• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1999년도 제14차 학술회의논문집
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• pp.65-68
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• 1999

In this study, an off-line automatic teaching method using vision information for robotic assembly task is proposed. Many of industrial robots are still taught and programmed by a teaching pendant. The robot is guided by a human operator to the desired application locations. These motions are recorded and are later edited, within the robotic language using in the robot controller, and played back repetitively to perform the robot task. This conventional teaching method is time-consuming and somewhat dangerous. In the proposed method, the operator teaches the desired locations on the image acquired through CCD camera mounted on the robot hand. The robotic language program is automatically generated and transferred to the robot controller. This teaching process is implemented through an off-line programming(OLP) software. The OLP is developed for the robotic assembly system used in this study. In order to transform the location on image coordinates into robot coordinates, a calibration process is established. The proposed teaching method is implemented and evaluated on the assembly system for soldering electronic parts on a circuit board. A six-axis articulated robot executes assembly task according to the off-line automatic teaching.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2004년도 추계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1327-1330
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• 2004

An underwater robotic system has been developed and applied to visual inspection of reactor vessel internals. The Korea Electric Power Robot for Visual Test (KeproVt) consists of an underwater robot, a vision processor-based measuring unit, a master control station and a servo control station. The robot guided by the control station with the measuring unit can be controlled to have any motion at any position in the reactor vessel with $\pm$1 cm positioning and $\pm$2 degrees heading accuracies with enough precision to inspect reactor internals. A simple and fast installation process is emphasized in the developed system. The developed robotic system was successfully deployed at the Younggwang Nuclear Unit 1 for the visual inspection of reactor internals.

• 한국공작기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국공작기계학회 2000년도 춘계학술대회논문집 - 한국공작기계학회
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• pp.543-548
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• 2000

In this study, an interactive programming method for robot in electronic part assembly task is proposed. Many of industrial robots are still taught and programmed by a teach pendant. The robot is guided by a human operator to the desired application locations. These motions are recorded and are later edited, within the robotic language using in the robot controller, and play back repetitively to perform robot task. This conventional teaching method is time-consuming and somewhat dangerous. In the proposed method, the operator teaches the desired locations on the image acquired through CCD camera mounted on the robot hand. The robotic language program is automatically generated and downloaded to the robot controller. This teaching process is implemented through an off-line programming software. The OLP is developed for an robotic assembly system used in this study. In order to transform the location on image coordinates into robot coordinates, a calibration process is established. The proposed teaching method is implemented and evaluated on an assembly system for soldering electronic parts on a circuit board. A six-axis articulated robot executes assembly task according to the off-line teaching in the system.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.65-69
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• 2015

A vision-based blank alignment unit for a press automation line is introduced in this paper. A press is a machine tool that changes the shape of a blank by applying pressure and is widely used in industries requiring mass production. In traditional press automation lines, a mechanical centering unit, which consists of guides and ball bearings, is employed to align a blank before a robot inserts it into the press. However it can only align limited sized and shaped of blanks. Moreover it cannot be applied to a process where more than two blanks are simultaneously inserted. To overcome these problems, we developed a press centering unit by means of vision sensors for press automation lines. The specification of the vision system is determined by considering information of the blank and the required accuracy. A vision application S/W with pattern recognition, camera calibration and monitoring functions is designed to successfully detect multiple blanks. Through real experiments with an industrial robot, we validated that the proposed system was able to align various sizes and shapes of blanks, and successfully detect more than two blanks which were simultaneously inserted.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1996년도 Proceedings of the Korea Automatic Control Conference, 11th (KACC); Pohang, Korea; 24-26 Oct. 1996
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• pp.4-12
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• 1996

This keynote presentation covers the subject of intelligent systems development for monitoring and control in various NASA space applications. Similar intelligent systems technology also has applications in terrestrial commercial applications. Discussion will be given of the general approach of intelligent systems and description given of intelligent systems under prototype development for possible use in Space Shuttle Upgrade, in the Experimental Crew Return. Vehicle, and in free-flying space robotic cameras to provide autonomy to these spacecraft with flexible human intervention, if desired or needed. Development of intelligent system monitoring and control for regenerative life support subsystems such as NASA's human rated Bio-PLEX test facility is also described. A video showing two recent world's firsts in real-time vision-guided robotic arm and hand grasping of tumbling and translating complex shaped objects in micro-gravity will also be shown.

• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제28권6호
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• pp.517-524
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• 2003

생물생산에 요구되는 다양한 작업들을 생력화하기 위한 연구 개발 노력이 전세계적으로 활발히 추진되어 왔다. 이러한 연구 개발은 주로 노동집약적인 작업, 고부가가치 농산물을 생산하기 위한 작업 그리고 작업자에 유해한 또는 가혹한 환경하의 작업 등에 주안점을 두고 추진되고 있다. 하지만, 생물생산 분야의 생력화를 추진하는데 있어서 다양한 작업성과 강건성이라는 작업성능 측면에서의 기술적인 문제와 고가의 시스템 및 설비 비용에 따른 경제성 문제가 항상 걸림돌이 되어 왔다. 본 연구에서는 언급한 문제점들 외에 기계가동률, 유지보수 등 생물생산분야의 생력화에 있어 내재되고 있는 문제점들을 효율적으로 해결하기 위하여 무선 원격로봇 시스템에 의거한 새로운 생력화 개념을 제안하였다. 새로운 개념의 생력화는 주어진 작업을 성공적으로 수행하기 위하여 작업자(농민), 컴퓨터 그리고 로봇을 위시한 자동화 작업설비를 대상으로 상대적으로 수월성을 갖는 기능을 중심으로 역할을 분담하는 것이다. 또한 시설재배에 요구되는 전정, 관수, 방제, 제초, 수확, 운반 등과 같은 다양한 작업들을 노동 투하정도와 기능적 유사성 측면을 고려하여 일관적으로 작업을 생력화하는 방안을 제시하였고 제안한 개념을 구현할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하였다. 대상 작목으로는 중량으로 인하여 비교적 취급이 어려운 수박을 선택하였다. 개발 시스템은 크게 무선원격 모니터링 및 작업제어 모듈, 무선원격 영상 획득 및 데이터 송수신 모듈, 4자유도 직교좌표형 로봇 암을 장착한 갠트리 장치부, 교체가 가능한 모듈형 선단 작업장치, 수박 운반 적재모듈의 5개 하드웨어 모듈로 구성하였다. 개발한 시스템은 그래픽 사용자 인터페이스를 통하여 터치 스크린 모니터를 이용하여 작업자와 컴퓨터간의 인터페이스를 구현하였으며 무선 원격데이타 송수신과 분산 제어기를 이용하여 작업자와 컴퓨터 그리고 로봇 작업기간의 인터페이스와 시스템 제어를 구현하였다. 개발 시스템의 성능을 시험하여 결과를 제시하였으며 본 논문에서 제안한 새로운 개념의 생력화 시스템은 생물생산분야의 생력화 방향을 새롭게 제시하는 실질적이고 실현 가능한 시스템이라는 것을 보여주었다.