• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.1597-1598
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• 2011

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.10a
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• pp.1819-1821
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• 2015

재난구조 로봇은 각종 재난상황에 투입되는 로봇으로써 현재의 로봇에 탑재된 카메라 영상 정보만으로 로봇 주변의 환경을 인식하여 작업을 수행하는 데에는 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 카메라 영상에 의한 시각정보 이외에 현장의 로봇과 주변환경의 접촉에 의해 발생하는 반발력을 조작자에게 전달하여 실감형 환경인지가 가능하도록 하는 시스템을 제안하고자 한다. 이를 위해 본 연구에서는 조작자에게 다양한 형태의 반발력을 전달할 수 있도록 인체 착용형 로봇인 외골격 로봇을 master 로봇으로 사용하였고, 14 자유도를 가지는 slave 로봇을 원격제어 하여 작업물 조작시의 힘 반향이 조작자에게 전달되도록 제어되고 있음을 확인하였다.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.173-181
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• 2016

This paper reports on the development of a roller-cam clutch mechanism. This mechanism can transfer bidirectional torque with high backdrivability, as well as increase actuation energy efficiency, in electrical exoskeleton robots. The developed mechanism was installed at the robot knee joint and unclutched during the swing phase which uses less metabolic energy, thereby functioning as a passive joint. The roller-cam clutch aimed to increase actuation energy efficiency while also producing high backdrivability by generating zero impedance for users during the swing phase. To develop the mechanism, mathematical modeling of the roller-cam clutch was conducted, with the design having more than three safety factors following optimization. Titanium (Ti-6AL-4V) material was used. Finally, modeling verification was done using ANSYS software.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2014.07a
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• pp.17-18
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• 2014

현대사회와 미래사회는 가속화되어지는 IT기술에 의해서 융합되어진 작업의 효율 및 성능의 발전이 이슈화되고 있다. 따라서 1990년대부터는 군사 및 재활분야와 함께 제조업 및 유통업 등 전반적인 산업 모두에서 근력보조기구에 대한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 과거에는 일반인이 무거운 짐을 운반하는 것을 완전한 로봇이 대체하거나 몸이 불편한 사회적 약자가 휠체어 및 지팡이 또는 전동 휠체어와 같은 보조 개념이 아닌 완전한 대체의 개념을 가지고 있었다. 그러나 웨어러블이 대두됨에 따라 기계와 인체가 합쳐지는 상호작용 근력보조기구가 탄생했다. 근력보조기구는 힘/토크 센서를 통한 인간과 로봇간의 상호작용에 의해 인간의 다양한 상지 및 하지 동작을 구현할 수 있는 근력 강화용 웨어러블 로봇 등이 있다.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.10 no.3
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• pp.162-170
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• 2015

This paper describes the development of a hand module of NREX (National Rehabilitation Center Robotic Exoskeleton) designed to assist individuals with sustained neurological impairments such as stroke and spinal cord injuries. To construct a simple and lightweight hand module, the robotic hand adopts a mechanism driven by a motor and moved by two four-bar linkages. The motor facilitates the flexion-extension movements of the thumb and the other four fingers simultaneously. Thus, an individual using the robotic hand module can effectively grip and release objects related to daily life activities. The robotic hand module has been designed to cover the range of motion with respect to its link distance. This hand module can be used in therapeutic rehabilitation as well as for daily life assistance. In addition, this hand module can either be mounted on an NREX or used as a standalone module.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.22 no.11
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• pp.960-966
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• 2016

This paper proposes a new concept of a soft and wearable upper-limb exoskeleton. A novel actuation principle, called the twisted string actuation principle, is implemented to make it lightweight, soft, and therefore easily wearable. Its power transmission mechanism and harness are designed to be soft and wearable, yet have enough control accuracy for rehabilitation. In addition to force transmission optimization, a speed enlargement mechanism is newly introduced in order to increase the contraction speed of the twisted string actuation mechanism by sacrificing the unnecessarily large gear reduction ratio of the twisted string mechanism. A prototype has been tested for mirroring therapy, and the feasibility of the proposed mechanism has been shown through a sufficiently accurate tracking performance.

• The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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• v.18 no.4
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• pp.481-486
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to optimize parameters of a contact model to obtain similar ground contact force of human walking. Dynamic walking simulation considering ground contact is performed to determine load specifications when developing walking assist robots. Large contact forces that are not observed in actual experimental data occur during the simulation at the initial contact (e.g., heel contact). The large contact force generates unrealistic large joint torques. A lower exoskeleton robot with no ankles is developed with the Matlab simscape and the nonlinear hyper volumetric contact model is applied. Parameters of the nonlinear hyper volumetric model were optimized using actual walking contact force data. As a result of optimization, it was possible to obtain a contact force pattern similar to actual walking by removing the large contact force generated during initial contact.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.85-86
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• 2013

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2013.05a
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• pp.983-984
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• 2013

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.957-958
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• 2010