• Journal of the Korean Society for Aviation and Aeronautics
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• v.27 no.3
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• pp.1-14
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• 2019

Cooperative systems among various unmanned vehicles are widely used in various field and emerging. Unmanned vehicles are able to operate various missions without operator onboard and they are highly stable. Collaborative work of multiple unmanned vehicles is emphasized due to the difficulty of recent missions such as SEAD (Suppression of the Enemy Air Defenses), MUSIC (Manned Unmanned Systems Integration Capability), goldentime in the rescue mission. In this study, ROS and Pixhawk were proposed as a method of construction of a collaboration system and framework for an integrated simulation environment for heterogeneous unmanned vehicles is proposed. Totally 5 unmanned vehicles were set for the simulation for the observation of illegal fishing boats. This paper shows the feasibility of the cooperative system using ROS and Pixhawk through the simulation and the experiment.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2016.10a
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• pp.71-74
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• 2016

재난지역의 영상 촬영 및 물품 조달 등 인간이 직접 수행하기 어려운 임무를 대신하기 위해 드론이 사용된다. 시중에 판매되고 있는 드론들은 비행과 영상촬영 기능을 모두 제공하지만 firmware 및 응용프로그램 소스코드가 제한적으로 공개되어 있어 일반 개발자가 드론의 firmware를 수정하거나 센서 및 카메라를 직접 제어할 수 없다는 단점이 있다. 하지만 개발자의 목적에 맞는 드론의 비행 시스템을 구축하기 위해서는 시스템 내부의 제어코드를 직접 수정할 필요성이 있다. Pixhawk는 firmware 및 관련 application의 개발에 대한 소스 코드가 공개되어 있고, 일반 개발자들의 접근이 상대적으로 용이하다는 장점이 있다. 본 프로젝트에서는 Pixhawk와 3D Robotics 사에서 제공하는 Drone-Kit Platform을 활용하여 조난 상황에 대한 인명 구조 시스템을 설계하고, 응급상황에 대한 드론 제어 시스템을 구현하였다.

• Journal of Korea Entertainment Industry Association
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.349-357
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• 2021

Recently, drones are rapidly becoming common and expanding. There is a great need for diversity in whether drone flight data can be used as entertainment technology analysis data. In particular, it is necessary to check whether it is possible to analyze and utilize the flight and operation process of entertainment drones, which are developing through autonomous and intelligent methods, through data analysis and machine learning. In this paper, it was confirmed whether it can be used as a machine learning technology by using FC data in the evaluation of drones for entertainment. As a result, FC data from DJI and Parrot such as Mavic2 and Anafi were unable to analyze machine learning for entertainment. It is because data is collected at intervals of 0.1 second or more, so that it is impossible to find correlation with other data with GCS. On the other hand, it was found that machine learning technologies can be applied in the case of Fixhawk, which used an ARM processor and operates with the Nuttx OS. In the future, it is necessary to develop technologies capable of analyzing the characteristics of entertainment by dividing fixed-wing and rotary-wing flight information. For this, a model shoud be developed, and systematic big data collection and research should be conducted.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2023.07a
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• pp.451-452
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• 2023

고속도로에 낙하물이 있으면 사고 방지를 위해 바로 치워야 하지만 순찰차가 발견하거나 신고가 들어오기 전까진 낙하물을 바로 발견하기 힘들며, 대다수의 사람들은 신고하지 않고 지나치는 경우가 있기에 이러한 문제점들을 개선하기 위해 드론과 YOLO를 이용하여 도로의 낙하물을 인식하고 낙하물에 대한 정보를 보내 줄 수 있는 시스템을 개발하였다. 실시간 객체 인식 알고리즘인 YOLOv5를 데스크톱 PC에 적용하여 구현하였고, F450 프레임에 픽스호크와 모듈, 카메라를 장착하여 실시간으로 도로를 촬영할 수 있는 드론을 직접 제작하였다. 개발한 시스템은 낙하물에 대한 인식 결과와 정보를 제공하며 지상관제 시스템과 웹을 통해 확인할 수 있다. 적은 인력으로 더 빠르게 낙하물을 발견할 수 있으므로 빠른 상황 조치를 기대할 수 있다.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.45-52
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• 2018

This paper deals with the analysis of the inner-loop algorithm of the Pixhawk which is a representative multi-copter open source. The algorithm is based on flight control-law structure. The inner-loop algorithm of the Pixhawk can be divided into a position controller and an attitude controller. The position controller generates the attitude of the multi-copter to move to the destination The position controller also generates the demand force and moment acting on each actuator. We confirm that the position controller saturates the desired acceleration and speed by using a proper relational expression. The expression can be used in order to prevent the sudden change in the attitude of a multi-copter.

• Journal of Aerospace System Engineering
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• v.15 no.1
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• pp.102-110
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• 2021

Recently, multi-copters equipped with various collision avoidance sensors have been introduced to improve flight stability. LiDAR is used to recognize a three-dimensional position. Multiple cameras and real-time SLAM technology are also used to calculate the relative position to obstacles. A three-dimensional depth sensor with a small process and camera is also used. In this study, a small collision-avoidance multi-copter system capable of in-door flight was developed as a platform for the development of collision avoidance software technology. The multi-copter system was equipped with LiDAR, 3D depth sensor, and small image processing board. Object recognition and collision avoidance functions based on the YOLO algorithm were verified through flight tests. This paper deals with recent trends in drone collision avoidance technology, system design/manufacturing process, and flight test results.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Aeronautical & Space Sciences
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• v.48 no.12
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• pp.997-1004
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• 2020

A synchropter is a type of rotorcraft in which a pair of blades inclined with each other rotates in synchronization. Removing the tail rotor enables an efficient and compact configuration similar to a coaxial-rotor helicopter. This paper describes the design and flight test results of a small synchropter to examine the suitability of a drone system for the army. The synchropter in this paper is a small vehicle with a rotor diameter of 1.4m and a weight of 7kg and was assembled based on commercial parts to examine flight characteristics effectively. The flight control system adopted Pixhawk, which is designed based on an open-architecture. The model-based design technique is applied to develop the control law of the synchropter and a new firmware embedded on the Pixhawk. Through qualitative flight tests, we analyzed the flight characteristics. As a result of the analysis, we confirmed the possibility of application as a drone system of the synchropter.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Marine Environment & Safety
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• v.27 no.6
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• pp.867-874
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• 2021

The IoT (Internet of Things) technology is rapidly becoming an important consideration in many engineering fields in the current 4th industrial era. In recent years, the concepts of digital shipbuilding and smart factories have been adopted as trends in shipyards. However, there is active interest in research on implementing autonomous driving in autonomous vehicles and airplanes, which is currently available in commercial form in a limited capacity. The present study is regarding the path-tracking performance of a boat to accomplish an autonomous driving mission using a flight controller (FC) and real-time kinematic (RTK) global positioning system (GPS) based on an open-source Ardupilot; an actual sea test is also performed using this system on a calm lake. The boat's mission is to evaluate the maneuverability of the self-driving process to a specific point and returning to the home position. For a given speed, the difference between the preset mission trajectory and actual operational trajectory was analyzed, and a series of studies were conducted on the applicability of the system to ships. In addition, the movements and maneuverability of the OmniX-type hull with four propellers were investigated, and the driving path-tracking performance was observed to increase by a maximum of 48%.