• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 1996년도 International Conference on Agricultural Machinery Engineering Proceedings
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• pp.1063-1072
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• 1996

Fruit harvesting robots should have more diversity and flexibility in the working conditions and environments than industrial robots. This paper presents an efficient optimization algorithm for redundant manipulators to avoid obstacles using dynamic performance criteria, while the optimization schemes of the previous studies used the performance criteria using kinematic approach. Feasibility and effectiveness of this algorithm were tested through simulations on a 3-degrees-of-freedom manipulator made for this study. Only the position of the end-effector was controlled , which requires only three degrees of freedom. Remaining joints, except for the wrist roll joint, which does not contribute to the end-effector linear velocity, provide two degrees of redundancy. The algorithm was effective to avoid obstacles in the workspace even through the collision occurred in extended workspace, and it was found be to a useful design tool which gives more flexibility to design conditions nd to find the mechanical constraints for fruit harvesting robots.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.1395-1401
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• 2005

이동매니퓰레이터란 이동로봇과 작업로봇을 직렬로 결합하여 이동능력과 작업능력을 가지는 로봇이다. 이동매니퓰레이터의 중요한 특징중의 하나는 잉여의 자유도를 가진다는 것이다. 이를 이용하여 이동매니퓰레이터는 여러 가지 모드로 이동이 가능하고 다양한 작업을 수행할 수 있다. 이동매니퓰레이터는 고정베이스 구조의 로봇에 비해 넓은 작업공간과 특이자세 회피 및 장애물 회피에서 더 좋은 성능을 가진다. 두 대의 로봇이 협동하여 작업을 수행할 때 주어진 작업공간에서 여유자유도를 가지고 있는 이점을 이용하여 작업의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있다. 본 논문은 이동매니퓰레이터가 수행되어질 작업을 세분화 시키고 로봇의 작업 성능 지수를 사용하여 로봇이 최적자세로 작업을 수행할 수 있는 연구를 하였다. 제안된 알고리즘을 검증하기위해 이동매니퓰레이터를 제작하였고, 실험에 사용한 이동매니퓰레이터 PURL-II는 3자유도를 가지는 이동로봇과 5자유도를 가지는 작업로봇으로 구성되어 있다.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제5권5호
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• pp.559-569
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• 2007

In this paper, the dynamic controller design problem of a redundant planar 2-dof parallel manipulator is studied. Using the Euler-Lagrange equation, we formulate the dynamic model of the parallel manipulator in the joint space and propose an augmented PD controller with forward dynamic compensation for the parallel manipulator. By formulating the controller in the joint space, we eliminate the complex computation of the Jacobian matrix of joint angles with end-effector coordinate. So with less computation, our controller is easier to implement, and a shorter sampling period can be achieved, which makes the controller more suitable for high-speed motion control. Furthermore, with the combination of static friction model and viscous friction model, the active joint friction of the parallel manipulator is studied and compensated in the controller. Based on the dynamic parameters of the parallel manipulator evaluated by direct measurement and identification, motion control experiments are implemented. With the experiments, the validity of the dynamic model is proved and the performance of the controller is evaluated. Experiment results show that, with forward dynamic compensation, the augmented PD controller can improve the tracking performance of the parallel manipulator over the simple PD controller.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제14권6호
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• pp.605-621
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• 2000

A mobile manipulator-a serial connection of a mobile platform and a task robot-is redundant by itself. Using its redundant freedom, a mobile manipulator can move in various modes, i. e., can perform dexterous tasks. In this paper, to improve task execution efficiency utilizing redundancy, optimal configurations of the mobile manipulator are maintained while it is moving to a new task point. Assuming that a task robot can perform the new task by itself, a desired configuration for the task robot can be pre-determined. Therefore, a cost function for optimality can be defined as a combination of the square errors of the desired and actual configurations of the mobile platform and of the task robot. In the combination of the two square errors, a newly defined mobility of a mobile platform is utilized as a weighting index. With the aid of the gradient method, the cost function is minimized, so the tasle that the mobile manipulator performs is optimized. The proposed algorithm is experimentally verified and discussed with a mobile manipulator, PURL-II.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.153-160
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• 2008

