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c-CMG Cluster for Small Satellites

  • Lee, Seung-Mok;Seo, Hyun-Ho;Rhee, Seung-Wu
    • International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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    • v.8 no.1
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    • pp.105-114
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    • 2007
  • This article presents the details of a designed control moment gyroscope (CMG) with a constant speed momentum wheel and one-axis-gimbal, and its experimental results performed at Korea Aerospace Research Institute. The CMG which is able to produce a torque of lOO mNm per each, is mounted in a pyramid configuration with four SGCMGs. Each CMG test and a single axis maneuver test with four-CMG cluster configuration are performed to confirm their performance on a ground-test facilities consisted of three major parts: a vibration isolation system, a dynamic force plate (Kistler sensor), and a DSP board. These facilities provide the accurate data of three axial and torques from the control moment gyro. Details of the CMG experimental results are presented with discussion of the experimental errors. The experimental data are compared with theoretical results and both results are used to verify their performance specifications.

Developement and control of a sensor based quadruped walking robot

  • Bien, Zeungnam;Lee, Yun-Jung;Suh, Il-Hong;Lee, Ji-Hong
    • 제어로봇시스템학회:학술대회논문집
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    • 1990.10b
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    • pp.1087-1092
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    • 1990
  • This paper describes the development and control of a quadruped walking robot, named as KAISER-II. The control system with multiprocessor based hierachical structure is developed. In order to navigate autonomously on a rough terrain, an identification algorithm for robot's position is proposed using 3-D vision and guide-mark pattern Also, a simple attitude control algorithm is included using force sensors. Through experimental results, it is shown that the robot can not only walk statically on even terrain but also cross over or go through the artificially made obstacles such as stairs, horizontal bar and tunnel-typed one.

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MEMS GPS/INS Navigation System for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle Operated in Severe Environment (극한 무인 로봇 차량을 위한 MEMS GPS/INS 항법 시스템)

  • Kim, Sung-Chul;Hong, Jin-Seok;Song, Jin-Woo
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.133-139
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    • 2007
  • An unmanned ground vehicle can perform its mission automatically without human control in unknown environment. To move up to a destination in various surrounding situation, navigational information is indispensible. In order to be adopted for an unmanned vehicle, the navigation box is small, light weight and low power consumption. This paper suggests navigation system using a low grade MEMS IMU for supplying position, velocity, and attitude of an unmanned ground vehicle. This system consists of low cost and light weight MEMS sensors and a GPS receiver to meet unmanned vehicle requirements. The sensors are basically integrated by loosely coupled method using Kalman filter and internal algorithms are divided into initial alignment, sensor error compensation, and complex navigation algorithm. The performance of the designed navigation system has been analyzed by real time field test and compared to commercial tactical grade GPS/INS system.

Mechanical Dither Design for Ring Laser Gyroscope

  • Lee, Dong-Chan;Gun Moon;Lee, Jae-Cheul
    • Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.485-491
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    • 2002
  • The gyroscopes have been used as a suitable inertial instrument for the navigation guidance and attitude controls. The accuracy as very sensitive sensor is limited by the lock-in region (dead band) by the frequency coupling between two counter-propagating waves at low rotation rates. This frequency coupling gives no phase difference and an angular increment is not detected. This problem can be overcome by the mechanical dithering. The purpose of the mechanical dithering is to suppress the dead band, oscillate the monoblock about the rotation axis and add an external rotation rate. This paper presents the theoretical considerations of the mechanical performances of dither on the basis of the loading condition and angular characteristics due to the piezoelement deformation and the validity of theoretical equations are compared through FEM (Finite Element Method) simulations.

A Study on the HWIL Simulation System of the Flight Object including Inertial Navigation System (관성항법장치가 포함된 비행체의 HWIL 시뮬레이션 시스템 개발 연구)

  • Lee, Ayeong
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Military Science and Technology
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    • v.21 no.3
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    • pp.349-360
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    • 2018
  • This paper proposes various methods for constructing a HWIL simulation system including Inertial Navigation System(INS) and Guidance Control Unit(GCU) under the assumption that the INS identifies the initial attitude of an aviation body through its own alignment and that it is a package consisting of an inertial sensor and a navigation computation module. This paper also presents a real-time computing technology and a way to calculate the command of the Flight Motion System(FMS) analogous to the acutal flight environment. The proposed HWIL simulation system is constructed by applying the above-mentioned methods and the results of running a series of simulations confirm high effectiveness and usefulness of the system. Finally, minor error factors that could be acquired only in HWIL simulation Environment are analyzed.

