• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2000.10a
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• pp.43-43
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• 2000

In this paper, we introduce a case study of developing a miniature humanoid robot that has 16 degrees of freedom and is able to perform statically stable walking. The developed humanoid robot is 37cm tall and weighs 1,200g. RC servo motors are used as actuators. The robot can walk forward and turn to any direction on even surface. It equipped with a small digital camera, so it can transmit vision data to a remote host computer via wireless modem. The robot can be operated in two modes; One is a remote-controlled mode, in which the robot behaves according to the command given by a human operator through the user-interface program running on a remote host computer, the other is a stand-alone mode, in which the robot behaves autonomously according to the pre-programmed strategy. The user-interface program also contains a robot graphic simulator that is used to produce and verify the robot's gait motion. In our walking algorithm, the ankle joint is mainly used lot balancing the robot. The experimental results shows that the developed robot can perform statically stable walking on even surface.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems
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• v.26 no.1
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• pp.64-69
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• 2016

In this paper, a marathon of a humanoid robot is introduced, and its strategy is proposed. In order to develop humanoid robots for the purpose of cooperation and symbiosis with humans, the technologies such as increasing operating time and stability or recognizing surrounding environment are more important. One proper research model for the technologies is a human's marathon. In this paper, we introduce the human's marathon, and propose the humanoid robot's marathon. The marathon event of HuroCup has the most similar game rules to the human's marathon. The humanoid robot developed with the proper operating time, stability and ability to recognize the surrounding environment performed the marathon in HuroCup. The robot recognizes a marathon track using a computer vision, and builds the strategies for the race competition. By analyzing the experimental results, the humanoid robot performed in a real competition.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2009.06a
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• pp.605-606
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• 2009

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2005.10b
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• pp.255-257
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• 2005

This paper deals with the design and the realization of a small humanoid robot, which is called SERO_VI. The design concept and the mechanical structure including kinematics for the robot are presented. The humanoid robot consisted of 25 DOF with legs 12 DOF, arms 8 DOF, waists 3 DOF and heads 2 DOF for the purpose of vision system. The controller structure was also suggested such as modular joint actuators, DSP interface and their communication method. Simple experiment was done and its validness was investigated in order to verify the kinematic result.

• Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.420-426
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• 2001

In this paper, we introduce a case study of developing a miniature humanoid robot that has 16 degrees of freedom and is able to perform statically stable walking. The developed humanoid robot is 37cm tall and weighs 1,200g. RC servo motors are used as actuators. The robot can walk forward and turn to any direction on an even surface. It equipped with a small digital camera, so it can transmit vision data to a remote host computer via wireless modem. The robot can be operated in two modes: One is a remote-controlled mode, in which the robot behaves according to the command given by a human operator through the user-interface program running on a remote host computer, the other is a stand-alone mode, in which the robot behaves autonomously according the pre-programmed strategy. The user-interface program also contains a robot graphic simulator that is used to produce and verify the robot\`s gait motion. In our walking algorithm, the ankle joint is mainly used for balancing the robot. The experimental results shows that the developed robot can perform statically stable walking on an even surface.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• v.4 no.2
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• pp.227-235
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• 2006

For a sophisticated humanoid that explores and learns its environment and interacts with humans, anthropomorphic physical behavior is much desired. The human vision system orients each eye with three-degree-of-freedom (3-DOF) in the directions of horizontal, vertical and torsional axes. Thus, in order to accurately replicate human vision system, it is imperative to have a simulator with 3-DOF end-effector. We present a 3-DOF anthropomorphic oculomotor system that reproduces realistic human eye movements for human-sized humanoid applications. The parallel link architecture of the oculomotor system is sized and designed to match the performance capabilities of the human vision. In this paper, a biologically-inspired mechanical design and the structural kinematics of the prototype are described in detail. The motility of the prototype in each axis of rotation was replicated through computer simulation, while performance tests comparable to human eye movements were recorded.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Information and Commucation Sciences Conference
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• 2009.10a
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• pp.264-267
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• 2009

기존의 자율형 휴머노이드 로봇 축구승부차기에서는 거리센서와 시각센서를 모두 이용한다. 본 논문에서는 시각센서만을 사용하는 사람과 유사한 승부차기 시스템을 제안한다. 이를 위하여 시각센서가 유연하게 움직일 수 있는 적합한 로봇의 조립 형태와 지능적 3차원 공간분석을 채용한다. 지식표현과 추론은 자체 개발한 지식처리 시스템인 NEO를 사용하였고, 그 NEO 시스템에 지능적 처리를 위한 영상처리 라이브러리인 OpenCV를 탑재한 시스템 VisionNEO를 사용하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.628-632
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• 2003

An intelligent miniature humanoid robot system is designed and implemented as a platform for researching walking algorithm. The robot system consists of a mechanical robot body, a control system, a sensor system, and a human interface system. The robot has 6 dofs per leg, 3 dofs per arm, and 2 dofs for a neck, so it has total of 20 dofs to have dexterous motion capability. For the control system, a supervisory controller runs on a remote host computer to plan high level robot actions based on the vision sensor data, a main controller implemented with a DSP chip generates walking trajectories for the robot to perform the commanded action, and an auxiliary controller implemented with an FPGA chip controls 20 actuators. The robot has three types of sensors. A two-axis acceleration sensor and eight force sensing resistors for acquiring information on walking status of the robot, and a color CCD camera for acquiring information on the surroundings. As an example of an intelligent robot action, some experiments on playing soccer are performed.

• Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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• 2009.05a
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• pp.369-371
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• 2009

휴머노이드 로봇에서 스스로 환경을 인식하는 기술은 필수적으로 필요하다. 그러나 정확하게 환경을 인식하기 위해서는 휴머노이드 움직임을 추정하여 보정해야 한다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 type-2 퍼지셋을 이용하여 휴머노이드 로봇의 움직임을 스테레오 비전기반으로 추정하는 방법을 제안하고자 한다. 본 연구에서는 우선 스테레오 비전으로 얻은 Disparity Map을 Type-2 퍼지셋을 이용하여 추적할 대상을 추출한다. 추출된 대상은 보다 정확한 계산을 위하여 Wavelet Transform을 이용하여 정보량을 확장하였으며, 그 결과로 얻어진 결과영상들은 다시 Least suqare approximation과 Type-2 퍼지셋을 이용하여 하나의 결과값으로 나타내어진다. 연속된 두 이미지의 움직임을 추정함으로써 로봇의 움직임을 추정하게 된다. 제안된 방법은 실험을 통하여 그 추정 정확도나 연산속도 면에서 효율적임을 알 수 있었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Intelligent Systems Conference
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• 2008.04a
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• pp.50-53
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• 2008

본 논문에서는 복잡한 환경에서 휴머노이드 로봇의 영상기반 운동계획을 제안하였다. 먼저 영상전처리 과정을 통해 작업환경에서 경로 계획으로 최적 경로를 탐색하고, 탐색된 경로의 거리와 방향각에 따라 퍼지규칙을 적용하여 보행 프리미티브를 선택하는 운동계획방법을 제안하였다. 다양한 장애물을 갖는 복잡한 환경에서 로봇의 보행 프리미티브를 사용하여 영상기반의 운동계획이 실시간으로 수행 가능하도록 설계하였다. 제안한 운동계획방법은 임베디드 비전 시스템을 사용한 휴머노이드 로봇을 실제 제작하여 실험을 통해 성능을 검증하였다.