• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제21권8호
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• pp.9-18
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• 2022

As the COVID-19 continues, the demand for robotic technology that can be applied in face-to-face tasks such as delivery and transportation, is increasing. Although these technologies have been developed and applied in various industries, the robots can only be operated in a tidy indoor environment and have limitations in terms of payload. To overcome these problems, we developed a 2 degree of freedom(DOF) environmental adaptive robot leg with a double 1-DOF counterbalance mechanism (CBM) based on wire roller. The double 1-DOF CBM is applied to the two revolute joints of the proposed robot leg to compensate for the weight of the mobile robot platform and part of the payload. In addition, the link of the robot leg is designed in a parallelogram structure based on a belt pulley to enable efficient control of the mobile platform. In this study, we propose the principle and structure of the CBM that is suitable for the robot leg, and design of the counterbalance robot leg module for the environment-adaptive control. Further, we verify the performance of the proposed counterbalance robot leg by using dynamic simulations and experiments.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.209-218
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• 2022

Today, with the development of the Internet and mobile technology, consumers' purchasing patterns have shifted from offline to online. In addition, due to the recent COVID-19, online purchases have significantly increased, and accordingly, the courier industry for logistics delivery has also grown significantly. Various logistics robots are being operated in many industrial and can reduce the labor intensity and physical and mental fatigue of workers. However, if the logistics robot does not properly recognize the people or environment around it, it can lead to a serious accident. We conducted that how logistics robots can perform safe work in a working environment such as a logistics warehouse through the application of ISO/DIS 21448 (SOTIF) to autonomous logistics transport robots. This result is expected to contribute to the operation of unmanned logistics warehouses using AGV.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.407-422
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• 2014

Objective: The purpose of the study is to develop quantitative usability evaluation criteria for senior-friendly autonomous transportation robot. Background: The Republic of Korea has become the most rapidly aging society, and is anticipated to enter the post-aged society in 2026. To raise the quality of life of a senior with limited mobility and to reduce the burden of caregivers, many high-tech assistive products with information technologies are developed nowadays. The senior-friendly autonomous transportation robot is one person robot vehicle to move a senior to the destination for hospitals, nursing homes or silver town complex. With built-in navigation system and environmental monitoring censors, it automatically seeks the path to the destination and avoids collision to obstacles and pedestrians on the way. Due to the early stage of the product, few usability studies in this field have been done, mostly on general service robots to assist seniors, power wheelchairs and delivery robots. ISO and KS standards for the service robots are focused on safety. Method: Based on the reference usability index, the early draft of the usability evaluation questionnaires was developed. After small group tests and interviews, the experts modified the initial draft to the Usability Evaluation Criteria for Senior-Friendly Autonomous Transportation Robot (UEC-SFATR). Result: UEC-SFATR consisted of 4 subscales - Safety, Controllability, Efficiency and Satisfaction. All of the 4 subscales of UEC-SFATR were passed the reliability criteria by 4 groups of seniors, divided by gender and familiarity of smart-devices. Conclusion: UEC-SFATR covers wider area of user experiences of the SFATR and is a good measurement tool to help both the users and developers of the robot. Application: This study provides guide to the future product development and product competitiveness evaluation by quantifying user experiences for the SFATR.

• 한국융합학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.17-25
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• 2020

본 연구는 식당에서 사용하는 외식서빙 로봇의 서비스 절차 및 인터랙션 방식에 중점을 두고 연구한다. 사용자 설문조사,사용자를 관찰하고 고객과 레스토랑 종업원의 인터뷰를 통한 레스토랑 서빙 로봇과 고객의 교류방식을 분석하고 사용자 요구를 파악하기 위해 사용자 여정 지도를 구축한다. 또한 서비스 절차에서 배달 서비스 뿐만 아니라 주문 서비스, 접대 서비스 및 테이블 정리 등을 모두 서비스 로봇이 행하는 것을 의도한다.최종 제안 연구 목적은 기존의 서빙 로봇 GUI을 개선하고 새로운 서비스 청사진을 설계하는 것이다.

• 한국농업기계학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국농업기계학회 1993년도 Proceedings of International Conference for Agricultural Machinery and Process Engineering
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• pp.830-839
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• 1993

Agricultural hydraulic robot which was reported in Part Ⅰ had been developed . The robot satisfied performance to intend before development. For actual use, however, it have been necessary to reduce manipulator weigh and to simplify construction of hydraulic control valve. Then, working stress of manipulator link and pressure fluctuation of hydraulic circuit were measured. Step and frequency response tests were done subject to amplitude of reference voltage of 0.1 , 0.3 , 0.5 and 1.0v. and delivery pressure of 3.5 and 5.0MPa. Working stress were about 25% comparing with fatigue strength, Thus, mass of manipulator might be reduce to 30 %. In hydraulic control system, virtual natural frequency of 6.5Hz is produced from the combination of drain passage area shortage of servovalve. Further , because of passage area shortage , working pressure at both side of cylinder was acted on. This phenomenon prevent utilize effectively engine power. Then, control valve for new model was p oposed.

