• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권2호
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• pp.97-103
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• 2016

In this paper, a smartphone-controlled personal mobility system (PMS) with semi-autonomous navigation is developed. The proposed PMS moves to waypoints and then reaches the destination where the waypoints and destination are selected by the user using Google maps in a smartphone. The hardware environment consists of a GPS (Global Positioning System) in the smartphone and a compass sensor. In addtion, while it is moving in autonomous mode, the user can intervene and change the direction and speed of the PMS in order to avoid obstacles that may be encountered accidentally in a dynamic environment. That is why it is called "semi-autonomous navigation". Experimental results showed that the proposed PMS is effectively able to migrate to the waypoints and destination in both autonomous and manual modes.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권7호
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• pp.674-684
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• 2011

More and more elderly and disabled people are using electric scooters instead of electric wheelchairs because of higher mobility. However, people with high levels of impairment or the elderly still have difficulties in driving the electric scooters safely. Semi-autonomous electric scooter system is one of the solutions for the safety: Either manual driving or autonomous driving can be used selectively. In this paper, we implement a semi-autonomous electric scooter system with functions of localization and path following. In order to recognize the pose of electric scooter in outdoor environments, we design an outdoor localization system based on the extended Kalman filter using DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) and wheel encoders. We added an accelerometer to make the localization system adaptable to road condition. Also we propose a path following algorithm using two arcs with current pose of the electric scooter and a given path in the map. Simulation results are described to show that the proposed algorithms provide the ability to drive an electric scooter semi-autonomously. Finally, we conduct outdoor experiments to reveal the practicality of the proposed system.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제31권6호
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• pp.784-790
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• 2007

This paper is mainly concerned with the development of the semi-autonomous underwater vehicle (SAUV). Underwater vehicles are affected by external disturbances due to the sea conditions such as currents and waves when it is performing various missions In this paper we present a design scheme of the SAUV system with mathematical models. Also. we present a control system including motion control of motors and main controller and a communication based on CAN method for interrelated control between the controllers and actuators.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제27권9호
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• pp.34-42
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• 2010

Agricultural automation has become more and more important by environmental change. The automation demands the highest technology due to the ever changing various conditions in agriculture system. In the paper, semi-autonomous pesticide spray robot system has been developed for rose farming in the glass house. The robot is in autonomous mode during pesticide spraying process driven on pipe rail. The robot is manually driven while moving from a rail to the next rail. The drive platform and autonomous operation control system are developed based on IT fusion technology. The pesticide spray system is also developed with nozzles and booms for precision mist spray system. Experimental data of nozzle test is also included.

• 한국해양공학회지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.73-80
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• 2003

This paper presents considerations on the results of the rotating arm test, which was carried out for assessment of an hybrid navigation system for a semi-autonomous underwater vehicle. The navigation system consists of an inertial measurement unit(IMU), an ultra-short baseline(USBL) acoustic navigation sensor and a doppler velocity log(DVL) accompanying a magnetic compass. A navigational systemmodel is derived to include the scale effect and bias errors of the DVL, of which the state equation composed of the navigation states and sensor parameters are 25 in the order. The extended Kalman filter was used to propagate the error covariance, The rotating arm tests were carried out in the Ocean Engineering Basin of KRISO, to generate circular motion. The hybrid underwater navigation system shows good tracking performance against the circular planar motion. Additionally this paper checked the effects of the sampling ratio of the navigation system and the possibility of the dead reckoning with the DVL and the magnetic compass to estimate the position of the vehicle.

• 한국해양공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양공학회 2003년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.57-62
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• 2003

This paper describes the design and simulation of a multivariable optimal control system for the combined speed, heading and depth control of a Semi-Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (SAUV) developed in Korea Ocean Research and Development Institute (KRODI). The SAUV is a test-bed for the evaluation of the navigation and manipulator technologies developed for a mine disposal vehicle (MDV) in military use and for a light working underwater vehicle in scientific use. The vehicle was designed to control its cruising speed, heading and depth with 4 horizontal thrusters installed at the rear of the hull. Therefore, the decoupled control methods are limited to apply to the SAUV because the thrust forces are highly coupled with the surging, yawing, and pitching motion of the vehicle. The multivariable Linear Quadratic (LQ) control method is chosen to control steering and diving in variable speed motion automatically. A series of simulation is carried out with fully nonlinear six degree of freedom dynamic model to validate the controller.

