• 대한전기학회논문지:시스템및제어부문D
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• 제52권8호
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• pp.471-481
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• 2003

The acts of biological immune system are similar to the navigation for autonomous mobile robots under dynamically changing environments. In recent years, many researchers have studied navigation algorithms using artificial immune networks. Conventional artificial immune algorithms consist of an obstacle-avoidance behavior and a goal-reaching behavior. To select a proper action, the navigation algorithm should combine the obstacle-avoidance behavior with the goal-reaching behavior. In this paper, the neural network is employed to combine the behaviors. The neural network is trained with the surrounding information. the outputs of the neural network are proper combinational weights of the behaviors in real-time. Also, a velocity control algorithm is constructed with the artificial immune network. Through a simulation study and experimental results for a autonomous mobile robot, we have shown the validity of the proposed navigation algorithm.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제5권3호
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• pp.338-343
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• 1999

In this paper, the fuzzy neural network for the obstacle avoidance, which consists of the straight-line navigation and the barrier elusion navigation, is proposed and examined. For the straight-line navigation, the fuzzy neural network gets two inputs, angle and distance between the line and the mobile robot, and produces one output, steering velocity of the mobile robot. For the barrier elusion navigation, four ultrasonic sensors measure the distance between the barrier and the mobile robot and provide the distance information to the network. Then the network outputs the steering velocity to navigate along the obstacle boundary. Training of the proposed fuzzy neural network is executed in a given environment in real-time. The weights adjusting uses the back-propagation of the gradient of error to be minimized. Computer simulations are carried out to examine the efficiency of the real time learning and the guiding ability of the proposed fuzzy neural network. It has been shown that the mobile robot that employs the proposed fuzzy neural network navigates more safely with and less trembling locus compared with the previous reported efforts.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.571-578
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• 2012

In the paper, we proposed a ring type structured light image based embedded ranging sensor for a mobile robot. Since the proposed ranging sensor obtains omnidirectional object distance, it is useful for autonomous navigation of a mobile robot. By matching the local omnidirectional distance map with a given global object map, it is possible to get position and heading angle of mobile robot in the global coordinates. Experiments for matching and navigation were carried out to verify the performance of the proposed ranging sensor.

• 전자공학회논문지B
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• 제33B권7호
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• pp.1-10
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• 1996

There are many challenging problems in mobile robot navigation. As an example, a mobile robot may wander around in local minimum and may wiggle when it moves through a narrow corridor. In addition, the real time obstacle avoidance and the posture control of mobile robot are also very improtant problems. To address these problems, a navigation algorithm which is composed o freal time obstacle avoidance algorithm and a global path planner (GPP) that genrates the shortest path is presented. In this paper, the global path planner reduce the calculation time by reducing the dta to be handled. Also it can make a real time obstacle avoidance by using the fuzzy logic inference. So the presented algorithm provide a stable navigastion for the mobile robot when it fall into the unstable navigation.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제6권7호
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• pp.586-593
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• 2000

In this paper we propose a new approach to the autonomous wall-following of wheeled mobile robots using hybrid system reference motion synthesis and generation. The hybrid system approach is in-troduced to the motion control of nonholonomic mobile robots for the indoor navigation problems. In the dis-crete event system the discrete states are defined by the user-defined constraints and the reference mo-tion commands are specified in the abstracted motions. The hybrid control system applied for the non-holonomic mobile robots can combine the motion planning and autonomous navigation with obstacle avoid-ance for the indoor navigation problem. Simulation results show that hybrid system approach is an effective method for the autonomous navigation in indoor environments.

• 한국멀티미디어학회논문지
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• 제11권2호
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• pp.214-227
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• 2008

끊임없이 진화하는 이동통신 네트워크 기술로 인하여 대부분의 CDMA망은 다양한 대역폭을 가진 네트워크 표준들이 공존하게 되었다. 이는 사용자의 위치나 모바일 디바이스의 네트워크 접속 기능에 따라 서로 다른 대역폭의 이동통신 네트워크를 통하여 모바일 응용 서비스에 접근하게 된다는 것을 의미한다. 이러한 이동통신 네트워크의 대역폭의 차이는 곧 서비스 응답 시간의 큰 편차를 야기하게 된다. 이와 같은 문제점을 다루기 위해 본 논문에서는 CANS (Context-Aware framework for mobile Navigation Services)라고 부르는 프레임워크를 제시한다. CANS는 휴대폰 상에서 실행되는 CDRG기반 항법 서비스에 필요한 다양한 컨텐츠를 사용자의 네트워크 프로파일을 고려하여 적응화시키므로써 모바일 항법서비스를 가능케 한 최초의 상황인지형 프레임워크이다. 상용 CDMA망 하에서의 다양한 실험을 통해 CANS가 대역폭에 맞추어 컨텐츠를 적응화 하므로써 네트워크의 종류에 관계없이 일정한 서비스 응답 시간으로 서비스할 수 있음을 보인다.

