• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.24 no.3
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• pp.304-309
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• 2014

In this paper, we design a hybrid wheeled and legged mobile robot with a waist joint. The proposed hybrid mobile robot is designed to have a hybrid structure with leg and wheel for the efficient movement in flat and uneven surfaces. The proposed robot have a waist joint that is used to stably transform from wheeled driving to legged walking of the robot and to overcome non-flat surface. In order to recognize various environments we use LRF sensor, PSD sensor, CCD camera. Also, a motion planning method for hybrid mobile robot with a waist joint is proposed to select wheeled driving motion and legged walking motion of the robot based the environment types. We verify the efficient mobility of the developed hybrid mobile robot through navigation experiments using the proposed motion planning method in various environments.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.1447-1454
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• 1991

본 로봇은 wheeled type과 legged type의 장점을 함께 가지고 있으므로 주행 속도가 빠르며 환경적응력이 좋다. 기존 로봇과 비교할때 Y.Icihkawa등이 개발한 HLV와 가장 유사하지만 모터 3개로 6개의 바퀴-다리 유닛을 구동하므로 모터15개로 5개의 바퀴-다리유닛을 구동하는 Ichikawa HLV와 동력전달구조에서 많이 상이하다. 뿐만아니라 본 로봇은 3개의 모터만 사용했기 때문에 주행제어가 훨씬 간단하고 제작 비가 저렴하며 장애물 및 계단승강시 걸음새가 훨씬 간단하다.(Ichikawa HLV 경우 뒷 쪽 2개의 다리를 동시에 들 수 없기 때문에 계단 승강시 몸체 회전을 적절하게 섞어야 한다.)

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.356-361
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• 2020

This paper presents a lightweight milli-scale crawling robot that can crawl on both sides, which was inspired by the movement of insects. This robot has an excellent ability to overcome obstacles, such as the narrow gaps and the rough terrain. In addition, the robot can crawl steadily and rapidly through triangular alternation, such as ants or cockroaches. The process of smart composite microstructures (SCM) was employed to make a lightweight robot structure. The SCM process replaced the conventional mechanical parts with flexure joints and composite links, which allows the weight of the robot to be reduced. In addition, the robot structure was robust against external impacts owing to the compliance of the constituent materials. Using the SCM process, the robot weighed only 32g with twelve legs in total on both sides. The robot showed a crawling speed of 0.52m/s on the front side and 0.42m/s on the backside.