• 센서학회지
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• 제33권5호
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• pp.391-398
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• 2024

Accurate positioning is essential for unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) operations, particularly for long-term survey missions. To reduce the inherent positioning errors from the inertial navigation systems of UUVs, or dead reckoning, underwater terrain observations from sonar sensors are typically exploited. Within the framework of pose-graph optimization, we can generate submaps of the seafloor and use them to add loop-closure constraints to the pose graph by determining the best match between the submaps. However, this approach results in error accumulation in long-term operations because the quality of local submaps depends on the dead reckoning. Hence, we can adopt external acoustic positioning systems, such as an ultrashort baseline (USBL), to add global constraints to the existing pose graph. We assume that the acoustic transponder is installed on a UUV and that the acoustic transceiver is equipped in an unmanned surface vehicle trailing the UUV to maintain an acoustic connection between the vehicles. We simulate the terrain and USBL measurements as well as evaluate the performance of the UUV's pose estimation via online pose-graph optimization.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.251-257
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• 2012

Unmanned ground vehicles have important military, reconnaissance, and materials handling application. Many of these applications require the UGVs to move at high speeds through uneven, natural terrain with various compositions and physical parameters. This paper presents a framework for high speed autonomous navigation based on the integrated real time traversability. Specifically, the proposed system performs real-time dynamic simulation and calculate maximum traversing velocity guaranteeing safe motion over rough terrain. The architecture of autonomous navigation is firstly presented for high-speed autonomous navigation. Then, the integrated real time traversability, which is composed of initial velocity profiling step, dynamic analysis step, road classification step and stable velocity profiling step, is introduced. Experimental results are presented that demonstrate the method for a $6{\times}6$ autonomous vehicle moving on flat terrain with bump.

• 자동차안전학회지
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• 제15권4호
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• pp.6-15
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• 2023

This paper develops scenarios to evaluate the safety performance of Unmanned Ground Vehicle on military circumstances. The scenarios were created using Pegasus Project 6-layer format. These scenarios consist of straight road, curved road, merging road and crossroad. We adapt these scenarios to unpaved road. The characteristics of unpaved roads were divided into roughness, friction coefficient and road frequency. This adaption is validated via computer simulation. We observe the scan lines of vehicle become tangled of the straight road that make the cognitive abilities of the vehicle low and the lane-keeping is unable when vehicles entering curved off-roads over 40 km/h. The developed scenarios will contribute to enhancing stability from the perspective of introducing autonomous driving technology to Korean military.

• 한국정보통신학회논문지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.435-440
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• 2020

최근 무인이동체를 활용한 서비스 수요가 다양해지고 무인이동체 서비스 시장의 규모가 급격하게 증가하고 있다. 특히 산불 진압, 우편 배송, 시설 관리 등 공공임무 분야에서의 무인이동체 활용 서비스 요구도가 높아지고 있다. 이러한 요구도의 증가와 함께 무인이동체 기반의 다양한 임무 수행을 지원하기 위한 무인이동체 탑재용 임무소프트웨어 개발의 중요도가 갈수록 높아지고 있는 추세이다. 공통화 된 임무소프트웨어 개발을 위해서는 다양한 공공기관에서 공통적으로 필요한 임무 분석을 통해 재사용 가능한 기능들을 라이브러리로 개발하고, 이를 활용하여 무인이동체 관련 기업들이 쉽게 임무소프트웨어를 개발할 수 있도록 구조 설계가 이루어져야 한다. 본 논문에서는 공공임무용 무인이동체 전용 임무소프트웨어 연구 동향에 대해서 언급하고, 소프트웨어 개발을 위한 정형화된 임무소프트웨어의 구조 설계를 제안한다. 마지막으로, 임무소프트웨어와 데이터 플랫폼 간 데이터 전송 아키텍처를 제안한다.

• 대한임베디드공학회논문지
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.126-135
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• 2008

The development of an unmanned vehicle basically requires the robust and reliable performance of major functions which include global localization, lane detection, obstacle avoidance, path planning, etc. The implementation of major functional subsystems are possible by integrating and fusing data acquired from various sensory systems such as GPS, vision, ultrasonic sensor, encoder, and electric compass. This paper focuses on implementing the functional subsystems, which are designed and developed by a graphical programming tool, NI LabVIEW, and also verifying the autonomous navigation and remote control of the unmanned vehicle.

• 한국군사과학기술학회지
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• 제16권4호
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• pp.514-522
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• 2013

In this paper, we present signal processing procedure and carry out performance analysis of FMCW(Frequency Modulation Continuous Wave) radar for Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle(AUV). In order to detect range profile and velocity of the unknown target, we must implement two step FFT(Fast Fourier Transform) procedure. And the DBF(Digital Beam Forming) algorithm has to be performed to obtain the angle information of the unknown target. To verify the performance of manufactured autonomous unmanned ground vehicle FMCW radar, we use the data of the real corner reflecter target.

