• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.16 no.4
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• pp.225-233
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• 2011

In this paper, we propose a remote control station based on the awareness of various combat field situation in order for operating multiple unmanned ground vehicles. Our remote control station is capable of sending a variety of messages designed for carrying out the skillful movement for collaborate among unmanned ground vehicles, gathering the information related with combat field situation, and completing the assigned missions which are described by operator in advance. To verify the effectiveness of our proposal, we develop the sophisticated remote control station and conduct a great many remote operating tests for multiple unmanned ground vehicles.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.42 no.1
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• pp.205-213
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• 2017

This paper is a study on the method to derive the functional level required for autonomous unmanned ground vehicle, one of the defense robots. Conventional weapon systems are not significantly affected by the operating environment, while defense robots exhibit different performance depending on the operating environment, even if they are on the same platform. If the performance of defense robot is different depending on operational environment, results of mission performance will be vary significantly. Therefore, it is necessary to clarify the level of function required by the military in order to research and develop most optimal defense robots. In this thesis, we propose a method to derive the required function level of unmanned ground vehicles, focusing on autonomous driving, one of the most vital functions of defense robots. Our results showed that the autonomous driving function depending intervention levels and evaluated functional sensitivity for autonomous driving of the unmanned vehicle using climate and topography as variables.

• Communications of the Korean Institute of Information Scientists and Engineers
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• v.29 no.9
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• pp.57-66
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.685-687
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• 2017

최근 공중, 지상에 대해 무인 시스템이 빠른 속도로 발전하고 있다. 해양 분야에 대해서도 무인시스템이 발전함으로 인해 사람의 힘을 빌려 작업하기에는 많은 위험도와 각종 변수들에 의해 인명피해가 발생할 수 있는 건설, 케이블 매설, 해양 관측에 대해 무인 로봇을 통해 작업이 이루어지고 있다. 이러한 무인 시스템의 발전을 하드웨어는 빠르게 발전하여 컴포넌트 형태로 발전하였다. 이런 하드웨어의 발전에 맞춰 소프트웨어 컴포넌트 설계 방법을 제안하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.41 no.4
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• pp.441-450
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• 2016

Wireless multi-hop communication is one of the key technologies to operate Unmanned Ground System (UGS) networks efficiently. Conventionally a lot of routing protocol has been developed and studied for multi-hop networks like Mobile Ad-hoc Network (MANET). However, the routing protocol for the unique environment of the UGS requires further studies, since conventional routing protocols cannot be used itself for UGS networks. In this paper, we propose the Betweenness Centrality based Geographic Routing (BCGR) which considers the main function of UGS. BCGR utilizes expanded ego betweenness centrality, mobility and location information error, respectively. We have conducted a simulation study for evaluating the performance of the BCGR using ns-3, and our simulation results show that BCGR outperforms the conventional routing protocols such as AODV and GPSR in terms of end-to-end transmission reliability, throughput and delay.

• Journal of Korean Society for Geospatial Information Science
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.79-85
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• 2014

For the successful operation of unmanned ground vehicles(UGVs), optimal path planning should be considered with trafficability analysis, threat analysis, and so on. From among these, trafficability analysis is immensely important for safeness of UGVs especially in the case of driving the off-road such as unpaved road, grassland, and open fields. Geographical information has a pivotal role in extracting data and measuring cost for specified regions of interest. In this paper, we review possibilities to apply Land Cover Map(LCM) as a new, fundamental source and propose a new generation method of trafficability analysis map for optimal path planning of UGV. The simulation results show that the proposed method significantly improve the previous method by applying LCM either alone or in combination with the other GIS.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2013.11a
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• pp.1324-1327
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• 2013

최근 무인로봇 시장이 커지면서 국방관련, 민간, 상업적으로 무인로봇의 수요가 증가하고 있다. 이는 사람이 직접 접근할 수 없는 재난발생지역, 환경오염지역, 방사능위험지역, 국가 간 분쟁지역 등에 무인항공기나 무인지상로봇을 투입하여 실시간 원격으로 재난피해 정도를 관찰하고 인명구조작업, 생존자 위치파악, 국경지대 순찰 등에 효과적인 시스템으로 활용할 수 있다. 하지만, 제한적인 환경에서 가지고 있는 부품들이 기능을 제대로 동작하지 않을 때, 하나의 센서 또는 부품을 활용한 위치추적, 원격제어 및 자율주행 등이 가능해야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 1개의 이미지 센서를 통해, 객체의 색을 인식하고 추적하는 시스템을 개발하고자 한다. 특히, 기존의 거리감지 센서 기반의 색 객체 추적 알고리즘에 비교하여, 면적중심 값의 변화량에 따라 객체추적의 반응속도를 증가시켜 쉽게 객체를 추적할 수 있는 시스템을 개발하고자 한다.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2017.11a
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• pp.965-968
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• 2017

드론이라고도 불리는 소형 무인기는 비전 시스템을 대부분 갖추고 있어 비전을 응용한 기술이 적합한 플랫폼이며 특히 랜드 마크 기반 위치 추적 방법은 드론과 지상 로봇과 같은 다른 플랫폼 간의 협업을 위한 효율적인 방법 중 하나이다. 본 논문에서는 드론과 지상 로봇의 협업 시스템을 위하여 기준 마커를 검출하는 연구에 대하여 서술한다. 기준 마커 중 하나인 ArUco는 바코드보다 간단한 내부 코드를 가지고 있다. 기준 마커의 카메라 캘리브레이션을 통하여 카메라와 마커의 자세 추정이 가능하다. 성능 평가 실험을 통하여 형태가 간단한 마커, AprilTags, ArUco 간 성능 비교를 하였고 92%의 정확도를 얻어내었으며 ArUco의 적합한 이진화 알고리즘을 제시하였다.

• Journal of the Korea Society for Simulation
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• v.29 no.2
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• pp.105-117
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• 2020

Analysis of combat effectiveness is required to consider the concept of tactical cooperative engagement between manned-unmanned weapon systems, in order to predict the required operational capabilities of future weapon systems that meets the concept of 'effect-based synchronized operations.' However, analytical methods such as mathematical and statistical models make it difficult to analyze the effects of complex systems under nonlinear warfare. In this paper, we propose a combat simulation model that can simulate the concept of cooperative engagement between manned-unmanned combat entities based on wireless communications. First, we model unmanned combat entities, e.g., unmanned ground vehicles and drones, and manned combat entities, e.g., combatants and artillery, considering the capabilities required by the future ground system. We also simulate tactical behavior in which all entities perform their mission while sharing battlefield situation information through wireless communications. Finally we explore the feasibility of the proposed model by analyzing combat effectiveness such as target acquisition rate, remote control success rate, reconnaissance lead time, survival rate, and enemy's loss rate under a small-unit armor reconnaissance scenario. The proposed model is expected to be used in war-game combat experiments as well as analysis of the effects of manned-unmanned ground weapons.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.633-638
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• 2017

The small unmanned robot developed in this paper can perform tasks such as surveillance and reconnaissance in the battle field. The noise generated during the operation of the robot may expose the operation area. Therefore, in this study, we developed a method to quantitatively measure the noise of the developed small unmanned ground robot. The criteria for noise measurement in indoor and outdoor are presented. It was used for statistical verification method to verify the reliability of the developed noise measurement method. The noise was measured at different places, and the correlation was analyzed. Thus, we proposed a method to predict the noise level in the operation area where the robot is operated by the noise test data measured during the development process.