• 대한원격탐사학회:학술대회논문집
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• 대한원격탐사학회 2006년도 Proceedings of ISRS 2006 PORSEC Volume II
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• pp.610-614
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• 2006

In this paper the advanced method of geodesic active contours was developed for the task of building detection from aerial and satellite images. Automatic extraction of man-made structures including buildings, building blocks or roads from remote sensing data is useful for land use mapping, scene understanding, robotic navigation, image retrieval, surveillance, emergency management procedures, cadastral etc. A level set method based on a region-driven segmentation model was implemented with which building boundaries were detected, through this curve propagation technique. The essence of this approach is to optimize the position and the geometric form of the curve by measuring information along that curve, and within the regions that compose the image partition. To this end, one can consider uniform intensities inside objects and the background. Thus, given an initial position of the curve, one can determine global, region-driven functions and provide a statistical description of the inside and outside object area. The calculus of variations and a gradient descent method was used to optimize the variational functional by an iterative steady state process. Experimental results demonstrate the potential of the proposed processing scheme.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• 제5권1호
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• pp.15-23
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• 2007

In surveillance, monitoring, and target tracking operations, high-resolution images should be obtained even if the target is in a far distance. Frequent movements of vehicles such as boats degrade the image quality of onboard camera systems. Therefore, stabilizer mechanisms are required to stabilize the line of sight of boatboard camera systems against boat movements. This paper addresses design and implementation of a strapdown boatboard camera stabilizer. A two degree of freedom(DOF)(pan/tilt) robot performs the stabilization task. The main problem is divided into two subproblems dealing with attitude estimation and attitude control. It is assumed that exact estimate of the boat movement is available from an attitude estimation system. Estimates obtained in this way are carefully transformed to robot coordinate frame to provide desired trajectories, which should be tracked by the robot to compensate for the boat movements. Such a practical robotic system includes actuators with fast dynamics(electrical dynamics) and has more degrees of freedom than control inputs. Backstepping method is employed to deal with this problem by extending the control effectiveness.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제13권8호
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• pp.810-816
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• 2007

A security robot system named EGIS-SR is a mobile security robot through one of the new growth engine project in robotic industries. It allows home surveillance through an autonomous mobile platform using onboard cameras and wireless security sensors. EGIS-SR has many sensors to allow autonomous navigation, hierarchical control architecture to handle lots of situations in monitoring home surveillance and mighty networks to achieve unmanned security services. EGIS-SR is tightly coupled with a networked security environment, where the information of the robot is remotely connected with the remote cockpit and patrol man. It achieved an intelligent unmanned security service. The robot is a two-wheeled mobile robot and has casters and suspension to overcome a doorsill. The dynamic motion is verified through $ADAMS^{TM}$ simulation. For the main controller, PXA270 based hardware platform based on linux kernel 2.6 is developed. In the linux platform, data handling for various sensors and the localization algorithm are performed. Also, a local path planning algorithm for object avoidance with ultrasonic sensors and localization using $StarGazer^{TM}$ is developed. Finally, for the automatic charging, a docking algorithm with infrared ray system is implemented.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.104-110
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• 2014

Mapping is a fundamental element for robotic services. There are available many types of map data representation such as grid map, metric map, topology map, etc. As more robots are deployed for services, more chances of exchanging map data among the robots emerge and standardization of map data representation (MDR) becomes more valuable. Currently, activities in developing MDR standard are underway in IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. The MDR standard is for a common representation and encoding of the two-dimensional map data used for navigation by mobile robots. The standard focuses on interchange of map data among components and systems, particularly those that may be supplied by different vendors. This paper aims to introduce MDR standard and its application to map merging. We have applied the basic structure of the MDR standard to a grid map and Voronoi graph as a kind of topology map and performed map merging between two different maps. Simulation results show that the proposed MDR is suitable for map data exchange among robots.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제14권2호
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• pp.168-177
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• 2008

Path finding is a key element in the navigation of a mobile robot. To find a path, robot should know their position exactly, since the position error exposes a robot to many dangerous conditions. It could make a robot move to a wrong direction so that it may have damage by collision by the surrounding obstacles. We propose a method obtaining an accurate robot position. The localization of a mobile robot in its working environment performs by using a vision system and Virtual Reality Modeling Language(VRML). The robot identifies landmarks located in the environment. An image processing and neural network pattern matching techniques have been applied to find location of the robot. After the self-positioning procedure, the 2-D scene of the vision is overlaid onto a VRML scene. This paper describes how to realize the self-positioning, and shows the overlay between the 2-D and VRML scenes. The suggested method defines a robot's path successfully. An experiment using the suggested algorithm apply to a mobile robot has been performed and the result shows a good path tracking.

• 국제학술발표논문집
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• The 9th International Conference on Construction Engineering and Project Management
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• pp.319-327
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• 2022

Robots for construction sites, although not deeply widespread, are finding applications in the duties of project monitoring, material movement, documentation, security, and simple repetitive construction-related tasks. A significant shortcoming in the use of robots is the complexity involved in programming and re-programming an automation routine. Robotic programming is not an expected skill set of the traditional construction industry professional. Therefore, this research seeks to deliver a low-cost approach toward re-programming that does not involve a programmer's skill set. The researchers in this study examined an approach toward programming a terrestrial-based drone so that it follows a taped path. By doing so, if an alternative path is required, programmers would not be needed to re-program any part of the automated routine. Changing the path of the drone simply requires removing the tape and placing a different path - ideally simplifying the process and quickly allowing practitioners to implement a new automated routine. Python programming scripts were used with a DJI Robomaster EP Core drone, and a terrain navigation assessment was conducted. The study examined the pass/fail rates for a series of trial run over different terrains. The analysis of this data along with video recording for each trial run allowed the researchers to conclude that the accuracy of the tape follow technique was predictable on each of the terrain surfaces. The accuracy and predictability inform a non-coding construction practitioner of the optimal placement of the taped path. This paper further presents limitations and suggestions for some possible extended research options for this study.

