• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제37권7C호
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• pp.527-537
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• 2012

본 논문은 다수의 자율무인차량 (Autonomous Unmanned Ground Vehicle) 들이 서로 협력하여 그룹 이동하는 타겟을 추적하고 지속적인 커버리지를 제공하는 무인차량 기반의 추적 네트워크 (UVTN: Unmanned Vehicle based Tracking Network) 구조와 알고리즘을 제안한다. UVTN은 움직이는 사람 또는 사물을 추적 감시하거나 이동하는 구조팀 또는 병사들에게 지속적인 네트워크 Access를 제공해 주기 위하여 커버리지를 최대화 하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 이러한 목적을 달성하기 위하여 UVTN은 주기적인 네트워크 확장과 수축 과정을 통한 무인차량 노드 재배치 및 네트워크 토폴로지 최적화를 수행한다. 또한 본 논문에서는 평균 커버리지비율과 이동거리 관점에서의 성능향상을 위한 개선 알고리즘들이 제안된다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 UVTN과 개선 알고리즘들이 그룹이 동성을 갖는 대상을 효율적으로 추적하여 지속적인 커버리지를 제공할 수 있음을 보인다.

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.981-988
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• 2023

무인 비행체의 활용범위가 확대됨에 따라 관련 기술의 발전과 기술 수요도 증가하는 추세이다. 무인 비행체의 운영빈도가 늘어나고 운영의 편리성이 강조됨에 따라 관련 자율비행 기술도 중요성이 주목받고 있다. 무인 비행체의 자율 비행에 있어 목적지에 도달하는 경로계획을 세우는 일은 유도제어에서 중요하며 무인화의 효과를 극대화하기 위해서는 경로계획 역시 자동으로 생성하는 기술이 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 무인 비행체의 자율운영 효과를 높이기 위해서 급속탐색랜덤트리기법으로 생성된 경로를 무인기의 특성에 맞게 최적화하는 기법에 관한 연구를 수행하였다. 최적 거리, 최단 시간, 임무점 통과 등의 지표를 달성하기 위해 경로계획을 무인 비행체의 임무 목표와 동적 특성을 고려하여 최적화하였다. 제안한 기법은 장애물 상황에 대한 성능검증을 통해 무인 비행체 경로계획 생성에 적용 가능성을 확인하였다.

• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제13권2호
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• pp.91-99
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• 2013

An autonomous unmanned underwater vehicle is a type of marine self-propelled robot that executes some specific mission and returns to base on completion of the task. In order to successfully execute the requested operations, the vehicle must be guided by an effective navigation algorithm that enables it to avoid obstacles and follow the best path. Architectures and principles for intelligent dynamic systems are being developed, not only in the underwater arena but also in related areas where the work does not fully justify the name. The problem of increasing the capacity of systems management is highly relevant based on the development of new methods for dynamic analysis, pattern recognition, artificial intelligence, and adaptation. Among the large variety of navigation methods that presently exist, the dynamic window approach is worth noting. It was originally presented by Fox et al. and has been implemented in indoor office robots. In this paper, the dynamic window approach is applied to the marine world by developing and extending it to manipulate vehicles in 3D marine environments. This algorithm is provided to enable efficient avoidance of obstacles and attainment of targets. Experiments conducted using the algorithm in MATLAB indicate that it is an effective obstacle avoidance approach for marine vehicles.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2000년도 제15차 학술회의논문집
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• pp.335-335
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• 2000

Applications such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and the time varying nature of their navigation, guidance and control systems motivate an integrated approach to trajectory general ion and trajectory tracking for autonomous vehicles. In this paper, an experimental testbed was designed for studying this integrated trajectory control approach. In this paper we apply the separating approach to an autonomous nonlinear vehicle system. A new linear matrix inequality based H$_{\infty}$ control technique for periodic time-varying systems is applied to the role of trajectory tracking. Trajectory general ion is accomplished by exploit ing the differential flatness property of the vehicle system; this at lows product ion of desired feasible nominal or reference trajectories from certain ″flat'system outputs. Simulation and experimental results are presented showing stable tracking of a periodic circular trajectory.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.1375-1379
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• 2004

