• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제41권1호
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• pp.62-69
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• 2017

본 논문은 외벽에 부착하여 이동이 가능한 등반로봇의 성능평가 방법을 다룬다. 등반로봇에 관한 기존의 문헌을 토대로 볼 때, 등반로봇의 성능평가에 관해 일관되고 명쾌한 성능지표 및 방법이 제시되고 있지는 않다. 등반로봇은 부착방식 및 이동방식에 따라 다양하게 구현될 수 있으므로, 형태와 상관없이 보다 일반화된 성능평가 방법이 요구된다. 이에 본 논문은 등반로봇의 성능평가를 위한 2가지 평가지표(수직부착하중, 수직등반속도)와 평가방법을 제안한다. 제안된 방법의 효용성을 검증하기 위하여, 본 논문은 자체 개발된 선체외벽 등반로봇을 대상으로 제안된 성능평가 방법을 적용한다. 보다 구체적으로, 수직부착하중은 등반로봇의 슬립측정을 통해 18.5kg으로 평가되었고, 수직등반속도는 등반로봇의 위치제어시스템을 통해 41cm/s으로 평가되었다.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2010년도 춘계 학술논문 발표대회 1부
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• pp.33-36
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• 2010

The attention in construction Automation is getting higher since it could be the answer to the lack of skilled labor by decrease in construction population and aging which adversely affects productivity and quality in the construction site. We are on the way to develop a construction automation system adequate for domestic circumstances in Korea; it is called RCA(Robotic-crane based Construction Automation)system. Climbing hydraulic robots system is a part of RCA system and makes Construction factory(CF) climb through the guide rail on the core wall. The safety of climbing hydraulic robots system is at issue due to the overloaded weight of CF. Preventing this issue, present study did the design verification through the structural analysis and the simulation. Mock-up test also was done to analyze the drive performance of climbing hydraulic robots system.

• 한국공작기계학회논문집
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• 제17권6호
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• pp.35-42
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• 2008

Most of tasks for vertical surface work in shipyard have been accomplished by human workers. However, such manual work often causes injury to workers, also the production cost becomes high due to increasing individual wage. To cope with the circumstance, shipbuilding companies try to introduce wall-climbing robots for carrying out such kind of tasks. In designing a wall-climbing robot, it is essential to minimize its own weight to improve the performance such as moving speed and power saving. For such purpose. this study proposes a method of optimal design for a wall-climbing robot using a genetic algorithm with multi-objective function. Specifically, the thickness of the robot base is minimized to reduce the weight while maintaining the allowable strength and avoiding the resonance frequencies. The proposed method is applied to the design of a wall-climbing robot, and the result shows that the method is useful at an early design stage.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제18권8호
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• pp.344-349
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• 2017

최근 전 세계적으로 고층건물의 외벽청소, 대형 구조물의 벽면검사, 조선에서의 벽면 용접 등 다양한 용도의 벽면이동 로봇들이 개발되고 있다. 기존에 개발된 벽면이동 로봇 중 바퀴형 이동로봇은 요철이 있는 벽면을 이동할 수 없다는 단점이 있으며 보행형 이동로봇은 복잡한 링크구조로 인해 많은 액추에이터가 필요로 하고, 더불어 제어가 복잡해지며 내구성의 문제가 발생한다. 또한 로봇의 무게가 무겁다는 단점이 있다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 단점을 극복하기 위해 간단한 구조를 가진 새로운 벽면이동 로봇을 제시한다. 본 논문의 벽면이동 로봇은 단 한 쌍의 축과 액추에이터를 이용하여 고릴라의 보행방식을 모사하여 이동하며, 진공펌프와 흡착패드를 이용하여 벽면에 진공 흡착한다. 본 논문에서 개발한 로봇의 구성요소로는 이동을 위한 DC모터, 흡착을 위한 진공펌프, 제어를 위한 마이크로 컨트롤러, 기타 동력전달과 형체 유지를 위한 축과 프레임이 있다. 로봇의 성능은 수직 및 수평에서 실험적으로 검증하였다. 본 논문에서 개발한 벽면이동 로봇을 기반으로 다양한 장치를 탑재한 산업현장, 재난재해 현장에서 다양한 기능을 수행하는 로봇의 개발이 가능할 것이라 전망한다.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제29권2호
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• pp.178-184
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• 2012

This paper presents a transformable track mechanism for wall climbing robots. The proposed mechanism allows a wall climbing robot to go over obstacles by transforming the track shape, and also increases contact area between track and wall surface for safe attachment. The track mechanism is realized using a timing belt track with one driving actuator. The inner frame of the track consists of serially connected 5R-joints and 1P-joint, and all joints of the inner frame are passively operated by springs, so the mechanism does not require any actuators and complex control algorithms to change its shape. Static analysis is carried out to determine design parameters which enable $90^{\circ}$ wall-to-wall transition and driving over projected obstacles on wall surfaces. A Prototype is manufactured using the transformable track on which polymer magnets are installed for adhesion force. The size of the prototype is $628mm{\times}200mm{\times}150mm$ ($Length{\times}Width{\times}Height$) and weight is 4kgf. Experiments are performed to verify its climbing capability focusing on $90^{\circ}$ wall to wall transition and driving over projected obstacle.

