• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.103-113
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• 2011

This research is to select a path planning algorithm to maximize survivability for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle(UAV). An UAV is a powered pilotless aircraft, which is controlled remotely or autonomously. UAVs are currently employed in many military missions(surveillance, reconnaissance, communication relay, targeting, strike etc.) and a number of civilian applications(communication service, broadcast service, traffic control support, monitoring, measurement etc.). In this research, a mathematical programming model is suggested by using MRPP(Most Reliable Path Problem) and verified by using ILOG CPLEX. A path planning algorithm for UAV is selected by comparing of SPP(Shortest Path Problem) algorithms which transfer MRPP into SPP.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.424-434
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• 2012

This paper presents a path planning algorithm of the unmanned aerial vehicle for the neutralization of the enemy firepower. The long range firepower of the ememy is usually located at the rear side of the mountain which is difficult to bomb. The path planner not only consider the differential constraints of the Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) but also consider the final approaching angle constraint. This problem is easily solved by incorporating the analytical upper bounded continuous curvature path smoothing algorithm into the Rapidly Exploring Random Tree (RRT) planner. The proposed algorithm can build a feasible path satisfying the kinematic constraints of the UAV on the fly. In addition, the curvatures of the path are continuous over the whole path. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm can generate a feasible path of the UAV for the bombing mission regardless of the posture of the tunnel.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.1112-1117
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• 2014

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are a popular research topic because of a great ripple effect in the future. However, current UAV technologies cannot be applied to manual aerial vehicles without any modification. As an alternative to current UAV technology, humanoid robots are adopted as pilots. If a humanoid robot controls an aerial vehicle autonomously, not only could manual aerial vehicles be utilized as UAVs, but the humanoid robot would also be put into an environment created for humans and conduct some missions suitable for humans. Humanoid robots are also able to handle tools and equipment designed for humans. In order to prove that a humanoid robot can pilot an airplane, an experiment is performed and the results of this experiment are shown in this paper.

• Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.654-667
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• 2003

This paper presents a consequence of the systematic approach to identify the aerodynamic parameters of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) equipped with the automatic flight control system. A 3-2-1-1 excitation is applied for the longitudinal mode while a multi-step input is applied for lateral/directional excitation. Optimal time step for excitation is sought to provide the broad input bandwidth. A fully automated programmed flight test method provides high-quality flight data for system identification using the flight control computer with longitudinal and lateral/directional autopilots, which enable the separation of each motion during the flight test. The accuracy of the longitudinal system identification is improved by an additional use of the closed-loop flight test data. A constrained optimization scheme is applied to estimate the aerodynamic coefficients that best describe the time response of the vehicle. An appropriate weighting function is introduced to balance the flight modes. As a result, concurrent system models are obtained for a wide envelope of both longitudinal and lateral/directional flight maneuvers while maintaining the physical meanings of each parameter.

• 융합보안논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.97-105
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• 2019

니콜라 테슬라에 의해 항공기의 무선제어 가능성이 제시되면서 출현한 무인항공기는 제 1, 2차 세계대전을 통해 항공력의 급속한 발전과 함께 군사, 방산용으로 사용하게 되었다. 2000년대, 무인항공기의 분야가 촬영, 배송, 통신 등 민간분야까지 확대됨에 따라 여러 서비스와 융합되어 활용되고 있다. 하지만, 최근 무인항공기 시스템에서의 통신이나 무인항공기 자체의 보안 취약점을 이용하여 GPS 스푸핑, 전파 교란 공격 등을 시도하는 보안사고가 발생하고 있다. 이에, 안전한 무인항공기의 도입을 위하여 국내에서는 자체 무인항공기 검증 제도인 감항 인증 제도가 마련되었다. 그러나 감항 인증 제도는 무인항공기의 보안성보다는 시험 비행, 설계 및 물리적 구조의 안전성과 인증하는 쪽에 초점이 맞추어져 있다. 보안성 높은 안전한 무인항공기의 도입을 위해 본 논문에서는 무인항공기 시스템 모델을 제안하고 데이터 흐름도를 작성하였다. 작성한 데이터 흐름도를 바탕으로 무인항공기 시스템에서의 위협을 도출하였고, 도출한 위협을 방지할 수 있는 보안기능요구사항을 개발하였다. 제안한 보안기능요구사항을 통해 향후 무인항공기의 안전한 도입을 위한 앞으로의 평가, 검증 기술의 발전 방향을 제시한다.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.98-109
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• 2010