• 정보처리학회논문지D
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• 제15D권5호
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• pp.609-620
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• 2008

모바일 단말에서의 맵 데이터 활용 서비스는 내비게이션, 위치기반서비스 등 그 활용 범위가 다양해지고 있다. 이러한 모바일 단말에서 저장/관리되는 맵 데이터의 크기는 갈수록 커져 수 GB에 이른다. 기존 내비게이션 시스템의 경우, 리소스 제약으로 인해 모바일 단말의 성능을 최대로 활용하기 위하여 맵 데이터를 읽기 최적화된 물리적인 저장형식(PSF: Physical Storage Format)으로 저장 관리하고 있다. 즉, 맵 데이터가 변경된 경우 변경된 부분만의 업데이트가 불가능하여 전체 데이터를 업데이트해야 하는 단점이 있다. 일반적으로 2 GB 데이터를 모바일 단말의 플래시메모리에 기록하는 시간은 수십 분이 소요된다. 따라서 본 연구에서는 이러한 기존의 내비게이션용 맵 데이터의 부분 업데이트가 불가능한 점을 해결하고자 모바일 공간 DBMS을 개발하였다. 그리고, 모바일 공간 DBMS에서의 내비게이션 서비스의 성능을 보장하기 위한 기법을 제시하고 실험을 통하여 이를 검증하였다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제9권5호
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• pp.299-305
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• 2014

In this paper, a simple version of the hybrid navigation system using Kalman filter is proposed. The implemented hybrid navigation system is composed of a GPS to measure the position and the velocity, and a IMU(inertial measurement unit) to measure the acceleration and the posture of a mobile robot. A discrete Kalman filter is applied to provide the position of the robot by fusing both of the sensor data. When GPS signal is available, the navigation system estimates the position of the robot from the Kalman filter using position and velocity from GPS, and acceleration from IMU. During the interval until next GPS signal arrives, the system calculates the position of the robot using acceleration from IMU and velocity obtained at the previous step. Performance of the navigation system is verified by comparing the real path and the estimated path of the mobile robot. From experiments, we conclude that the navigation system is acceptable for the mobile robot.

• Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• 제6권2호
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• pp.30-39
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• 2016

This research presents the development of a self-governing mobile robot navigation system for indoor construction applications. This self-governing robot navigation system integrated robot control units, various positioning techniques including a dead-reckoning system, a UWB platform and motion sensors, with a BIM path planner solution. Various algorithms and error correction methods have been tested for all the employed sensors and other components to improve the positioning and navigation capability of the system. The research demonstrated that the path planner utilizing a BIM model as a navigation site map could effectively extract an efficient path for the robot, and could be executed in a real-time application for construction environments. Several navigation strategies with a mobile robot were tested with various combinations of localization sensors including wheel encoders, sonar/infrared/thermal proximity sensors, motion sensors, a digital compass, and UWB. The system successfully demonstrated the ability to plan an efficient path for robot's movement and properly navigate through the planned path to reach the specified destination in a complex indoor construction site. The findings can be adopted to several potential construction or manufacturing applications such as robotic material delivery, inspection, and onsite security.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.112-120
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• 2013

In this study, we propose an improved view-based navigation method for obstacle avoidance and evaluate the effectiveness of the method in real environments with real obstacles. The proposed method possesses the ability to estimate the position and rotation of a mobile robot, even if the mobile robot strays from a recording path for the purpose of avoiding obstacles. In order to achieve this, ego-motion estimation was incorporated into the existing view-based navigation system. The ego-motion is calculated from SURF points between a current view and a recorded view using a Kinect sensor. In conventional view-based navigation systems, it is difficult to generate alternate paths to avoid obstacles. The proposed method is anticipated to allow a mobile robot greater flexibility in path planning to avoid humans and objects expected in real environments. Based on experiments performed in an indoor environment using a mobile robot, we evaluated the measurement accuracy of the proposed method, and confirmed its feasibility for robot navigation in museums and shopping mall.