• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2001년도 하계학술대회 논문집 D
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• pp.2464-2466
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• 2001

In this paper, a behavior-based fuzzy control of mobile robots for autonomous navigation is presented. Behaviors of mobile robots are divided into two categories: reactive behavior and purposeful behavior, which are incompatible with each other. The former is reaction performed in terms of the sensory data and the latter is action for achieving the goal. The presented method generates appropriate control inputs to the robot to trade-off between the reactive and purposeful behaviors using fuzzy inferences. The method is applied to an synchro-drive type mobile robot and shown to be useful for autonomous robot navigation by providing simulation results.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제18권5호
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• pp.249-257
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• 2023

This paper discusses the increasing need for autonomous delivery robots due to the current growth in the delivery market, rising delivery fees, high costs of hiring delivery personnel, and the need for contactless services. Additionally, the cost of hardware and complex software systems required to build and operate autonomous delivery robots is high. To provide a low-cost alternative to this, this paper proposes a autonomous delivery robot platform using a low-cost sensor combination of 2D LIDAR, depth camera and tracking camera to replace the existing expensive 3D LIDAR. The proposed robot was developed using the RTAB-Map SLAM open source package for 2D mapping and overcomes the limitations of low-cost sensors by using the convex hull algorithm. The paper details the hardware and software configuration of the robot and presents the results of driving experiments. The proposed platform has significant potential for various industries, including the delivery and other industries.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제20권1호
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• pp.58-69
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• 2014

This paper proposes a method for predicting maximum friction coefficients and optimal slip ratios as optimal control parameters for traction control or slip control of autonomous mobile robots on rough terrain. This paper focuses on strength of ground surface which indicates different characteristics depending on material types on surface. Strength of various material types can be estimated by Willoughby sinkage model and by a developed testbed which can measure forces, velocities, and displacements generated by wheel-terrain interaction. Estimated strength is collaborated on building improved Brixius model with friction-slip data from experiments with the testbed over sand and grass material. Improved Brixius model covers widespread material types in outdoor environments on predicting friction-slip characteristics depending on strength of ground surface. Thus, a prediction model for obtaining optimal control parameters is derived by partial differentiation of the improved Brixius model with respect to slip. This prediction model can be applied to autonomous mobile robots and finally gives secure maneuverability on rough terrain. Proposed method is verified by various experiments under similar conditions with the ones for real outdoor robots.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제19권4호
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• pp.611-616
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• 2018

본 최근 전쟁양상의 다변화와 안보에 대한 인식이 높아지면서, 국방 무인로봇 분야에 대한 활용성 증대와 함께 기술적 진화가 이루어지고 있다. 인명을 중시하는 군사적 활용 개념의 발전과 경제적 운용으로 국방과학기술이 발전하면서, 효과 중심의 미래전에 무인로봇의 역할은 매우 크다고 할 수 있다. 주요 선진국들은 국방 무인로봇 분야와 관련된 핵심기술 연구 개발, 투자 전략, 우선순위 도출, 데이터 확보, 인프라 조성 등 이미 선도적인 대응전략을 추진하고 있으며, 국내에서도 다양한 연구 활동과 함께 국방 무인로봇에 대한 다양한 기술기획과 정책전략을 내놓고 있다. 또한, 국방 무인로봇 분야는 인공지능, 빅데이터, 가상현실 등 4차 산업혁명을 대표하는 기술들을 내재하고 있어 미래를 이끌어갈 기술에 대한 기대감도 매우 크다고 할 수 있다. 기존 기술이 아닌 새로운 기술에 대한 요구가 커지면서 기술발전의 경로를 예측하기 힘들고, 또한 자원의 제약으로 인해 선택과 집중의 전략적 R&D 가 요구되기 때문에 국방 무인로봇 분야의 미래 신기술들을 발굴하여 기술역량을 확보하는 선제적인 대응이 필요하다고 생각된다. 본 연구는 국방 무인로봇 분야의 미래 신기술 6개를 도출하고, 그에 대한 실증연구를 통하여 유의미한 결과를 도출하고자 하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2004년도 ICCAS
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• pp.846-851
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• 2004

In this paper, we propose a global ultrasonic system for the self-localization and autonomous navigation of indoor mobile robots. The ultrasonic sensor is regarded as the most cost-effective ranging system among the possible alternatives, and it is widely used for general purpose, since it requires simple electronic drivers and has relatively high accuracy. The global ultrasonic system presented in this paper consists of four or more ultrasonic generators fixed at reference positions in the global coordinates of an indoor environment and two receivers mounted on the mobile robots. By using the RF (Radio Frequency) modules added to the ultrasonic sensors, the robot is able to control the ultrasonic generation and to obtain the critical distances from the reference positions, which are required in order to localize is position in the global coordinates. A kalman filter algorithm designed for the self-localization using the global ultrasonic system and the experimental results of the autonomous navigation are presented in this paper.

• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.182-189
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• 2002

This paper presents a framework of hybrid dynamic control systems for the motion control of wheeled mobile robot systems with nonholonomic constraints. The hybrid control system has the 3-layered hierarchical structure: digital automata for the higher process, mobile robot system for the lower process, and the interface as the interaction process between the continuous dynamics and the discrete dynamics. In the hybrid control architecture of mobile robot, the continuous dynamics of mobile robots are modeled by the switched systems. The abstract model and digital automata for the motion control are developed. In high level, the discrete states are defined by using the sensor-based search windows and the reference motions of a mobile robot in low level are specified in the abstracted motions. The mobile robots can perform both the motion planning and autonomous maneuvering with obstacle avoidance in indoor navigation problem. Simulation and experimental results show that hybrid system approach is an effective method for the autonomous maneuvering in indoor environments

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제9권1호
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• pp.1-10
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• 2014

In recent years, the research of 3D mapping technique in urban environments obtained by mobile robots equipped with multiple sensors for recognizing the robot's surroundings is being studied actively. However, the map generated by simple integration of multiple sensors data only gives spatial information to robots. To get a semantic knowledge to help an autonomous mobile robot from the map, the robot has to convert low-level map representations to higher-level ones containing semantic knowledge of a scene. Given a 3D point cloud of an urban scene, this research proposes a method to recognize the objects effectively using 3D graph model for autonomous mobile robots. The proposed method is decomposed into three steps: sequential range data acquisition, normal vector estimation and incremental graph-based segmentation. This method guarantees the both real-time performance and accuracy of recognizing the objects in real urban environments. Also, it can provide plentiful data for classifying the objects. To evaluate a performance of proposed method, computation time and recognition rate of objects are analyzed. Experimental results show that the proposed method has efficiently in understanding the semantic knowledge of an urban environment.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.25-31
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• 2022

Moving among multiple floors is one of the most challenging tasks for indoor autonomous robots. Most of the previous researches for indoor mapping and localization have focused on singular floor environment. In this paper, we present an algorithm that creates a multi-floor map using 3D point cloud. We implement localization within the multi-floor map using a LiDAR and an IMU. Our algorithm builds a multi-floor map by constructing a single-floor map using a LOAM-based algorithm, and stacking them through global registration that aligns the common sections in the map of each floor. The localization in the multi-floor map was performed by adding the height information to the NDT (Normal Distribution Transform)-based registration method. The mean error of the multi-floor map showed 0.29 m and 0.43 m errors in the x, and y-axis, respectively. In addition, the mean error of yaw was 1.00°, and the error rate of height was 0.063. The real-world test for localization was performed on the third floor. It showed the mean square error of 0.116 m, and the average differential time of 0.01 sec. This study will be able to help indoor autonomous robots to operate on multiple floors.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1990년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국제학술편); KOEX, Seoul; 26-27 Oct. 1990
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• pp.1071-1076
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• 1990

This paper proposes a navigation strategy of multiple autonomous mobile robots with communication within a specified space. Assuming that each robot has complete detectability with finite range, simple navigation strategy is derived by introducing repulsive forces between robots and attractive force between a robot and its goal point analogous to those between electric charges. When a robot is close to its goal point, a pseudo-domain based on the distance between the closest point of the domain boundary and the goal point is proposed to enhance its convergence to the goal state. This paper concludes with the results of computer simulation studies on the dynamic behavior of multiple interacting robots with the proposed navigation strategy.

• 전자공학회논문지T
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• 제36T권2호
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• pp.14-20
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• 1999

본 논문에서는 자율분산로봇의 무선 통신시스템에 관하여 연구하였다. 이동로봇 사이의 협조 동작을 위하여 통신의 구현이 필요하다. 따라서, 우리는 이동로봇에 무선통신시스템을 적용하여 실험하였다. 그리고, 여러 이동로봇 사이의 상호작용을 연구하기 위하여 분산된 제어구조의 개념과 실험적 구조를 설명한다.