• 한국정보통신학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정보통신학회 2016년도 추계학술대회
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• pp.868-871
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• 2016

최근 IoT를 활용한 웨어러블 기기 및 무인 이동체에 관한 연구가 활발히 진행되고 있다. 그 중 무인 이동체는 IT 기술들의 집약체라고 할 수 있다. 로봇, 자율 주행, 장애물 회피, 데이터 통신, 전력, 영상 처리 등의 기술들이 합쳐진 것을 무인 이동체 또는 무인 로봇이라고 부른다. 무인 이동체의 최종 목표는 수동이 아닌 자율 주행을 하여 목적지까지 안전하고 신속하게 도달하는 것을 목표로 한다. 본 논문에서는 무인 이동체의 기술들 중 하나인 영상 처리 분야를 다루고자 한다. 현재 배터리의 기술로는 무인 이동체가 최대 1시간까지 주행할 수밖에 없다는 것을 감안하여, 전력 소비를 최소한으로 줄이기 위해 소형 컴퓨터인 라즈베리 파이3를 사용하여 영상 인식 시스템을 설계하고자 한다. 제안하고자 하는 시스템은 카메라로부터 받는 영상의 모든 것을 인식하는 시스템을 목표로 한다.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제11권4호
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• pp.262-269
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• 2016

Flight of an autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) generally consists of four steps; take-off, ascent, descent, and finally landing. Among them, autonomous landing is a challenging task due to high risks and reliability problem. In case the landing site where the UAV is supposed to land is moving or oscillating, the situation becomes more unpredictable and it is far more difficult than landing on a stationary site. For these reasons, the accurate and precise control is required for an autonomous landing system of a UAV on top of a moving vehicle which is rolling or oscillating while moving. In this paper, a vision-only based landing algorithm using dynamic gimbal control is proposed. The conventional camera systems which are applied to the previous studies are fixed as downward facing or forward facing. The main disadvantage of these system is a narrow field of view (FOV). By controlling the gimbal to track the target dynamically, this problem can be ameliorated. Furthermore, the system helps the UAV follow the target faster than using only a fixed camera. With the artificial tag on a landing pad, the relative position and orientation of the UAV are acquired, and those estimated poses are used for gimbal control and UAV control for safe and stable landing on a moving vehicle. The outdoor experimental results show that this vision-based algorithm performs fairly well and can be applied to real situations.

• 산업경영시스템학회지
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• 제45권1호
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• pp.10-19
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• 2022

Recently, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency(DARPA) in the United States is studying a new concept of war called Mosaic Warfare, and MUM-T(Manned-Unmanned Teaming) through the division of missions between expensive manned and inexpensive unmanned aircraft is at the center. This study began with the aim of deriving the priority of autonomous functions according to the role of unmanned aerial vehicles in the present and present collaboration that is emerging along with the concept of mosaic warfare. The autonomous function of unmanned aerial vehicles between the presence and absence collaboration may vary in priority depending on the tactical operation of unmanned aerial vehicles, such as air-to-air, air-to-ground, and surveillance and reconnaissance. In this paper, ACE (Air Combat Evaluation), Skyborg, and Longshot, which are recently studied by DARPA, derive the priority of autonomous functions according to air-to-air collaboration, and use AHP analysis. The results of this study are meaningful in that it is possible to recognize the priorities of autonomous functions necessary for unmanned aircraft in order to develop unmanned aerial vehicles according to the priority of autonomous functions and to construct a roadmap for technology implementation. Furthermore, it is believed that the mass production and utilization of unmanned air vehicles will increase if one unmanned air vehicle platform with only essential functions necessary for air-to-air, air-to-air, and surveillance is developed and autonomous functions are expanded in the form of modules according to the tactical operation concept.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제17권4호
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• pp.477-483
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• 2022

In this paper, we propose waste collection vehicle system with a safety device for worker safety and an autonomous driving function. The steering system is applied as MDPS (Motor Drive Power Steering) system to control the waste collection vehicle of the internal combustion engine. Safety-related errors is prevented through redundancy brake of the integrated system and the control braking system. In order to ensure safety between workers and waste collection vehicles, work guidelines and safety devices for emergency stop in case of danger are applied to vehicles. In addition, this research is conducted on improving the working efficiency through vehicle condition monitoring system and a short-range control system for field test. This research is aimed to secure stability through demonstration and contribute to the industrialization of unmanned waste collection vehicles.