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Sound-based Emotion Estimation and Growing HRI System for an Edutainment Robot (에듀테인먼트 로봇을 위한 소리기반 사용자 감성추정과 성장형 감성 HRI시스템)

  • Kim, Jong-Cheol;Park, Kui-Hong
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.5 no.1
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    • pp.7-13
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    • 2010
  • This paper presents the sound-based emotion estimation method and the growing HRI (human-robot interaction) system for a Mon-E robot. The method of emotion estimation uses the musical element based on the law of harmony and counterpoint. The emotion is estimated from sound using the information of musical elements which include chord, tempo, volume, harmonic and compass. In this paper, the estimated emotions display the standard 12 emotions including Eckman's 6 emotions (anger, disgust, fear, happiness, sadness, surprise) and the opposite 6 emotions (calmness, love, confidence, unhappiness, gladness, comfortableness) of those. The growing HRI system analyzes sensing information, estimated emotion and service log in an edutainment robot. So, it commands the behavior of the robot. The growing HRI system consists of the emotion client and the emotion server. The emotion client estimates the emotion from sound. This client not only transmits the estimated emotion and sensing information to the emotion server but also delivers response coming from the emotion server to the main program of the robot. The emotion server not only updates the rule table of HRI using information transmitted from the emotion client and but also transmits the response of the HRI to the emotion client. The proposed system was applied to a Mon-E robot and can supply friendly HRI service to users.

Performance Evaluation of Human Robot Interaction Components in Real Environments (실 환경에서의 인간로봇상호작용 컴포넌트의 성능평가)

  • Kim, Do-Hyung;Kim, Hye-Jin;Bae, Kyung-Sook;Yun, Woo-Han;Ban, Kyu-Dae;Park, Beom-Chul;Yoon, Ho-Sub
    • The Journal of Korea Robotics Society
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    • v.3 no.3
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    • pp.165-175
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    • 2008
  • For an advanced intelligent service, the need of HRI technology has recently been increasing and the technology has been also improved. However, HRI components have been evaluated under stable and controlled laboratory environments and there are no evaluation results of performance in real environments. Therefore, robot service providers and users have not been getting sufficient information on the level of current HRI technology. In this paper, we provide the evaluation results of the performance of the HRI components on the robot platforms providing actual services in pilot service sites. For the evaluation, we select face detection component, speaker gender classification component and sound localization component as representative HRI components closing to the commercialization. The goal of this paper is to provide valuable information and reference performance on appling the HRI components to real robot environments.

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A Policy of Ubiquitous Robot Technology Convergence based on Compound Sciences for the URC Project (네트워크기반 지능형 서비스 로봇(URC) 프로젝트를 위한 학제간 유비쿼터스 로봇기술 컨버전스 정책)

  • Han, Jeong-Hye;Lee, Jae-Yeon;Cho, Young-Jo
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2005.07b
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    • pp.559-561
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    • 2005
  • 본 연구에서는 2003년부터 정보통신부의 주도로 차세대 신성장 동력 산업으로 지능형 로봇 URC 프로젝트의 산업화 성공을 위하여 로봇 요소기술 뿐만 아니라, 컴퓨터과학과 정보통신공학의 IT와 기계공학의 RT를 인체공학, 심리학, 뇌과학, 언어학, 인지과학, 행동학 등의 복합과학적 HRI 연구와 결합하는 학제간 유비쿼터스 로봇기술 컨버전스의 필요성을 제시하고 정책적 육성 전략을 제시하였다. 즉, 복합과학적 HRI 연구 인력을 발굴하고 연구지원, 성인보다는 아동과 노인을 대상으로 HRI 현장 실험연구가 다양하게 이루어지도록 지원, HRI에 기반한 로봇 서비스를 정의하여 국제적 BM특허와 로봇 컨텐츠 표준화 로봇시장의 확대를 위한 사회학적 HRI 연구와 로봇의 역기능에 대한 HRI연구와 지원이 이루어져야 하겠다.

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Hole Identification Method Based on Template Matching for Ear Pins Insertion Automation System (이어핀 삽입 자동화 시스템을 위한 템플릿 매칭 기반 홀 판별 방법)

  • Baek, Jonghwan;Lee, Jaeyoul;Jung, Myungsoo;Jang, Minwoo;Shin, Dongho;Seo, Kapho;Hong, Sungho
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2020.05a
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    • pp.330-333
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    • 2020
  • 장신구 산업은 인건비의 비중이 높고 노동자의 역량에 따라 제품의 제작 작업 시간 및 품질의 편차가 심하다. 이에 산업계의 수요에 맞추어 실리콘 금형 표면 지름 0.75mm 홀에 이어핀을 삽입하는 공정을 자동화하기 위하여 삽입 자동화 시스템이 개발되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 이어핀 삽입 자동화시스템에서 적용할 수 있는 템플릿 매칭 방법과 관심 영역 레이블링을 통한 홀 판별 방법을 제안한다. 제안한 방법의 안정성을 확보하기 위하여 실험을 통해 최적의 매칭 방법과 이진화 기법을 적용하였으며 이어핀 홀의 좌표를 확보하여 X-Y 정밀 이송 시스템에 적용할 수 있다.