• 한국정밀공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국정밀공학회 2010년도 춘계학술대회 논문집
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• pp.1219-1220
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• 2010

• 대한조선학회 특별논문집
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• 대한조선학회 2006년도 특별논문집
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• pp.112-121
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• 2006

The vertical displacement of a ship on the basis of the sea level is an important parameter for its stability and control. To indicate the displacement on operating conditions, "draft marks" are carved on the hull of the ship in various ways. One of the methods is welding. The position, shape and size of the marks are specified on the shipbuilding rules by classification societies to be checked by shipbuilders. In most cases, high-skilled workers do the welding along the drawing for the marks and welding bead becomes the marks. But the inaccuracies due to human errors and high labor cost increase the needs for automating the work process of the draft marks. In the preceding work, an indoor robot was developed for automatic marking system on flat surfaces and the work proved that the robot welding was more effective and accurate than manual welding. However, many parts of the hull structure constructed at the outdoor are cowed shapes, which is beyond the capability of the robot developed for the indoor works on the flat surface. The marking on the curved steel surface requiring the 25m elevations is one of the main challenges to the conventional robots. In the present paper, the robot capable of climbing vertical curved steel surfaces and performing the welding at the marked position by effectively solving the problems mentioned earlier is presented.

• 한국산학기술학회논문지
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• 제12권12호
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• pp.5450-5456
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• 2011

선박을 건조하는 수많은 공정 중에서 화물창 내의 도장작업은 대부분 고공에서의 작업뿐만 아니라 밀폐된 탱크 내에서 작업을 하는 경우가 많기 때문에 항상 사고의 위험에 노출되어 있다. 이러한 문제를 해결하는 방법으로 진공 펌프와 로봇에 장착된 흡착판을 이용하여 로봇을 벽면에 부착하는 방법이 개발되어져 왔다. 하지만 이러한 방법들은 다양한 재질의 벽면에 적용이 가능하다는 장점이 있는 반면에 흡착판이 고착된 상태에서 이동하기 힘들다는 것과 부착을 위해 부가장비와 그에 따른 제어가 요구된다는 단점이 있다. 이러한 단점을 보완하기 위해 본 논문에서는 자석의 성질을 이용하여 선체의 평면, 수직면까지 매달린 채도 이동가능한 자석대차를 이용한 자동 도장 로봇장치를 제안한다. 또한 시제작품을 제작하여 성능 실험을 위해 자석바퀴 부착력, 대차부착력, 견인력 및 자동주행실험을 하였다.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제23권4호
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• pp.374-379
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• 2014

Mobile robots with omni-directional wheels can generate instant omni-directional motion without requiring extra space to change the direction of the body. Therefore, they are capable of moving in an arbitrary direction under any orientation even in narrow aisles or tight areas. In this research, an omni-directional mobile robot based on Mecanum wheels was developed to achieve omni-directionality. A CompactRIO embedded real-time controller and C series motion and I/O modules were employed in the control system design. Ultrasonic sensors installed on the front and lateral sides were utilized to measure the distance between the mobile robot and the side wall of a workspace. Through intensive experiments, a performance evaluation of the mobile robot was conducted to confirm its feasibility for industrial purposes. Mobility, omni-directionality, climbing capacity, and tracking performance of a squared trajectory were selected as performance indices to assess the omni-directional mobile robot.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.193-200
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• 2012

Mobility is one of the most important issues for search and rescue robots. To increase mobility for small size robot we have focused on the mechanism and algorithm inspired from centipede. In spite of small size, using many legs and flexible long body, centipede can overcome high obstacles and move in rough terrains stably. This research focused on those points and imitated their legs and body that are good for obstacle negotiation. Based on similarity of a centipede's legs and tracks, serially connected tracks are used for climbing obstacles higher than the robot's height. And a centipede perceives environments using antennae on its head instead of eyes. Inspired from that, 3 IR sensors are attached on the front, top and bottom of the first module to imitate the antenna. Using the information gotten from the sensors, the robot decides next behavior automatically. In experiments, the robot can climb up to 45 cm height vertical wall and it is 600 % of the robot's height and 58 % of the robot's length.