• International Journal of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.132-139
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• 2022

The development of the fourth industrial revolution and logistics 4.0 related technology, the growth of the e-commerce market, and the transition to a non-face to face society due to the pandemic are accelerating the growth of the logistics industry. Due to the growth of the logistics industry, various services are emerging to meet the requirements of the market, and research and technology development related to the parcel storage, which is an important element of the last mile service, is also underway. In the past, if it was difficult to deliver the goods directly to the recipient, the parcel storage installed near the delivery location was used, but the usability was not good and the storage of the goods was limited. In addition, the existing parcel storage has a lot of functional limitations compared to the advanced logistics technology, so it is necessary to develop a device that improves it. Therefore, this study conducted to secure safety for unmanned parcel storage devices with robot technology to improve usability and functionality in line with the advanced logistics industry. Based on ISO 10218, an industrial robot related standard, risk identification studies were conducted to derive results that contribute to the development of devices under development.

• 대한안전경영과학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.15-21
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• 2023

In modern society, the delivery service market has grown explosively due to rapid changes in social structure and the recent COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, various problems such as injury to workers and an increase in human accidents are occurring due to the loading and unloading of parcels. In order to solve this problem, domestic company n is developing a "robot-based cargo loading and unloading system". In developing a new technology system, quantitative reliability targets should be set for efficient operation and development. In this paper, reliability analysis was conducted through field data for the pneumatic gripper of the "robot-based cargo loading system". The reliability of the failure data was analyzed to estimate the distribution parameters and MTTF. Random data was derived for the probability of occurrence of a failure with the estimated value. By repeating the simulation to predict the number and year of failures according to the estimated parameters of the probability distribution, it was proposed as a method that reflects realistic probabilities rather than calculating with simple arithmetic using the average MTTF previously used in the field.

• 한국빅데이터학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.37-47
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• 2022

자율배송 운행 데이터는 코로나 시대의 라스트마일 배송에 대한 패러다임 변화를 주도하는 핵심이다. 국내 자율배송로봇과 해외 기술선도국가 간의 기술격차 해소를 위해서는 인공지능 학습에 사용 가능한 대규모 데이터 수집과 검증이 최우선으로 요구된다. 따라서 해외 기술선도국가에서는 인공지능 학습데이터를 누구든 사용가능한 공공데이터 형태로 오픈하여 검증과 기술발전에 기여하고 있다. 본 논문은 자율배송로봇 학습을 목적으로 326개의 객체를 수집하고 Mask r-cnn, Yolo v3 등의 인공지능 모델을 학습하고 검증하였다. 추가적으로 두 모델을 기반으로 비교하고 향후 자율배송로봇 연구에 요구되는 요소를 고찰하였다.

• 서비스연구
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2024

푸드테크 산업 중 서비스 로봇 시장이 커짐에 따라 외식산업의 소비자 행동의도에 영향을 끼치는 로봇 서비스의 품질이 중요하다. 식당 서빙로봇은 직원의 업무를 줄여주기도 하지만, 서비스 실패에 따른 대응이 되지 않기 때문에 고객의 불만족은 물론 직원의 업무를 늘리기도 한다. 주문과 서빙 기능 외에 서비스 품질을 높이기 위해서 직원처럼 서비스 실패 후 복구 노력, 과정의 공정성, 공감, 대응성, 확신성에 대한 기능도 요구된다. 이에 우리는 식당 서빙 서비스 실패 유형을 내적, 외적요인으로 가정하고, 서비스에 실패했을 때 직업 윤리적인 태도로 대응할 수 있도록 직업윤리적 공감모듈이 있는 서빙로봇을 개발했다. 이때 서빙로봇의 표정과 액션은 평상 서비스 모드에 실패복구 노력과 공감을 반영한 실패 모드를 추가하여 개발하였으며, 두 유형의 서비스 실패에 따른 서빙로봇의 직업 윤리적 공감 대응 여부가 로봇평가에 유의미한지를 실험하였다. 실험참가자들은 로봇 실수보다 다른 고객의 실수에 따른 서비스 실패에 더 불편해했으며, 서빙로봇의 직업윤리적 공감과 대응은 적절했다고 응답하였다. 또한 직업윤리적 공감 모듈의 장착여부에 따라 로봇 호감도는 차이가 없지만 안전성은 유의미한 차이를 보였다. 생성형 인공지능을 활용하여 직업윤리적 공감 대응 모듈을 탑재한다면, 국내 서빙로봇산업과 시장은 더욱 성장할 수 있을 것이다.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.35-47
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• 2022

Data-driven engineering is crucial for information delivery between design, fabrication, assembly, and maintenance of prefabricated structures. Design for manufacturing and assembly (DfMA) is a critical methodology for prefabricated bridge structures. In this study, a novel concept of digital engineering model that combined existing knowledge of DfMA with object-oriented parametric modeling technologies was developed. Three-dimensional (3D) geometry models and their data models for each phase of a construction project were defined for information delivery. Digital design models were used for conceptual design, including aesthetic consideration and possible variation during fabrication and assembly. The seismic performance of a bridge pier was evaluated by linking the design parameters to the calculated moment-curvature curves. Control parameters were selected to consider the tolerance control and revision of the digital models. Digitalized fabrication of the prefabricated members was realized using the digital fabrication model with G-code for a concrete printer or a robot. The fabrication error was evaluated and the design digital models were updated. The revised fabrication models were used in the preassembly simulation to guarantee constructability. For the maintenance of the bridge, the as-built information was defined for the prefabricated bridge piers. The results of this process revealed that data-driven information delivery is crucial for lifecycle management of prefabricated bridge piers.