• 한국ITS학회 논문지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.26-32
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• 2016

자율주행자동차는 운전자의 조작 없이 목표지점까지 스스로 주행환경을 인식하여 운행하는 최첨단 자동차를 말하며 위성항법장치, 센서 등으로 위치를 측정하고 주행환경을 인식, 연산장치로 가감속 차선변경 등 자율주행을 제어한다. 최근, 자동차 산업은 기존 기계공학과 정보통신, 센서, 위성항법 등 첨단기술이 총 집약된 자율주행 자동차로 빠르게 진화중이다. 교통안전 정책과제 분석은 Issue-Tree를 활용하여 분석하였다. Issue-Tree 방법론은 복잡한 문제를 세분화하여 구체화하고, 체계적으로 접근하는 문제해결 도구로 자율주행자동차 도입에 따른 교통안전 관련 Issue의 해결을 위한 정책과제를 도출하기 위해 사용된다. 교통안전 정책과제를 분석하기 위해는 우선 미래 사회 및 교통여건 변화로부터 Key Word를 도출하고, 이와 연계되는 국내외 도로교통 정책/계획을 확인하여 국내외 도로 교통 정책목표 Key Word를 도출하였다. 도출된 정책목표 Key Word로부터 핵심적인 Issue를 도출하였는데, 이때 Issue-Tree 방법을 통해 체계화하였다.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제18권6호
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• pp.1441-1446
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• 2014

본 논문에서는 로봇군집이 미로 탈출을 위해 협력하는 방법에 대해 제안되었다. 로봇은 센서를 통해 필수적인 데이터를 수집하고 판단하여 자율적으로 움직일 수 있다. 하지만 미로 탈출을 위해 협력하기 위해서는 중앙 시스템이 여러 로봇들을 제어할 필요가 있다. 로봇들은 보이지 않는 미로를 탐색하며, 탈출 경로를 위한 분석과 지도를 만들기 위해 이동과 같은 정보를 중앙제어시스템에 전송한다. 여러 대의 로봇들이 미로를 효과적으로 탈출하기 위해서, 이 논문에서는 다음과 같은 문제를 고려하였다. 첫째, 로봇들이 미로 영역을 나누어서 탐색하기. 둘째, 벽으로 막혀 있는 막다른 골목을 찾아서 다른 로봇이 진입하지 못하도록 하기. 셋째, 목적지에 먼저 도착한 로봇이 최단 경로를 만들어 다른 로봇이 빨리 탈출할 수 있도록 하기. 위의 3가지를 고려하여 미로 동시 탈출을 위한 알고리즘을 구현하여 다양한 미로 크기별로 실험하였다.

• 대한의용생체공학회:의공학회지
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• 제40권5호
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• pp.206-214
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• 2019

Surgical methods and associated precision systems have been developed, but surgical procedures that require precise location and fine manipulation of the lesion remain a limitation. The combination of precision robot manipulation technology and 3D medical image navigation technology overcomes the limitations of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and enables a more stable and successful operation. Surgical robots are surgical robots such as da Vince, and surgical robots using industrial robotic arms. There are various developments and researches of medical robots. In recent medical robot development, a new type of surgical robot based on an industrial robot arm capable of easily replacing the end effector according to the user's needs is being actively developed at home and abroad. Therefore, in this study, we developed safety and performance evaluation guideline for micro - surgical robots based on open robot platform using general purpose robot arm to help quality control of the medical device.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국해양정보통신학회 2008년도 추계종합학술대회 B
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• pp.331-339
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• 2008

본 논문은 전동 휠체어 시스템에서 반 자율주행 및 안전 주행, 장애물 회피를 위한 퍼지 신경망 제어 주행 시스템을 제안, 디자인 및 임베디드 리눅스 시스템을 통해 구현하고 검증한다. 자율주행 장애물 검출 알고리즘을 위해 거리측정 센서를 통해 장애물의 크기를 파악하고 회피할 수 있는 폭과 각도, 거리 및 속도를 계산하여 계획된 경로대로 이동할 수 있는 알고리즘을 구현한다. 또한 거리측정 센서를 최소화하기 위해 휠체어 앞쪽에 2개의 스텝모터를 통해 거리측정 센서를 좌우로 움직이면서 패닝 스캔을 한다. 퍼지 신경망 제어 주행 시스템은 센서 스캐닝을 통한 맵 데이터를 분석하고 주행 알고리즘에 따른 자율 주행 경로를 설정한다. 정해진 자율 주행 경로는 퍼지 신경망 제어 주행시스템을 통해 전동 휠체어 컨트롤 주행을 제어 운용한다. 그리고 보호자를 위한 전동 휠체어 보호자 트래킹 알고리즘을 구현한다. 본 시스템은 장애인 및 움직임이 불편한 노인을 위한 반 자동 전동휠체어 시스템을 구축하여 안전하게 사용자가 운용할 수 있게 한다. 그리고 휴대용 생체 신호 측정센서를 부착하여 실시간 몸이 불편한 장애인의 생체신호를 모니터링 하여 이상 시 알람 경보를 보호자 및 관계자에게 전달한다.