• International Journal of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering
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• 제7권2호
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• pp.409-425
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• 2015

In this paper, we employ a dynamics modeling method for investigating a multi-body dynamics system of semi-submersible autonomous underwater vehicles consisting of a towing vehicle operated near the water surface, a tow cable, and a towfish. The towfish, which is towed by a marine cable for the purposes of exploration or mine hunting, is modeled with a Six-Degree-of-Freedom (6-DOF) equation of motion that reflects its hydrodynamics characteristics. The towing cable, which can experience large displacements and deformations, is modeled using an absolute nodal coordinate formulation. To reflect the hydrodynamic characteristics of the cable during motion, the hydrodynamic force due to added mass and the drag force are imposed. To verify the completeness of the modeling, a few simple numerical simulations were conducted, and the results confirm the physical plausibility of the model.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.92-101
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• 2018

대화형 AI 스피커가 보편화되면서 음성인식은 자율주행 상황에서의 중요한 차량-운전자 인터랙션 방식으로 인식되고 있다. 이 연구의 목적은 반자율주행 상황에서 음성뿐만 아니라 AI 캐릭터의 시각적 피드백을 함께 전달하는 멀티모달 인터랙션이 음성 단일 모드 인터랙션보다 사용자 경험 최적화에 효과적인지를 확인하는 것이다. 실험 참가자에게 주행 중 AI 스피커와 캐릭터를 통해 음악 선곡과 조정을 위한 인터랙션 태스크를 수행하게 하고, 정보 및 시스템 품질, 실재감, 지각된 유용성과 용이성, 그리고 지속 사용 의도를 측정하였다. 평균차이 분석 결과, 대부분의 사용자 경험 요인에서 시각적 캐릭터의 멀티모달 효과는 나타나지 않았으며, 지속사용 의도에서도 효과는 나타나지 않았다. 오히려, 정보품질 요인에서 음성 단일 모드가 멀티모달보다 효과적인 것으로 나타났다. 운전자의 인지적 노력이 필요한 반자율주행 단계에서는 멀티모달 인터랙션이 단일 모드 인터랙션에 비해 사용자 경험 최적화에 효과적이지 않았다.

• 디자인융복합연구
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.17-29
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• 2018

완전 자율주행 단계에 이르기 전까지 부분 자율주행 차량에서는 시스템이 특정 상황에서 운전자에게 직접 운전을 하도록 요청하는 제어권 전환 요청(TOR)이 필수적이다. 이 연구의 목적은 인간-자동차 인터랙션 방식 중 HDD(Head-Down Display)보다 HUD(Head-Up Display)가 제어권 전환 요청 시 사용자 경험 인식에서 더 유리한지 비교하는 것이다. 운전 시뮬레이터 실험을 통해 참가자가 자율주행 상황에서 부가적 과업인 게임을 하다가 제어권 전환 요청을 인지하면 직접 운전을 수행하도록 하였다. 실험 결과, 반응시간과 주관적 작업 부하에서는 차이가 없었으나, '사용 용이성'과 '만족도'에서 HUD 방식이 HDD보다 더 우수한 것으로 나타났다. 자율 주행시 HUD를 통해 부가적 과업을 하도록 디자인하는 것이 제어권 전환 요청 기능의 사용자 경험을 개선하는 효과가 있었다. 이 연구는 자율주행 맥락에서의 사용자 경험 디자인 가이드라인 설정을 위한 실증 사례를 제시했다는 점에서 의의가 있다.

• 문화기술의 융합
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.361-369
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• 2019

ADAS 기능의 상용화에 따라 자율주행 시스템 체험에 대한 필요성이 높아지면서, 인공지능 에이전트의 역할이 주목받고 있다. 이 연구는 자기효능감 자극과 에이전트 체화 효과를 검증하기 위한 자율주행 체험 실험이다. 시뮬레이터 실험을 통해 자기효능감 자극의 유무, 에이전트 체화의 유무에 따른 사회적 실재감, 인지된 위험, 그리고 인지된 용이성 요인의 효과를 측정하였다. 분석 결과, 자기효능감 자극은 사회적 실재감, 인지된 위험에 긍정적 영향을 주고, 에이전트 체화는 인지된 용이성에 부정적 영향을 주는 것으로 확인되었다. 연구결과에 기반하여 부분자율주행 시스템의 수용도를 높일 수 있는 에이전트 설계 가이드라인을 제안하였다.