경이 기존 나노트론사의 상용 참조보드 환경보다 평균 약 60% 감소된 거리측정 오차율을 산출하여 상대적으로 매우 높은 거리측정 정확도를 보인다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2005년도 ICCAS
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• pp.580-585
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• 2005

A QRT(Quad-Rotor Type) hovering robot system is developed for quick detection and observation of the circumstances under calamity environment such as indoor fire spots. The UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) is equipped with four propellers driven by each electric motor, an embedded controller using a DSP, INS(Inertial Navigation System) using 3-axis rate gyros, a CCD camera with wireless communication transmitter for observation, and an ultrasonic range sensor for height control. The developed hovering robot shows stable flying performances under the adoption of RIC(Robust Internal-loop Compensator) based disturbance compensation and the vision based localization method. The UAV can also avoid obstacles using eight IR and four ultrasonic range sensors. The VTOL(Vertical Take-Off and Landing) flying object flies into indoor fire spots and sends the images captured by the CCD camera to the operator. This kind of small-sized UAV can be widely used in various calamity observation fields without danger of human beings under harmful environment.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.129-135
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• 2011

An algorithm is presented for estimating the 3-D location (i.e., azimuth angle, elevation angle, and range) of multiple sources with a uniform circular array (UCA) consisting of an even number of sensors. Recently the rank reduction (RARE) algorithm for partly-calibrated sensor arrays was developed. This algorithm is applicable to sensor arrays consisting of several identically oriented and calibrated linear subarrays. Assuming that a UCA consists of M sensors, it can be divided into M/2 identical linear subarrays composed of two facing sensors. Based on the structure of the subarrays, the steering vectors are decomposed into two parts: range-independent 2-D direction-of-arrival (DOA) parameters, and range-relevant 3-D location parameters. Using this property we can estimate range-independent 2-D DOAs by using the RARE algorithm. Once the 2-D DOAs are available, range estimation can be obtained for each source by defining the 1-D MUSIC spectrum. Despite its low computational complexity, the proposed algorithm can provide an estimation performance almost comparable to that of the 3-D MUSIC benchmark estimator.