The Impact of Human Resource Innovativeness, Learning Orientation, and Their Interaction on Innovation Effect and Business Performance : Comparison of Small and Medium-Sized vs. Large-Sized Companies (인적자원의 혁신성, 학습지향성, 이들의 상호작용이 혁신효과 및 사업성과에 미치는 영향 : 중소기업과 대기업의 비교연구)

  • Yoh, Eunah
    • Korean small business review
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    • v.31 no.2
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    • pp.19-37
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    • 2009
  • The purpose of this research is to explore differences between small and medium-sized companies and large-sized companies in the impact of human resource innovativeness(HRI), learning orientation(LO), and HRI-LO interaction on innovation effect and business performance. Although learning orientation has long been considered as a key factor influencing good performance of a business, little research was devoted to exploring the effect of HRI-LO interaction on innovation effect and business performance. In this study, it is investigated whether there is a synergy effect between innovative human workforce and learning orientation corporate culture, in addition to each by itself, to generate good business performance as well as a success of new innovations in the market. Research hypotheses were as follows, including H1) human resource innovativeness(HRI), learning orientation(LO), and interactions of HRI and LO(HRI-LO interaction) positively affect innovation effect, H2) there is a difference of the effect of HRI, LO, and HRI-LO interaction on innovation effect between large-sized and small-sized companies, H3) HRI, LO, HRI-LO interaction, innovation effect positively affect business performance, and H4) there is a difference of the effect of HRI, LO, HRI-LO interaction, and innovation effect on business performance between large-sized and small-sized companies. Data were obtained from 479 practitioners through a web survey since the web survey is an efficient method to collect a national data at a variety of fields. A single respondent from a company was allowed to participate in the study after checking whether they have more than 5-year work experiences in the company. To check whether a common source bias is existed in the sample, additional data from a convenient sample of 97 companies were gathered through the traditional survey method, and were used to confirm correlations between research variables of the original sample and the additional sample. Data were divided into two groups according to company size, such as 352 small and medium-sized companies with less than 300 employees and 127 large-sized companies with 300 or more employees. Data were analyzed through t-test and regression analyses. HRI which is the innovativeness of human resources in the company was measured with 9 items assessing the innovativenss of practitioners in staff, manager, and executive-level positions. LO is the company's effort to encourage employees' development, sharing, and utilizing of knowledge through consistent learning. LO was measured by 18 items assessing commitment to learning, vision sharing, and open-mindedness. Innovation effect which assesses a success of new products/services in the market, was measured with 3 items. Business performance was measured by respondents' evaluations on profitability, sales increase, market share, and general business performance, compared to other companies in the same field. All items were measured by using 6-point Likert scales. Means of multiple items measuring a construct were used as variables based on acceptable reliability and validity. To reduce multi-collinearity problems generated on the regression analysis of interaction terms, centered data were used for HRI, LO, and Innovation effect on regression analyses. In group comparison, large-sized companies were superior on annual sales, annual net profit, the number of new products/services in the last 3 years, the number of new processes advanced in the last 3 years, and the number of R&D personnel, compared to small and medium-sized companies. Also, large-sized companies indicated a higher level of HRI, LO, HRI-LO interaction, innovation effect and business performance than did small and medium-sized companies. The results indicate that large-sized companies tend to have more innovative human resources and invest more on learning orientation than did small-sized companies, therefore, large-sized companies tend to have more success of a new product/service in the market, generating better business performance. In order to test research hypotheses, a series of multiple-regression analysis was conducted. In the regression analysis examining the impact on innovation effect, important results were generated as : 1) HRI, LO, and HRI-LO affected innovation effect, and 2) company size indicated a moderating effect. Based on the result, the impact of HRI on innovation effect would be greater in small and medium-sized companies than in large-sized companies whereas the impact of LO on innovation effect would be greater in large-sized companies than in small and medium-sized companies. In other words, innovative workforce would be more important in making new products/services that would be successful in the market for small and medium-sized companies than for large-sized companies. Otherwise, learning orientation culture would be more effective in making successful products/services for large-sized companies than for small and medium-sized companies. Based on these results, research hypotheses 1 and 2 were supported. In the analysis of a regression examining the impact on business performance, important results were generated as : 1) innovation effect, LO, and HRI-LO affected business performance, 2) HRI by itself did not have a direct effect on business performance regardless of company size, and 3) company size indicated a moderating effect. Specifically, an effect of the HRI-LO interaction on business performance was stronger in large-sized companies than in small and medium-sized companies. It means that the synergy effect of innovative human resources and learning orientation culture tends to be stronger as company is larger. Referring to these result, research hypothesis 3 was partially supported whereas hypothesis 4 was supported. Based on research results, implications for companies were generated. Regardless of company size, companies need to develop the learning orientation corporate culture as well as human resources' innovativeness together in order to achieve successful development of innovative products and services as well as to improve sales and profits. However, the effectiveness of the HRI-LO interaction would be varied by company size. Specifically, the synergy effect of HRI-LO was stronger to make a success of new products/services in small and medium-sized companies than in large-sized companies. However, the synergy effect of HRI-LO was more effective to increase business performance of large-sized companies than that of small and medium-sized companies. In the case of small and medium-sized companies, business performance was achieved more through the success of new products/services than much directly affected by HRI-LO. The most meaningful result of this study is that the effect of HRI-LO interaction on innovation effect and business performance was confirmed. It was often ignored in the previous research. Also, it was found that the innovativeness of human workforce would not directly influence in generating good business performance, however, innovative human resources would indirectly affect making good business performance by contributing to achieving the development of new products/services that would be successful in the market. These findings would provide valuable managerial implications specifically in regard to the development of corporate culture and education program of small and medium-sized as well as large-sized companies in a variety of fields.