Unmanned Helicopter has several abilities such as vertical Take off, hovering, low speed flight at low altitude. Such vehicles are becoming popular in actual applications such as search and rescue, aerial reconnaissance and surveillance. These vehicles also used under risky environments without threatening the life of a pilot. Since a small aerial vehicle is very sensitive to environmental conditions, it is generally known that the flight control is very difficult problems. In this paper, a flight control system was designed for an unmanned helicopter. This paper was concentrated on describing the mechanical design, electronic equipments and their interconnections for acquiring autonomous flight. The design methodologies and performance of the helicopter were illustrated and verified with a linearized equation of motion. The LQG based estimator and controller was designed and tested for this unmanned helicopter.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.968-978
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• 2014

Autonomous vehicle technology based on information technology and software will lead the automotive industry in the near future. Vehicle localization technology is a core expertise geared toward developing autonomous vehicles and will provide location information for control and decision. This paper proposes an effective vision-based localization technology to be applied to autonomous vehicles. In particular, the proposed technology makes use of numerical maps that are widely used in the field of geographic information systems and that have already been built in advance. Optimum vehicle ego-motion estimation and road marking feature extraction techniques are adopted and then combined by an extended Kalman filter and particle filter to make up the localization technology. The implementation results of this paper show remarkable results; namely, an 18 ms mean processing time and 10 cm location error. In addition, autonomous driving and parking are successfully completed with an unmanned vehicle within a $300m{\times}500m$ space.

• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제12권2호
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• pp.163-174
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• 2011

Task assignments of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are examined. The phrase "task assignment" comprises the decision making procedures of a UAV group. In this study, an on-line decentralized task assignment algorithm is proposed for an autonomous UAV group. The proposed method is divided into two stages: an order optimization stage and a communications and negotiation stage. A genetic algorithm and negotiation strategy based on one-to-one communication is adopted for each stage. Through the proposed algorithm, decentralized task assignments can be applied to dynamic environments in which sensing range and communication are limited. The performance of the proposed algorithm is verified by performing numerical simulations.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.372-378
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• 2009

For effective mobility control of unmanned ground vehicles in outdoor off-road environments, terrain cover classification technology using passive sensors is vital. This paper presents a novel method far terrain classification based on color and texture information of off-road images. It uses a neural network classifier and wavelet features. We exploit the wavelet mean and energy features extracted from multi-channel wavelet transformed images and also utilize the terrain class spatial coordinates of images to include additional features. By comparing the classification performance according to applied features, the experimental results show that the proposed algorithm has a promising result and potential possibilities for autonomous navigation.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2018년도 춘계학술대회
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• pp.229-231
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• 2018

자율주행 차량 기술이 점차 발전해 오면서 점차 산업 현장 및 사고 현장과 같이 인명하고가 많이 일어나는 분야에 자율주행 시스템을 도입한 로봇으로 대처를 많이 해 오고 있다. 이러한 이유로 자율주행시스템을 탑재한 무인이송장치는 사람의 접근이 어려운 유해환경 등에 많이 이용된다. 또한 자율주행 시스템의 도입은 산업현장과 같이 정신없이 움직이는 환경 속에서 일어나는 충돌 사고 및 인명피해를 줄이고, 효율성 있는 업무처리를 도와준다. 또한 자율주행 차량끼리 매인서버로 차량별 주변 환경을 전송하여 매인서버에서 이를 통재하면 더욱 넓은 지역에서 보다 안전하고 신속한 업무처리가 가능하다. 본 논문에서는 자율주행이 가능한 무인지게차 시스템에 대한 V2X 통신을 활용함으로써, 보다 넓은 지역의 지게차들을 통재하여 산업 업무량을 높이며, 인명피해와 재산피해를 줄일 수 있다.

• 전자통신동향분석
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.43-54
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• 2019

Currently, the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is spreading from recreational purposes to the public- and commercial-use product areas. Various efforts are being made worldwide to ensure the safety of UAVs and expand their service applications and convenience, because autonomous flights are becoming increasingly popular. In order for a UAV to perform autonomous flight and mission without operator assistance, environmental perception technology, path planning technology, and flight control technology are needed. In this article, we present recent trends in these technologies.