• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.16 no.2
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• pp.44-49
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• 2007

An agent is an abstract unit for problem solving in the field of distributed artificial intelligence, and an agent-based system is designed and implemented based on the definition of agent as its central concept. Agent modeling is advantageous to abstraction, disintegration and structuring for describing complex system, so its application is increased in various areas including air traffic control, power transmission, e-commerce and medicine. There is no agreed definition of agent but agents have common points as follows: autonomy, reactivity, pro-activeness and cooperation. An agent-oriented modeling is an approach of a concept different form existing object-oriented modeling. This study proposed the agent application for E-Beam manufacturing system. To evaluate the performance of the proposed process design, we used the JADE library. The JADE toolkit provides a FIPA-compliant agent platform and a package to develp Java agents. It provides a basic set of functionalities that are regarded as essential for an autonomous agent architecture.

• Electronics and Telecommunications Trends
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• v.35 no.2
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• pp.28-37
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• 2020

Recently, the focus of research interest in artificial intelligence technology has shifted from algorithm development to application domains. Industrial sectors such as smart manufacturing, transportation, and logistics venture beyond automation to pursue digitalization of sites for intelligence. For example, smart manufacturing is realized by connecting manufacturing sites, autonomous reconfiguration, and optimization of manufacturing systems according to customer requirements to respond promptly to market needs. Currently, KSB Convergence Research Department is developing BeeAI-an on-site end-to-end intelligence platform. BeeAI offers end-to-end service pipeline configuration and DevOps technologies that can produce and provide intelligence services needed on-site. We are hopeful that in future, the BeeAI technology will become the base technology at various sites that require automation and intelligence.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.12 no.6
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• pp.600-607
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• 2006

For the effective operation of manufacturing system, FMS(Flexible Manufacturing System) and CIM(Computer Integrated Manufacturing) system are developed. In these systems, a machine tool is the target of integration in last 3 decades. In nowadays, the conventional concept of machine tools is changing to the autonomous manufacturing device based on knowledge-evolution through applying advanced information technology in which open architecture controller, high speed network and internet technology are contained. In this environment, a machine tool is not the target of integration but the subject of cooperation. In the future, a machine tool will be more improved in the form of a knowledge-evolution based device. In order to develop the knowledge-evolution based machine tools, this paper proposes the structure of knowledge evolution in M2M(Machine To Machine) and the scheme of a dialogue agent among agent-based modules such as a sensory module, a dialogue module, and an expert system. The dialogue agent has a role of interfacing with another machine for cooperation. To design the dialogue agent module in M2M environment, FIPA-OS and ping agent based on FIPA-OS are analyzed in this study. Through this, it is expected that the dialogue agent module can be more efficiently designed and the knowledge-evolution based machine tools can be hereafter more easily implemented.

• Korean Management Science Review
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.89-105
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• 2001

The performance of Cellular Manufacturing (CM) systems has been rigorously investigated during the last two decades, but the extent of empirical research on CM is limited. A major objective of this study is to examine the relationship between critical success factors, employees' implementation attitudes and performance of CM systems. Two hypothesis were formulated &d Tested: (1) The impact of critical success factors on performance and to what extent does certain critical success factors correlate with performance\ulcorner (2) How does the relationship between critical success factors and performance differ by employees' implementation attitudes\ulcorner Results from the study provide partial support for relationship between critical success factors (infrastructure, organizational immersion, autonomous management) and performance. The results also show that differences in performance of organizations grouped by degree of employees' attitudes could be found.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.102-110
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• 2000

This paper presents an algorithm of local map building for autonomous robot navigation using LASER range finder information. We develop a model of sensor output for a LASER range finder, and obtain an output data of the LASER range finder for a given environment. From the output data, a local map is obtained through the following procedures: (1) filtering of output data to remove noisy and unnecessary data, (2) comparison of filtered data with the original data to restore useful data, (3) thickening of the map obtained from the restored data, and (4) skeletonizing of the thickened map to get a final local map. Through some simulation studies, a map is obtained from the LASER range finder information for a given indoor environment, and is compared with the environment.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.441-447
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• 2015

This paper proposes a novel fuzzy-based multi-criteria decision making method and implements a footstep planner for humanoid robots with it. Humanoid robots require additional footstep planning process in addition to path planning for the autonomous navigation. Moreover, it is necessary to consider safety and energy consumption as well as path efficiency and multi-criteria decision making is indispensable. The proposed method can provide not only well- distributed and non-dominated, but also more preferable solutions for users. The planned footsteps by the proposed method were verified through simulation. The results indicate that the user's preference is properly reflected in optimized solutions maintaining solution quality.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Manufacturing Technology Engineers
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• v.22 no.2
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• pp.179-184
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• 2013

In this article, we introduce the study case of technology that can automatically compensate the errors of these factors of a machine during processing on the machine tool's CNC(Computerized Numerical Controller) in real time. The biggest factors that lower the machining accuracy are thermal deformation and chatter vibration. This study is related to the detection and compensation of thermal deformation and chatter vibration that can compensate for faster and produce processed goods with more precision by autonomous compensation. In addition, this study is related to the active control of vibration during machining, monitoring of cutting force and auto recognition of machining axes origin. Thus, we attempt to introduce the related contents of the development we have made in this article.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.996-1000
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• 2003

In this paper, Fly robot with electric power, a kind of Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), is considered as an autonomous hovering platform, capable of vertical lift-off, landing and stationary hovering. This aircraft has four rotor and DC motors of electrical Power, which is capable of omni-direction for indoor application. In the earlier days of vertical flight experimentation developers looked at the intuitively easy control functionality of 4 rotor designs. But we need to obtain design method of suitable structures and adequate components because the existing prototypes of 4 rotor-craft don't analyze the propeller, motor characteristic and propose a methodology to optimize this system. In this paper, we will show the new 4 rotor craft with blimp, analyze design and manufacturing method of 4 rotor craft system. Also we prove propriety of our design and manufacturing method by being based on thrust and motor experiment.

• Transactions of the Korean Society of Machine Tool Engineers
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• v.17 no.3
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• pp.71-77
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• 2008

This paper presents a stereo vision based autonomous inspection system for welding quality control of a RV(Recreational Vehicle) sinking seat. The three dimensional geometry of the welding bead, which is the welding quality criteria, is measured by using the captured stereo images with a median filter applied on it. The image processing software for the system was developed using the NI LabVTEW software with NI vision system. In the manufacturing process of a RV sinking seat, the developed system can be used for overcoming the precision error that arises from a visible inspection by an operator. The welding quality inspection system for RV sinking seat was verified using experimentation.

• The Transactions of the Korea Information Processing Society
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• v.6 no.7
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• pp.1817-1824
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• 1999

How to efficiently and optimally schedule iterative is one of the critical issues in FMC(Flexible Manufacturing Cell). In this paper, we apply transformation rules to find the solution of the scheduling problem in FMC. These kinds of rules have already been applied for the analysis of autonomous Petri nets. Here in, transformation is intended to preserve the existence of at least one optimal solution for the scheduling problem. Some transformations rules to reduced TPN's size without changed the initial characteristics are proposed and applied to analyze the scheduling problem of FMC.