Quantifiable Downregulation of Endogenous Genes in Agaricus bisporus Mediated by Expression of RNA Hairpins

  • Costa, Ana S.M.B.;Thomas, D. John I.;Eastwood, Daniel;Cutler, Simon B.;Bailey, Andy M.;Foster, Gary D.;Mills, Peter R.;Challen, Michael P.
    • Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.271-276
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    • 2009
  • Functional gene studies in the cultivated white button mushroom Agaricus bisporus have been constrained by the absence of effective gene-silencing tools. Using two endogenous genes from A. bisporus, we have tested the utility of dsRNA hairpin constructs to mediate downregulation of specific genes. Hairpin constructs for genes encoding orotidine 5'-monophosphate decarboxylase (URA3) and carboxin resistance (CBX) were introduced into A. bisporus using Agrobacteriummediated transfection. Although predicted changes in phenotype were not observed in vitro, quantitative-PCR analyses indicated unambiguously that transcripts in several transformants were substantially reduced compared with the non-transformed controls. Interestingly, some hairpin transformants exhibited increased transcription of target genes. Our observations show that hairpin transgenic sequences can mediate downregulation of A. bisporus endogenous genes and that the technology has the potential to expedite functional genomics of the mushroom.

A Study on the Practical Human Robot Interface Design for the Development of Shopping Service Support Robot (쇼핑 서비스 지원 로봇 개발을 위한 실체적인 Human Robot Interface 디자인 개발에 관한 연구)

  • Hong Seong-Soo;Heo Seong-Cheol;Kim Eok;Chang Young-Ju
    • Archives of design research
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    • v.19 no.4 s.66
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    • pp.81-90
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    • 2006
  • Robot design serves as the crucial link between a human and a robot, the cutting edge technology. The importance of the robot design certainly will be more emphasized when the consumer robot market matures. For coexistence of a human and a robot, human friendly interface design and robot design with consideration of human interaction need to be developed. This research extracts series of functions in need which are consisted of series of case studies for planning and designing of 'A Shopping Support Robot'. The plan for the robot is carried out according to HRI aspects of Design and the designing process fellows. Definite results are derived by the application of series of HRI aspects such as gestures, expressions and sound. In order to verify the effectiveness of application of HRI aspects, this research suggests unified interaction that is consisted of motion-capture, animation, brain waves and sound between a human and a robot.

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A Brain-Computer Interface Based Human-Robot Interaction Platform (Brain-Computer Interface 기반 인간-로봇상호작용 플랫폼)

  • Yoon, Joongsun
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.16 no.11
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    • pp.7508-7512
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    • 2015
  • We propose a brain-machine interface(BMI) based human-robot interaction(HRI) platform which operates machines by interfacing intentions by capturing brain waves. Platform consists of capture, processing/mapping, and action parts. A noninvasive brain wave sensor, PC, and robot-avatar/LED/motor are selected as capture, processing/mapping, and action part(s), respectively. Various investigations to ensure the relations between intentions and brainwave sensing have been explored. Case studies-an interactive game, on-off controls of LED(s), and motor control(s) are presented to show the design and implementation process of new BMI based HRI platform.

A Study on the Ultra-wideband-based Positioning Algorithm for Drone Position Calculation (드론 위치 추정을 위한 초광대역 기반 측위 알고리즘 연구)

  • Shin, Dongho;Hong, Sungho;Kim, Sangho;Lee, Jaeyoul;Seo, Kapho;Seo, Jinho;Kim, Sanghoon
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2021.05a
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    • pp.263-266
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    • 2021
  • 근래의 드론 산업은 다양한 분야에서 사용이 확대되고 있으나 규제 등 여러 가지 사회적 진입장벽으로 시장 진입에 애로사항이 도출되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 드론 산업의 여러 제약 중 배터리의 제한적인 용량으로 장시간 비행이 어려운 문제를 개선하고자 승강식 드론스테이션을 개발하였다. 승강식 드론스테이션은 드론의 비행 중 배터리가 방전될 시 충전 및 정비를 할 수 있고, 드론 간의 통신 중계기 역할을 수행한다. 본 논문에서는 스테이션에 드론이 접근 시 슬라이딩 도어를 개폐하기 위하여 초광대역 통신을 이용한 거리 측정과 위치 인식 시스템에 대한 내용을 기술하였다.