• 전자공학회지
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• 제38권7호
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• pp.20-29
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• 2011

무인잠수정(Unmanned Underwater Vehicle, UUV)은 하드웨어 구성과 관련하여 ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle), SAUV (Semi-Autonomous Underwater Vehicle), AUV (Autonomous Underwater Vehicle) 등으로 구분할 수 있으며, 그 중에서 자율무인잠수정(AUV)은 주어진 임무의 난이도, 작업 환경의 정보, 그리고 운용자의 간섭 정도에 따라 다양한 수준으로 자율 정도를 분류한다. 무인잠수정은 미국을 중심으로 1952년부터 개발되기 시작하였으며 최초는 전적으로 운용자에 의해서 직접 운용되는 ROV가 주를 이루었다. 자율무인잠수정은 1980년대부터 다양한 수중관련 기술 및 컴퓨터 발전과, 민군의 사용분야가 증가되면서 급속한 발전을 이루어 왔으며 이에 따라 AUV 자율수준 정의와 기술개발도 급속한 진전이 이루어져 왔다. 본 기고에서는 무인잠수정의 개발현황, 자율개념 및 자율수준(Autonomy Levels for Underwater Vehicle, ALFUV)의 정의, 자율을 정립함에 필요한 방법 또는 기술 등을 알아보고 마지막으로 자율 알고리즘으로 개발된 구조의 표준화를 중심으로 현황을 파악하였으며 또한 미래의 자율수준 개발 동향을 살펴보았다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1516-1519
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• 2004

A tele-operated robot should be used to maintain and inspect nuclear power plants to reduce the radiation exposure to the human operators. During an overhaul of the nuclear power plants in Korea, a ROV(Remotely Operated Vehicle) may enter a cold-leg connected to the reactor to examine the state of the thermal sleeve and it's position in the safety injection nozzle. To measure the positions of the thermal sleeve or scratches from the video images captured during the examination, the camera parameters should be identified. However, the focal length of the CCD camera could be increased to a close up of the target and the aspect ratio and the center of the image could also be varied with capturing devices. So, it is desired to self-calibrated the intrinsic parameters of the camera and capturing device with the video images captured during the examination. In the video image of the safety injection nozzle, two or more circular grooves around the nozzle are shown as ellipse contours. In this paper, we propose a camera self-calibration method using a single image containing two circular grooves which are the greatest circles of the cylindrical nozzle whose radius and distance are known.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제10권11호
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• pp.1973-1977
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• 2006

본 논문에서는 IMU(Inertial Motion Unit), DVL(Doppler Velocity Log), USBL(Ultra Short Base Line) DGPS(Differential Global Positioning System) 등의 센서로부터 취득된 데이터를'융합하여 ROV(Remotely Operated Vehicle)와 AUV(Autonomous Underwater Vehicle)와 같은 수중체의 위치를 지구 전체영역에서 추정하기 위한 기본적인 알고리즘을 다루고 있다. 본 논문에 소개된 알고리즘은 6,000m급 과학 조사용 심해무인잠수정인 해미래[1]의 수중 위치추적에 사용될 예정이다.

• 한국산업융합학회 논문집
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• 제23권3호
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• pp.463-471
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• 2020

Recently, various tries to apply ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) into underwater are being developed. However, due to underwater environment uniqueness, the additional problem must be taken into account when designing an ROV for the inspection of the underwater structure. This is because a GPS-based information method cannot be applied, and the obtainable image is also dependent on the turbidity. Also, it is necessary to be able to satisfy waterproof and operating speeds in consideration of most practical application environments. This paper describes the design results of the ROV system for underwater structure inspection considering the above problems. The designed system applied INS / DVL for location recognition and was configured to support 3D mapping and stereo camera-based image information using sonar depending on visibility. To satisfy the waterproof, a pressure vessel using a composite material was applied. And over-actuated system using eight thrusters to maintain a stable posture and operating speed was applied also. The designed system was verified by structural analysis and flow analysis also.

• Ocean Systems Engineering
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.237-255
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• 2013

In many applications, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) are required to be capable of course keeping, depth keeping, and height keeping. The ROV must be able to resist time-variant external forces and moments or frequent manipulate changes in some specified circumstances, which require the control system meets high precision, fast response, and good robustness. This study introduces a Fuzzy-Incomplete Derivative Ahead-PID (FIDA-PID) control system for a 500-meter ROV with four degrees of freedom (DOFs) to achieve course, depth, and height keeping. In the FIDA-PID control system, a Fuzzy Gain Scheduling Controller (FGSC) is designed on the basis of the incomplete derivative ahead PID control system to make the controller suitable for various situations. The parameters in the fuzzy scheme are optimized via many cycles of trial-and-error in a 10-meter-deep water tank. Significant improvements have been observed through simulation and experimental results within 4-DOFs.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.39-47
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• 2020

