• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.34.5-34
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• 2002

In this paper we propose a new method for modeling indoor environment with stereo camera and suggest a localization method for mobile robot navigation on the basis of it. From the viewpoint of easiness in map building and exclusion of artificiality, the main idea of this paper is that environment is represented as global topological map and each node has omni-directional metric and color information by using stereo camera and pan/tilt mechanism. We use the depth and color information itself in image pixel as feature for environmental abstraction. In addition, we use only the depth and color information at horizontal centerline in image, where optical axis is passing. The usefulness of this m...

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국컴퓨터정보학회 2012년도 제45차 동계학술발표논문집 20권1호
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• pp.227-228
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• 2012

실외에서의 위치추적은 GPS(Global Positioning System) 등의 다양한 방법이 활용가능하다. 하지만 실내에서는 사용이 어려워 비전, RFID 및 Zigbee 등을 활용한 다양한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 본 연구에서는 비교적 비용 효과적으로 구축이 가능한 수동형 RFID 태그를 기반 이동형 로봇의 위치 추적 알고리즘을 제안하도록 한다. 총 7 종의 태그에 대하여 각 태그가 가지고 있는 특성을 실험을 통하여 분석하고 분석한 결과에 따라 태그를 배치하여 효과적으로 로봇의 이동에 따른 위치 추적 및 이동방향 예측방법을 기술한다. 제안하는 방법을 실험실 환경에서 레고 마인드스톰을 활용하여 그 효용성을 나타내도록 한다.

• 대한전기학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한전기학회 2003년도 학술회의 논문집 정보 및 제어부문 B
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• pp.476-479
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• 2003

Recently, Bluetooth has been regarded as a new technology for short-range wireless connection. Although initial application of Bluetooth technology has been focused mainly on replacing cables between hand-held devices due to a limited packet size and short-range, general wireless telecommunication such as PAN and Ad hoc networks via Bluetooth-equipped devices is expected to be one of the most popular applications. Wireless equipments have been used to exchange data between host and mobile unit. The exchanging data may be several bytes of control command and the value of sensors with ultra-sonic, vision sensor, and encoder from mobile robot. However, most wireless equipments have some drawbacks such as lack of authentication, large size and high price. On the other hand, the benefits of Bluetooth are small size, low power, low price except short-range. Especially, there are some difficulties when wireless modules are used in indoor environments. In this paper, a method of using wire network in Bluetooth network is investigated as a solution to overcome the short-range problem of Bluetooth and difficulty in indoor environment.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권8호
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• pp.845-850
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• 2009

Localization which estimates a robot's position and orientation in a given environment is very important for mobile robot navigation. Although low-cost sensors are preferred for practical service robots, they suffer from the inaccurate and insufficient range information. This paper proposes a novel approach to increasing the success rate of low-cost sensor-based localization. In this paper, both the previous and the current data obtained from the IR sensors are used for localization in order to utilize as much environment information as possible without increasing the number of sensors. The sensor model used in the monte carlo localization (MCL) is modified so that the accumulated range information may be used to increase the accuracy in estimating the current robot pose. The experimental results show that the proposed method can robustly estimate the robot's pose in indoor environments with several similar places.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권6호
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• pp.470-476
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• 2016

This paper proposes a practical algorithm for the reduction of measurement errors due to drift in a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) gyros that are used for a mobile robot. Any drift in a MEMS gyro will cause an unbounded growth of errors in the estimation of heading, which makes it nearly useless in applications that require high accuracy over a long operating time. In proposed method, maneuvers of a cleaning robot are observed through encoders' measurement process and a decision to correct bias drift will be made if necessary. The method used in this paper is called the "heading estimation filter". To evaluate the accuracy of the proposed method, a comparison was made between the estimation of the heading of the cleaning robot and one from a motion capture system.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권9호
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• pp.745-752
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• 2016

We suggest an efficient Simultaneous Localization and 3D Polygon Map Building (SLAM) method with Kinect depth sensor for mobile robots in indoor environments. In this method, Kinect depth data is separated into row planes so that scan line segments are on each row plane. After grouping all scan line segments from all row planes into line groups, a set of 3D Scan polygons are fitted from each line group. A map matching algorithm then figures out pairs of scan polygons and existing map polygons in 3D, and localization is performed to record correct pose of the mobile robot. For 3D map-building, each 3D map polygon is created or updated by merging each matched 3D scan polygon, which considers scan and map edges efficiently. The validity of the proposed 3D SLAM algorithm is revealed via experiments.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 2002년도 ICCAS
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• pp.107.3-107
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• 2002

1. Introduction 2. Wall following 3. Obstacle Avoidance 4. Experimental Results 5. Conclusion

• 한국전자통신학회논문지
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.421-432
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• 2013

본 논문은 이동 로봇의 자율 주행을 위한 중요한 기술 중 하나인 위치 추정을 위한 함수 구현에 관해 서술되었다. 기존의 로봇 자율주행용 함수 라이브러리 중 일부는 모의실험에만 사용할 수 있기 때문에 실제 적용에 제한이 따른다. 본 논문은 실내 이동 로봇의 위치 추정을 위해 사용할 수 있는 함수의 개발에 중점을 두었다. 함수들은 추측항법, 이동 로봇의 운동 모델, 거리 측정 센서의 측정 모델, 그리고 빈번히 사용되는 방향 관련 연산에 대해 구현되었다. 구현된 함수들은 다양한 로봇과 센서에 적용할 수 있다. 사용자는 적절한 함수를 선택하여 로봇 운동과 센서 측정 불확실성의 다양한 유형을 구현할 수 있다. 구현된 함수들은 모의실험과 실제 실험을 통해 시험 및 증명되었다.

• 한국지능시스템학회논문지
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.744-748
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• 2007

이 논문에서는 다수의 IR 거리센서를 이용한 실내용 이동로봇의 자기위치 추정에 관한 새로운 방법을 제안한다. 각각의 IR 거리센서로부터 획득한 거리데이터를 이용하여 장애물과 벽면의 모서리를 검출한다. 각 센서에서 측정된 데이터를 병합하여 환경지도를 작성한다. 실험을 통하여 얻어진 환경지도와 실제 환경을 비교하고 그 성능을 평가하였다.

• 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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• 제어로봇시스템학회 1993년도 한국자동제어학술회의논문집(국내학술편); Seoul National University, Seoul; 20-22 Oct. 1993
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• pp.125-132
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• 1993

When a mobile robot moves around autonomously without man-made landmarks, it is essential to recognize the placement of surrounding objects especially for current position estimation, obstacle avoidance, or homing into the work station. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to recognize the floor paln for indoor mobile robot navigation using ultrasonic time-of-flight method. We model the floor plan as a collection of polygonal plane objects and recognize the floor plan by locating edges and vertices of the objects. The direction is estimated by the patterns of transmission beam and reception sensitivity of the ultrasonic transducer, and the distance is estimated by the correlation detection method. We show the validity of the proposed approach through experimental results and discuss the resolution and the accuracy of the estimation of direction and distance.