This paper deals with a new method of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) recovery when a UAV fails to get a global positioning system (GPS) signal at an unprepared site. The proposed method is based on the simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) algorithm. It is a process by which a vehicle can build a map of an unknown environment and simultaneously use this map to determine its position. Extensive research on SLAM algorithms proves that the error in the map reaches a lower limit, which is a function of the error that existed when the first observation was made. For this reason, the proposed method can help an inertial navigation system to prevent its error of divergence with regard to the vehicle position. In other words, it is possible that a UAV can navigate with reasonable positional accuracy in an unknown environment without the aid of GPS. This is the main idea of the present paper. Especially, this paper focuses on path planning that maximizes the discussed ability of a SLAM algorithm. In this work, a SLAM algorithm based on extended Kalman filter is used. For simplicity's sake, a blimp-type of UAV model is discussed and three-dimensional pointed-shape landmarks are considered. Finally, the proposed method is evaluated by a number of simulations.

• 한국추진공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국추진공학회 2009년도 제33회 추계학술대회논문집
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• pp.557-560
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• 2009

현재 운용중인 UAV(Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) 추진기관의 현황 및 추진기관 종류에 따른 장, 단점을 분석하였으며, 차세대 UAV 추진기관의 개발 전망 및 UAV 추진기관에 적용될 가스터빈 엔진의 특성 및 요구조건을 제시하였다.

• Journal of Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.131-138
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• 2020

In this paper, we analyze the delay phenomenon that can occur when controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle using a camera and describe a solution to solve the phenomenon. The group of pictures (GOP) value is changed in order to reduce the delay according to the frame data size that can occur in the moving image data transmission. The appropriate GOP values were determined through experimental data accumulation and validated through camera self-test, system integration laboratory (SIL) verification test and system integration test.

• 한국위성정보통신학회논문지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.76-80
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• 2017

소형 무인기(UAV: Unmanned Aerial Vehicle)가 급속히 대중화됨에 따라 최근의 UAV 시스템은 각각의 목적에 따라 다양한 분야에서 설계되고 활용되고 있다. 이는 UAV 조정과 관련하여 전자, 센서, 카메라, 소프트웨어 프로그램 등에 이르기까지 많은 새로운 기회를 열어 가고 있으며 저비용 및 혁신적 업무 수행 능력으로 UAV의 활용과 응용 영역의 확대는 새로운 기술 혁신을 주도하고 있다. 특히 소형 UAV는 저고도 상황에서 예측이 힘든 돌발 변화나 장애물 출현 발생 확률이 높은 환경에서 비행을 하여야 한다. 본 논문에서는 소형 UAV 시스템의 자율 비행 기술에 관한 최근의 연구를 소개하고 적대적인 환경에서 소형 UAV의 저비용 센서들을 활용하여 경로 생성과 충돌 회피를 통해 안전하게 목표물에 도착을 유도하는 시험적 방안을 제안 한다.

• Journal of Computing Science and Engineering
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• 제2권4호
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• pp.357-374
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• 2008

Over the past few decades, a considerable number of studies have been conducted on the technologies to build an UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) control system. Today, focus in research has moved from a standalone control system towards a network-centric control system for multiple UAV systems. Enabling the design of such complex systems in easily understandable forms that are amenable to rigorous analysis is a highly desirable goal. In this paper, we discuss our experimental evaluation of the Time-triggered Message-triggered Object (TMO) structuring scheme in the design of the UAV control system. The TMO scheme enables high-level structuring together with design-time guaranteeing of accurate timings of various critical control actions with significantly smaller efforts than those required when using lower-level structuring schemes based on direct programming of threads, UDP invocations, etc. Our system was validated by use of environment simulator developed based on an open source flight simulator named FlightGear. The TMO-structured UAV control software running on a small computing platform was easily connected to a simulator of the surroundings of the control system, i.e., the rest of the UAV and the flight environment. Positive experiences in both the TMO-structured design and the validation are discussed along with potentials for future expansion in this paper.