• Transactions on Control, Automation and Systems Engineering
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• v.2 no.3
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• pp.201-206
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• 2000

In this paper, a posture control for nonholonomic mobile robots is proposed with an empirical basis. In order to obtain fast and consecutive motions in realistic applications, the motion requirements of a mobile robot are defined. Under the assumption of a velocity controller designed with the selection guidance of control parameters, the algorithm of posture control is presented and experimentally demonstrated for practicality and effectiveness.

• Communications of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers
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• v.24 no.3 s.202
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• pp.59-65
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• 2006

• Journal of the Institute of Convergence Signal Processing
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.80-85
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• 2009

The performance of the robot is very limited in the conventional model-based control methods when the environments around a robot are not structured or are varying dynamically. The reason for that is the methods are based on the model of the environments which is very difficult to match with the real environments and on a path planning which is complex and time-consuming. On the other hand, the behavior-based control methods are not dependant on the model of the environments nor a complex planning. In those methods, a specific behavior is coupled with a specific sensor output, so the response of a robot is quite reactive and timely in dynamic and unstructured environments. In this thesis, we propose a situation dependant behavior based control architecture, in which a robot may behave differently to the same sensor output depending on various situations. We also show some experimental results to show the feasibility of the proposed control architecture.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.11c
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• pp.661-663
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 새로운 경로 계획 방법으로 중심 이등에 의한 경로 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘을 사용하여 곡률 반경을 이용한 경로 계획의 문제점인 각도오차가 커질수록 우회하는 현상을 보다 효율적으로 해결함을 시뮬레이션을 통하여 보인다. 또한 제안된 경로 알고리즘에 칼만 필터를 이용한 예측기를 적용시켜 로봇이 공을 추정하는데 발생할 수 있는 잡음에 강인함을 보이며 신뢰성 있는 결과를 확인한다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2001.10a
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• pp.120.4-120
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• 2001

In this paper, a method of generating trajectories in real time for a mobile robot in a dynamic environment is proposed. Specifically, this method is focused on soccer-playing robots that need to calculate trajectories in real time, which are constantly subject to rapidly change as targets and obstacles move. The robots also should move at the fastest available speed, while tracking the generated trajectories. The method proposed in this paper solves the geometric problem of finding a smooth curve that joins two endpoints. To have this solved, we assign five constraints to each endpoint, which are the usual x, y, theta, and curvature as well as the influence of the initial robot velocity on the path. With these five constraints, the path generated can always be physically followed by robot. Through this method, the travel time of the robot over the entire path can b optimized. Therefore it can ...

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.109.3-109
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• 2002

1. Introduction 2. Vision system 3. Effect of brightness variations 4. Color classifier using multi-layer neural network 5. Experimental result of color classifier 6. Applications for robot soccer system 7. Conclusion

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.882-887
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• 2005

The paper describes Quasi-simultaneous recognition of plural targets and motion control of robot based on the recognition. The method searches for targets by model-based matching method using the hybrid GA, and the motion of the robot is generated based on the targets' positions on the image. The method is applied to a soccer robot, and targets are a ball, a goal, and an enemy in the experiment. The Experimental results show robustness and reliability of the proposed method.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.385-389
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• 2009

This paper deals with the enhancement of the complex potential navigation for wheeled mobile robots. The circle theorem from complex function theory is used to avoid an obstacle, and the enhancement to avoid multiple obstacles is proposed. The limit cycle navigation can be combined for robot to kick the ball to the intentioned direction. Avoiding step and superposing twin vortices can be applied to adjust the direction of robot's trajectory. The proposed method is verified through a set of simulation works, and the feasibilities for the enhancement of complex potential theory are successful.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.10 no.9
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• pp.809-815
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• 2004

Researches on mobile robots have been mainly focused on the autonomous navigation and a lot of interesting results have been published so far. Most of applications are, however, fancy, unpractical, and very expensive to be used for 'UN-expensive' purpose. Well-known soccer robot may be an example of unpractical application. Un-autonomous mobile robot has, however, potential for a lot of practical applications. Especially, tele-operation of the un-autonomous mobile robot may the central issue of research. Major research topics for the tele-operated un-autonomous mobile robot include development of a force reflecting joystick for tele-operation and development of a sophisticated algorithm for smooth tele-operation. A new concept named fuzzy command smoothing algorithm is proposed in this paper in order to provide smooth motion to a tele-operated mobile robot. It gives smooth motion command to the mobile robot from possibly abrupt quick turn motion command of the joystick using fuzzy logic. Simulation results verify the usefulness of the proposed algorithm.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.11 no.1
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• pp.58-66
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• 2005

Usual human gait can be modeled as continual impact phenomenon that happens due to the topological change of the kinematic structure of the two feet. The human being adapts his own control algorithm to minimize the ill effect due to the collision with the environment. In order to operate a Humanoid robot like the human being, it is necessary to understand the physics of the impact and to derive an analytical model of the impact. In this paper, specially, we focus on impact analysis of the kicking motion in playing soccer. At the instant of impact, the external impulse exerted on the ball by the foot is an important property. Initially, we introduce the complete external impulse model of the lower-extremity of the human body and analyze the external impulses for several kicking postures of the lower-extremity. Secondly, a trajectory-planning algorithm of a ball, in which the initial velocity and the launch angle of the ball are calculated for a desired trajectory of the ball, will be introduced. The aerodynamic effect such as drag force and lift force is also considered. We carry out numerical simulation and experimentation to verify the effectiveness of the proposed analytical methodology.