• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제35권5호
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• pp.503-515
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• 2011

보행 재활 훈련용 보행보조 로봇을 개발하고, 시제품의 운동학적 특성을 평가하였다. 이 보행보조 로봇은 고관절(hip), 슬관절(knee), 족관절(ankle) 등으로 구성되며, 각 관절은 감속기가 포함된 모터에 의해 구동된다. 인체 보행 운동을 이론적으로 해석하여, 보행 운동 중 각 관절의 각도 변위를 계산하는 식을 구하였고, 계산된 각도 변위를 로봇 구동기에 입력하였다. 트레드밀(treadmill) 위에서의 실험을 통해 다양한 보행 속도(walking speed) 및 보폭(stride)에서 각 관절의 출력 각도 변위를 측정하고 입력 값과 비교하였다. 입력 각도 변위와 출력 각도 변위의 차이가 고관절에서는 5.22%, 슬관절에서는 2.97% 이내로 일치함을 확인하여, 설계대로 보행보조 로봇이 작동함을 입증하였다.

• 정보처리학회논문지:소프트웨어 및 데이터공학
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• 제6권4호
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• pp.217-222
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• 2017

본 연구에서는 사람을 대신하여 험난한 지형에서 위험작업을 수행이 가능한 지상로봇과 짧은 시간 안에 원거리 비행이 가능한 드론과의 결합을 통해 위험 상황에서의 효과적인 협업이 가능한 시스템을 구현하였다. 최근 관련 연구는 드론을 수용할 수 있는 무인지상차량이나 4족 로봇에 관한 연구가 있었으나 전체 가용 시간의 장점에 비해 대규모 로봇을 필요로 하여 현장에서 적용하기엔 어려움이 있었다. 본 논문에서는 경량 드론에 장착된 임베디드 웹캠과 영상처리 알고리즘을 사용하여 객체의 한 유형인 마커를 Canny Edge 알고리즘 및 특정한 Template matching 방법을 통하여 비행 중 실시간 검출한 결과를 보여주며, 지상로봇위에 표시된 마커의 2차원적 위치 정보 획득과 레이저 센서를 이용한 상대거리 확보를 융합하여 지상로봇과 드론간의 도킹을 구현하는 시스템을 제안하였다. 실험을 통하여 제안된 시스템은 50회의 도킹 시도에서 95%의 도킹 성공률을 보였으며 6가지의 Template mateching 방법 중 시스템에 적용할 수 있는 2가지의 템플릿 매치 방법을 제시하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제24권4호
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• pp.1007-1015
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• 2000

This paper proposes an adaptive trajectory generation strategy of using on-line ZMP information and an impedance control method for biped robots. Since robots experience various disturbances during their locomotion, their walking mechanism should have the robustness against those disturbances, which requires an on-line adaptation capability. In this context, an on-line trajectory planner is proposed to compensate the required moment for recovering stability. The ZMP equation and sensed ZMP information are used in this trajectory generation strategy. In order to control a biped robot to be able to walk stably, its controller should guarantee stable footing at the moment of feet contacts with the ground as well as maintaining good trajectory tracking performance. Otherwise, the stability of robot will be significantly compromised. To reduce the magnitude of an impact and guarantee a stable footing when a foot contacts with the ground, this paper. proposes to increase the damping of the leg drastically and to modify the reference trajectory of the leg. In the proposed control scheme, the constrained leg is controlled by impedance control using the impedance model with respect to the base link. Computer simulations performed with a 3-dof environment model that consists of combination of a nonlinear and linear compliant contact model show that the proposed controller performs well and that it has robustness against unknown uneven surface. Moreover, the biped robot with the proposed trajectory generator can walk even when it is pushed with a certain amount of external force.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제7권11호
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• pp.904-911
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• 2001

A broomstick swinging biped acrobatic controller is designed and simulated to show capability of the system of controllers: virtual model controller is employed for the robot\`s posture balancing control while a higher level fuzzy controller modulate the one of the virtual model controller\`s parameter for the pendulum swinging motion generation. The robot is of 7 degree-of-freedom, 8-link planar bipedal robot having two slim legs and a body. Each leg consists of a hip joint, a knee joint, an ankle joint and the body has a free joint at the top in the head at which a freely rotating broomstick is attached. We assume that the goal for the acrobat robot is to maintain a body balance in the sagittal plane while swinging up the freely up the freely rotating pendulum. We also assume that the actuators in the joints are all ideal torque generators. The proposed system of controllers satisfies the goal and the simulation results are presented.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권10호
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• pp.1029-1036
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• 2011

An energy-efficient reference walking trajectory generation algorithm is suggested utilizing allowable ZMP (Zero-Moment-Point) region, which maxmizes the energy efficiency for cyclic gaits, based on three-dimensional LIPM (Linear Inverted Pendulum Model) for biped robots. As observed in natural human walking, variable ZMP manipulation is suggested, in which ZMP moves within the allowable region to reduce the joint stress (i.e., rapid acceleration and deceleration of body), and hence to reduce the consumed energy. In addition, opimization of footstep planning is conducted to decide the optimal step-length and body height for a given forward mean velocity to minimize a suitable energy performance - amount of energy required to carry a unit weight a unit distance. In this planning, in order to ensure physically realizable walking trajectory, we also considered geometrical constraints, ZMP stability condition, friction constraint, and yawing moment constraint. Simulations are performed with a 12-DOF 3D biped robot model to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.133-140
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• 2012

