• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.477-482
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• 2016

This paper presents a simple approximation-based design approach for consensus tracking of heterogeneous second-order nonlinear systems under a directed network. All nonlinearities of followers are assumed to be unknown and non-identical. In the controller design procedure, graph-independent error surfaces are used and an unimplementable intermediate controller for each follower is designed at the first design step. Then, by adding and subtracting a graph-based term at the second step, the actual controller for each follower is designed by using one neural network employed to estimate a lumped and distributed nonlinearity. Therefore, the proposed local controller for each follower has a simpler structure than existing approximation-based consensus tracking controllers for multi-agent systems with unmatched nonlinearities.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.222-226
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• 2010

In this paper we study the consensus problem of SISO (Single-Input Single-Output) linear multi-agent systems under a fixed weighted undirected network communication. The dynamics of each agent can be of any order, while it is constrained to be neutrally stable. Based on a simple root locus argument, we show that the problem at hand is always solvable if the gain and zeros of the dynamic compensator, of which dimension is the same as the number of plant poles on the imaginary axis, are chosen suitably, finally the result is successfully verified by an example.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.413-418
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• 2012

This paper presents a multi-robot path planner for environment exploration and monitoring. Robotics systems are being widely used as data measurement tools, especially in dangerous environment. For large scale environment monitoring, multiple robots are required in order to save time. The path planner should not only consider the collision avoidance but efficient coordination of robots for optimal measurements. Nonlinear spring force based planning algorithm is integrated with the spatial gradient following path planner. Perturbation/Correlation based estimation of spatial gradient is applied. An algorithm of tuning the stiffness for robot coordination is presented. The performance of the proposed algorithm is discussed with simulation results.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권12호
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• pp.1073-1078
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• 2012

This paper deals with the trajectory planning of multi agent robots using complex potential theory for robot soccer. The complex potential theory is introduced, then the circle theorem is used to avoid obstacles, and the vortex pair is used to make precise kicking direction of robot. Various situations of robot soccer are simulated and the effect of vortex strength and the speed of robots are discussed and the better way to avoid obstacles and to kick the precise direction is found. The feasibilities of complex potential theory to apply for the multi agent robots are successful.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권1호
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• pp.5-11
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• 2010

An adaptive formation control approach is proposed for nonhonolomic multiple mobile robots considering unknown slipping and skidding. It is assumed that unknown slipping and skidding effects are bounded by unknown constants. Under this assumption, the adaptive technique is employed to estimate the bounds of unknown slipping and skidding effects of each mobile robot. To deal with the skidding effect included in kinematics, the dynamic surface design approach is applied to design a local controller for each mobile robot. Using Lyapunov stability theorem, the adaptation laws for tuning bounds of slipping and skidding are induced and it is proved that all signals of the closed-loop system are bounded and the tracking errors and the synchronization errors of the path parameters converge to an adjustable neighborhood of the origin. Finally, simulation results are provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제16권5호
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• pp.428-432
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• 2010

In this paper, an adaptive formation control based on the leader-following approach is proposed for multiple mobile robots with time varying parameters. The proposed controller does not require the velocity information of the leader robot, which is commonly assumed that it is either measured or telecommunicated. In order to estimate time varying velocities of the leader robot, the smooth projection algorithm is employed. From the Lyapunov stability theory, it is proved that the proposed control scheme can guarantee the uniform ultimate boundedness of error signals of the closed-loop system. Finally, the computer simulations are performed to demonstrate the performance of the proposed control system.

• 한국시뮬레이션학회논문지
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• 제19권3호
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• pp.37-43
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• 2010

우리는 두 생물무리가 서로 가로지르거나 결합하는 현상을 주변에서 흔히 볼 수 있다. 예로, 하천의 물고기 무리가 운동하다 바위나 돌같은 장애물을 만나 두 무리로 나누어졌다가 장애물 뒤에서 다시 하나로 합쳐지는 현상이 있다. 우두머리를 가지는 두 생물 무리가 각도${\theta}$를 가지고 서로 충돌하면서 가로질러 지나갈 때의 동역학을 연구하였다. 두 무리의 각 우두머리 개체는 다른 개체에 의해 영향을 받지 않는다. 이에 비해 무리의 개체들은 우두머리의 운동방향을 쫓아 가도록 시뮬레이션 되었다. 이 두 무리의 가로지르기 동역학을 이해하기 위해서, 무리개체의 평균 단위속도의 합으로 정의되는 질서매개변수${\phi}$를 조사하였다. 두 무리가 서로 만나는 순간, 두 무리의 운동량 균형이 무너지면서 ${\phi}$값이 급격히 올라갔다. 그리고 두 무리가 서로 분리되어질 때, 두 번째로 ${\phi}$값이 피크를 보였다. 무리개체들은 서로 충돌하면서 그들의 우두머리 개체를 쫓아가는데 방해를 받게 되는데 이로 인해 두 번째 피크이후에 불규칙적인 작은 피크들이 관측되었다. 두 피크값, $d_1$ (첫번째) 그리고 $d_2$ (두번째), 은 서로 다른 충돌각도 ${\theta}$에 대해서 동기화 현상을 보였다. 이 시뮬레이션 모델은 생물행동을 연구하거나 다개체 로봇 시스템 개발에 유용하게 사용되어 질수 있다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권12호
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• pp.1225-1230
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• 2014

This paper investigates the group average-consensus and group formation-consensus problems for first-order multi-agent systems. The control protocol for group consensus is designed by considering the positive adjacency elements. Since each intra-group Laplacian matrix cannot be satisfied with the in-degree balance because of the positive adjacency elements between groups, we decompose the Laplacian matrix into an intra-group Laplacian matrix and an inter-group Laplacian matrix. Moreover, average matrices are used in the control protocol to analyze the stability of multi-agent systems with a fixed and undirected communication topology. Using the graph theory and the Lyapunov functional, stability analysis is performed for group average-consensus and group formation-consensus, respectively. Finally, some simulation results are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed control protocol for group consensus.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제61권4호
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• pp.622-628
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• 2012

This paper proposes an environment monitoring algorithm using a behavior-based multiple robot system. This paper handles an escort and a boundary-tracking especially. Unlike previous research works, the proposed environment monitoring system which is based on the behavior-based multiple robot control allows the system to employ the reusable code and general algorithm. Also, the proposed method can be applied to cheaper process with low performances. In the proposed method, escort and boundary-tracking missions are constructed by weighted sum of predefined basic behaviors after redefining the basic behaviors in previous works and introducing the novel basic behavior. Simulation results of the proposed method are included to demonstrate the practical application of the proposed algorithm.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권8호
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• pp.1080-1084
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• 2014

This paper addresses a design technique for formation tracking controllers of discrete-time Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy multi-agent systems based on consensus. The interconnection topology among the agents is expressed as a digraph. The design condition is represented in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Numerical example demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed method.