This paper presents a control and operation system for a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). The ROV used in the study was equipped with a manipulator and is being developed for underwater exploration and autonomous underwater working. Precision position and attitude control ability is essential for underwater operation using a manipulator. For propulsion, the ROV is equipped with eight thrusters, the number of those are more than six degrees-of-freedom. Four of them are in charge of surge, sway, and yaw motion, and the other four are responsible for heave, roll, and pitch motion. Therefore, it is more efficient to integrate the management of the thrusters rather than control them individually. In this paper, a thrust allocation method for thruster management is presented, and the design of a feedback controller using sensor data is described. The software for the ROV operation consists of a robot operating system that can efficiently process data between multiple hardware platforms. Through experimental analysis, the validity of the control system performance was verified.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.24-29
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• 2016

Remotely operated vehicles or autonomous underwater vehicles have been used for exploiting seabed natural resources. In this study, the autonomous underwater vehicle of hovering type(HAUV) is developed to observe underwater objects in close distance. A dynamic model with six degrees of freedom is established, capturing the motion characteristics of the HAUV. The equations of motion are generated for the dynamic control simulation of the HAUV. The added mass, drag and lift forces are included in the computer model. Computational fluid dynamics simulation is carried out using this computer model. The drag coefficients are produced from the CFD.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.23-31
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• 2010

The flow around a remotely-operated vehicle (ROV) has been investigated numerically to improve the resistant performance by modifying the hull form of the ROV. In the case of the base hull form considered in this study, form drag rather than friction drag was the dominant component of total drag. Subsequently, the surfaces that were most susceptible to local pressure effects were modified to give them a more streamlined shape. Eleven different hull forms were chosen to undergo surface modification for drag reduction. In addition, four different boat-tail appendages with different slant angles were installed at the stern to reduce the wake vortices that are induced by the local regions of very low pressure. Consequently, a total of 11 different hull forms for drag reduction were considered. The final hull form, which combined the hull for which surface modification resulted in the lowest drag with a boat-tail appendage with a 15-degree slant angle, resulted in a drag reduction of 20%.

• 한국항해항만학회지
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• 제27권1호
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• pp.87-95
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• 2003

해저 광테이블 공사는 해양조사, PLGR(Pre Lay Grapnel Run), 천해부공사, 포설/매설 순서로 이루어진다. PLGR은 케이블의 해저면 안착을 용이하게 하고, Plough 및 ROV(Remotely-Operated Vehicle)매설작업의 성능을 향상시키며, 매설 장비를 보호하기 위한 작업이다. 본 논문은 해저 광테이블 건설 작업 중에서 PLGR 작업을 효율적으로 관리할 수 있는 실시간 모니터링 시스템의 설계 및 구현에 대해서 논한다. 본 논문에서는 이를 위하여 전체적인 실시간 모니터링 시스템을 설계하고, 시리얼 멀티포트 통신 모듈, 실시간 처리 모듈, 환경 설정 모듈, 그리고 그래프 및 프린터 출력 모듈을 설계 및 구현하였다. 끝으로 본 논문의 타당성 검토를 위하여 시리얼 멀티포트 통신, 실시간 데이터 추출, 그래프 출력을 실험하였다.

• 한국음향학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.161-167
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• 2019

본 논문은 트랙기반 중작업용 ROV(Remotely Operated underwater Vehicle)에 적용 가능한 어라운드 뷰 소나 및 굴착깊이 측정 소나의 성능 검증에 대한 내용을 다루고 있다. 현재 국산화 개발 중인 중작업용 ROV에 활용 가능한 어라운드 뷰 소나 및 굴착깊이 측정 소나를 장착하여 수조 및 실해역에서 성능 검증 실험을 수행하였다. 어라운드 뷰 소나의 경우 이미지 소나를 ROV 전후좌우 4방향에 장착하고, 굴착깊이 측정 소나는 멀티 빔 음향측심기(Multi Beam Echo Sounder, MBES) 기술로써 ROV 전방에 장착된다. 본 논문에서 개발한 소나를 장착하고 ROV를 실해역에 진수시켜 소나를 운용한 결과 소나 시스템들은 작업 중 발생하는 침전된 부유물이 발생하거나 탁도가 높은 해역에 영향을 거의 받지 않으며 어라운드 뷰 소나의 경우 ROV 전방 30 m 거리에 있는 암반지형, 자갈, 모래톱 등을 확인할 수 있었다. 그리고 굴착깊이 측정 소나의 경우 ROV가 굴착 작업을 수행 후 굴착 깊이를 측정 가능함을 확인하였다. 본 논문에서 제안한 어라운드 뷰 소나와 굴착깊이 측정 소나를 활용함으로써 작업효율성을 높일 수 있음을 입증하였다.