이동매니퓰레이터의 중요한 특징은 잉여의 자유도가 부과되므로 여러 모드의 이동을 가능하게 하고 다양한 작업을 수행할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는 이동로봇과 작업로봇이 결합된 형태를 이동매니퓰레이터라 정의하고 두 로봇이 협동하여 연속적인 하나의 작업을 수행할 때 최적의 자세를 유지할 수 있도록 한다. 이를 위하여 이동 로봇과 작업로봇의 기구학을 해석하고 이를 바탕으로 이동로봇의 Mobility를 이용하여 이동로봇의 가중치를 조정하였다. 또한 이동매니퓰레이터의 최적의 위치와 자세를 조인트 변위량의 최소화 충분조건으로 정의할 때 움직임을 최소화시키는 방법으로 Gradient Method를 이용하여 작업의 최적화 기준을 검토하였다. 이동로봇과 결합된 매니퓰레이터는 PURL-II를 이용하여 제시한 알고리즘 실현과 결과가 논의된다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1996년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); 포항공과대학교, 포항; 24-26 Oct. 1996
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• pp.1140-1143
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• 1996

A new approach based on artificial potential function is proposed for the obstacle avoidance of redundant manipulators. Unlike the so-called "global" path planning method, which requires expensive computation for the path search before the manipulator starts to move, this new approach, "local" path planning, researches the path in real-time using the local distance information. Previous use of artificial potential function has exhibited local minima in some complex environments. This thesis proposes a potential function that has no local minima even for a cluttered environment. This potential function has been implemented for the collision avoidance of a redundant robot in Simulation. The simulation also employ an algorithm that eliminates collisions with obstacles by calculating the repulsive potential exerted on links, based on the shortest distance to object.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1995년도 Proceedings of the Korea Automation Control Conference, 10th (KACC); Seoul, Korea; 23-25 Oct. 1995
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• pp.456-459
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• 1995

The problem of compliant motion control using a redundant manipulator is addressed in this article. Specifically, a hybrid-control type and impedance-control type controllers are extended to general redundant manipulators based on the kinematically decomposed and geometrically compatible modeling of its joint space. In the case of the hybrid controller, it leads to the linear and decoupled closed-loop dynamics in the three motion spaces, that is the motion-controlled, force-controlled, and the null motion-controlled spaces of the redundant manipulator. When the proposed impedance controller is applied, the decoupled impedance models in three motion spaces are obtained. The superiority of the proposed controllers is verified with the numerical experiments.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 1996년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.743-747
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• 1996

A Potential Field Method is applied to the proposed algorithm for the planning of collision-free paths of redundant manipulators. The planning is carried out on the base of kinematic configuration. To make repulsive potentials, sources are distributed on the boundaries of obstacles. To escape from local minimum of the main potential and to attack other difficulties of the planning, various potentials are defined simultaneously, Inverse Kinematics Problems of the redundant manipulators are solved by unconstrained optimization method. Computer simulation result of the path planning is presented.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.66-72
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• 2001

In this paper, by using pseudo-inverse matrix of the spatial redundant flexible manipulators, a position control method and its effect in vibration suppression was presented. Vibration suppression control was developed using lumped mass spring model of the flexible manipulators. With 2 elastic links and 7 rotory joint manipulator ADAM, (1)position control for no redundancy, and (2)position control for one redundant DOF(degree of freedom) were tested. The objective of this experiment is to show the effect of position control, using pseudo-inverse matrix. toward the improvement of operation, and at the same time, to reduce the vibration of the link and the magnitude of the joint torque.

• 대한기계학회논문집
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• 제18권9호
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• pp.2284-2296
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• 1994

Force control of robotic mechanisms continues to be a challenging area. Previous implementation have seldom produced satisfactory results, and researchers in the past have experienced significant instability problems associated with their force controllers. In this study, a new stability factor in force control will be pointed out. When a manipulator is constrained to an environment(force-controlled), geometric instability due to the relationship between the manipulator configuration and the force-controlled direction is shown to be a significant factor in overall system stability. This exploratory study points out a rather intuitive, geometrically based stability factor in terms of an effective system stiffness and analyzes the phenomenon both analytically and graphically. Also, a stiffness control algorithm using the kinematic redundancy of a kinematically redundant manipulator is proposed to improve the overall stability in force control.