Improvement Performance of Location Predictor Using Accelerometer and Attitude Sensor on Smart Phone (스마트폰의 가속도계 및 자세계를 활용한 위치예측기 성능 향상 방안)

  • Oh, Joon-Whan;Kim, Min-Su;Lee, Young-Jun;Chae, Jin-Seok
    • Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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    • 2010.06d
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    • pp.293-296
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    • 2010
  • 최근의 스마트폰은 UI 또는 엔터테인먼트의 목적으로 가속도계 및 자세계를 제공하고 있으며 이들 정보를 이용한 게임 등의 엔터테인먼트 어플리케이션은 물론 좌표 등의 위치 정보를 통한 위치기반 서비스도 이미 제공중이다. 늘어가는 위치정보 서비스 내에서의 공간정보 질의회수 및 예측회수 증가는 장차 위치정보 서비스 제공에 있어 서버측 인프라에 부하를 증대시킬 수 있다. 이에 이들 하드웨어가 제공하는 가속도 및 방위각을 활용하여 속도 및 진행방향 정보를 생성하고 이를 위치예측기에 활용하여 연산 속도 및 예측의 정확성 등의 성능을 향상시킬 수 있는 방안을 제시한다.

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Speeding up the KLT Tracker for Realtime Image Georeferencing (실시간 영상 지오레퍼런싱을 위한 KLT 트랙커의 속도개선)

  • Supannee, Tanathong;Lee, Im-Pyeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry, and Cartography Conference
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    • 2010.04a
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    • pp.77-80
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    • 2010
  • The demand for human security significantly promotes the development of surveillance applications using a multi-sensor integrated UAV system. For more sophisticated operations, the system should provide a sequence of images rectified in a ground coordinate system in realtime. This rectification requires accurate position and attitude of the camera at the time of exposure of each image, which can be estimated through an Aerial Triangulation process using the GPS/INS data and tie points between adjacent images. In this work, the KLT tracker is utilized to obtain the tie points. To satisfy the realtime requirements, we present an approach to speed up the tracker by supplying the initial guessed positions of tie points based on the exterior orientation. The experimental results show that, when the guessed positions are supplied, the KLT tracker consumed less computational time than the ordinary KLT which is more suitable to be incorporated into the realtime image georeferencing process.

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A Study of Automatic Load Estimator for a Balance Beam Controller (밸런스 빔 제어기를 이용한 자동부하 인식에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Phill-Ju;Sa, Young-Ho;Yi, Keon-Young
    • Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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    • 2002.07d
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    • pp.2076-2078
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    • 2002
  • This paper presents an Intelligent Balance Beam Controller(IBBC) which can estimate the inertia of load automatically. Balance Beam controller is a kind of construction tool which can control the attitude of the load hanging in the air such as a beam carried by crane. In our previous work, Balance Beam had been built to control the object in air using a mechanical gyro system having a position controllable gimbal structure. In field application the load inertia for operation is not easy to figure out because the weight and shape which determines the inertia, varies depending on the object to be carried. Therefore it is difficult for a worker to operate a Balance Beam and an accident could be caused occasionally. We designed an automatic load estimator to measure the inertia of arbitrary load by using an angular velocity sensor that is installed on the Balance Beam. Simulation results and current status for implementation are presented.

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Smartphone racing game controller UX testing (스마트폰 레이싱 게임 조작기 UX 평가)

  • Chung, Donghun
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.143-154
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    • 2015
  • This study aims to evaluate smartphone gaming controllers. Diffusion of smartphone makes its users to play smartphone games in ease and comfort and its built-in sensors deliver new gaming experience to the users. Based on the concept how the controller system is important, the current research also implies the importance of customizing service which gives users a selection to deploy a controller. To explore the interaction effect of controllers and customizing on interactivity, flow, usability, attitude, and intention, the research constructs 3(gyroscope, wheel, and button controllers) by 2(default and customizing setting) experimental design and forty college students played Gameloft's Asphalt 8: Airborne in a within subject design. The results showed that interaction effect and customizing main effect were not found, but controller main effect was statistically significant. Button controller is superior to those other two in more detail. It implies that it is still not useful to play new types of gaming controller, and a customizing service. It suggests that smartphone games should more focus on improving optimal user experience with built-in sensor controllers.

A Compensator to Advance Gyro-Free INS Precision

  • Hung Chao-Yu;Fang Chun-Min;Lee Sou-Chen
    • International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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    • v.4 no.3
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    • pp.351-358
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    • 2006
  • The proposed inertial measurement unit (IMU) is composed of accelerometers only. It can determine a vehicle's position and attitude, which is the Gyro-free INS. The Gyro-free INS error is deeply affected by the sensor bias, scale factor and misalignment. However, these parameters can be obtained in the laboratory. After these misalignments are corrected, the Gyro-free strap-down INS could be more accurate. This paper presents a compensator design for the strap-down six-accelerometer INS to correct misalignment. A calibration experiment is taken to get the error parameters. A simulation results show that it will decrease the INS error to enhance the performance after compensation.