In this paper, we suggest a lifelike pattern generator for a quadruped walking system with a head, a tail, four legs and a torso. The system looks like a giant dinosaur which stands over 7 meters tall with its legs over 2 meters long. We focus on its lifelike naturalness. Thus, generating logical patterns in harmony with head-body-tail patterns and quadrupedal locomotion patterns makes you feel that the quadruped walking system is alive. The basic patterns of four legs and a body are obtained from a 3D graphic animation, which is made and captured from various motions of similar species in existence since the giant dinosaurs are exterminated. The dinosaur-like mechanism also is designed from bone and joint structures of quadrupedal animals. The lifelike pattern generator based on fuzzy logic could generate lifelike motions according to the dinosaur-like mechanism and the basic patterns. A series of computer simulations and experimental implements show that the pattern generator makes the quadruped walking system lifelike.

• 전자공학회논문지CI
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• 제45권4호
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• pp.34-40
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 손 모양 인식을 이용한 비전기반의 모바일 로봇제어 시스템을 제안한다. 손 모양을 인식하기 위해서는 움직이는 카메라로부터 정확한 손의 경계선을 추출하고 추적하는 것이 필요하다. 이를 위해 본 논문에서는 초기 윤곽선 위치 및 경계에 강건하고, 빠른 물체를 정확히 추적할 수 있는 mean shift를 이용한 활성 윤곽선 모델(ACM) 추적 방법을 개발하였다. 제안된 시스템은 손 검출기, 손 추적기, 손 모양 인식기, 로봇 제어기 4가지 모듈로 구성된다. 손 검출기는 영상에서 피부색 영역으로 정확한 모양을 손으로 추출한 이후 활성 윤곽선 모델(ACM) 과 mean shift를 사용하여 손 영역을 정확히 추적한다. 마지막으로 Hue 모멘트에 이용하여 손의 형태를 인식한다. 제안된 시스템의 적합성을 평가하기 위하여 2족 보행로봇 RCB-1에서 실험이 수행되었다. 실험 결과는 제안된 시스템의 효율성을 증명하였다.

• 대한기계학회논문집A
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• 제33권10호
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• pp.1014-1022
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• 2009

A biped robot in locomotion can be regarded to be kinetically redundant in that the link-chain from its foot on the ground to its swing foot has more degrees of freedom that needed to realize stable bipedal locomotion. This paper proposes a new method to generate a trajectory for bipedal locomotion based on this redundancy, which directly generates a locomotion trajectory at the joint level unlike some other methods such as LIPM (linear inverted-pendulum mode) and GCIPM (gravity-compensated inverted-pendulum mode), each of which generates a trajectory of the center of gravity or the hip link under the assumption of the dominance of the hip-link inertia before generating the trajectory of the whole links at the joint level. For the stability of the trajectory generated in the proposed method, a stability condition based on the ZMP (zero-moment point) is used as a constraint as well as other kinetic constraints for bipedal motions. A 6-DOF biped robot is used to show how a stable locomotion trajectory can be generated in the sagittal plane by the proposed method and to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed method.

• 대한전자공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전자공학회 2009년도 정보 및 제어 심포지움 논문집
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• pp.375-377
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• 2009

This paper researched the algorithm of robot's walking and action on the basis of robot studied and made at our laboratory and studied how to efficiently control the robot joints by developing wireless Digital Servo Motor using Zigbee Sensor Network Module which is using at wide part recently. I realized the stable walking by adopt Press Sensor at the bottom of robot foot to get stability of walking. Also I let the algorithm calculate the robot movement to make the joint motion and monitored the robot walk to its motion. At this Paper, I studied the method organizing the motion by the each robot walking and measuring the torque applying to the joint. And I also knew that it is possible to make its control and construct hardware more conveniently than them of the existing studied and controling 2Legs Walking Robot by applying it at walking robot and developing wireless servo motor by Zirbee Sensor Network.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.503-509
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• 2015

In this paper, we designed and tested an ankle joint mechanism for a gait rehabilitation robot. Gait rehabilitation programs are designed to improve the natural leg motion of patients who have lost their walking capabilities by accident or disease. Strengthening the muscles of the lower-limbs and stimulation of the nervous system corresponding to walking helps patients to walk again using gait assistive devices. It is an obvious requirement that the rehabilitation system's motion should be similar to and as natural as the normal gait. However, the system being used for gait rehabilitation does not pay much attention to ankle joints, which play an important role in correct walking as the motion of the ankle should reflect the movement of the center of gravity (COG) of the body. Consequently, we have designed an ankle mechanism that ensures the safety of the patient as well as efficient gait training. Also, even patients with low leg muscle strength are able to operate the ankle joint due to the direct-drive mechanism without a reducer. This safety feature prevents any possible adverse load on the human ankle. The additional degree of freedom for the roll motion achieves a gait pattern which is similar to the normal gait and with a greater degree of comfort.