• International Journal of Fuzzy Logic and Intelligent Systems
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• 제7권3호
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• pp.198-204
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• 2007

In mobile robotics, ultrasonic sensors became standard devices for collision avoiding. Moreover, their applicability for map building and navigation has exploited in recent years. In this paper, as the preliminary step for developing a multi-purpose autonomous carrier mobile robot to transport trolleys or heavy goods and serve as robotic nursing assistant in hospital wards. The aim of this paper is to present the use of multi-sensor data fusion such as ultrasonic sensor, IR sensor for mobile robot to navigate, and presents an experimental mobile robot designed to operate autonomously within both indoor and outdoor environments. The global map building based on multi-sensor data fusion is applied for recognition an obstacle free path from a starting position to a known goal region, and simultaneously build a map of straight line segment geometric primitives based on the application of the Hough transform from the actual and noisy sonar data. We will give an explanation for the robot system architecture designed and implemented in this study and a short review of existing techniques, Hough transform, since there exist several recent thorough books and review paper on this paper. Experimental results with a real Pioneer DX2 mobile robot will demonstrate the effectiveness of the discussed methods.

• Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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• 제49권3호
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• pp.632-637
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• 2017

Even though the potential for an accident in nuclear power plants is very low, multiple emergency plans are necessary because the impact of such an accident to the public is enormous. One of these emergency plans involves a robotic system for investigating accidents under conditions of high radiation and contaminated air. To develop a robot suitable for operation in a nuclear power plant, we focused on eliminating the three major obstacles that challenge robots in such conditions: the disconnection of radio communication, falling on uneven floors, and loss of localization. To solve the radio problem, a Wi-Fi extender was used in radio shadow areas. To reinforce the walking, we developed two- and four-leg convertible walking, a floor adaptive foot, a roly-poly defensive falling design, and automatic standing recovery after falling methods were developed. To allow the robot to determine its location in the containment building, a bar code landmark reading method was chosen. When a severe accident occurs, this robot will be useful for accident condition monitoring. We also anticipate the robot can serve as a workman aid in a high radiation area during normal operations.

• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제14권1호
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• pp.74-79
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• 2019

In this paper, we develop a virtual experimental environment to investigate users' eye gaze in human-robot social interaction, and verify it's potential for further studies. The system consists of a 3D robot character capable of hosting simple interactions with a user, and a gaze processing module recording which body part of the robot character, such as eyes, mouth or arms, the user is looking at, regardless of whether the robot is stationary or moving. To verify that the results acquired on this virtual environment are aligned with those of physically existing robots, we performed robot-guided quiz sessions with 120 participants and compared the participants' gaze patterns with those in previous works. The results included the followings. First, when interacting with the robot character, the user's gaze pattern showed similar statistics as the conversations between humans. Second, an animated mouth of the robot character received longer attention compared to the stationary one. Third, nonverbal interactions such as leakage cues were also effective in the interaction with the robot character, and the correct answer ratios of the cued groups were higher. Finally, gender differences in the users' gaze were observed, especially in the frequency of the mutual gaze.

• 한국기계가공학회지
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• 제17권5호
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• pp.161-172
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• 2018

This paper proposed the robot vision control method to track a moving rigid body target using the vision system model that can actively control camera parameters even if the relative position between the camera and the robot and the focal length and posture of the camera change. The proposed robotic vision control scheme uses a batch method that uses all the vision data acquired from each moving point of the robot. To process all acquired data, this robot vision control scheme is divided into two cases. One is to give an equal weight for all acquired data, the other is to give weighting for the recent data acquired near the target. Finally, using the two proposed robot vision control schemes, experiments were performed to estimate the positions of a moving rigid body target whose spatial positions are unknown but only the vision data values are known. The efficiency of each control scheme is evaluated by comparing the accuracy through the experimental results of each control scheme.

• 대한인간공학회지
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.165-176
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• 1996

Hand posture and force, which define aspects of the way an object is grasped, are features of robotic manipulation. A means for specifying these grasping "flavors" has been developed that uses an instrumented glove equipped with joint and force sensors. The new grasp specification system is being used at the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) in a Virtual Reality based Point-and-Direct (VR-PAD) robotics implementation. In the Computer Integrated Manufacturing (CIM) Laboratory at Penn State, hand posture and force data were collected for manipulating bricks and other items that require varying amounts of force at multiple pressure points. The feasibility of measuring desired grasp characteristics was demonstrated for a modified Cyberglove impregnated with FSR (Force Sensitive Resistor) pressure sensors in the fingertips. A joint/force model relating the parameters of finger articulation and pressure to various lifting tasks was validated for the instrumented "wired" glove. Operators using such a modified glove may ultimately be able to configure robot grasping tasks in environments involving hazardous waste remediation, flexible manufactruing, space operations and other flexible robotics applications. In each case, the VR-PAD approach improved the computational and delay problems of real-time multiple- degree-of-freedom force feedback telemanipulation.

• 한국정밀공학회지
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.42-52
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• 1997

Computer aided process planning and Offline programming are decisive factors in successful implementation of automated robotic production. However, conventional offline programming procedure has proven ineffective due to time-consuming teaching process for robot programming and due to inefficient system modeling. The paper presents an efficient procedure to semi-automatically generate robot job programs for ship block welding applications. In the research, the teaching positions are automatically determined by predefined rules which are functions of the type and the dimensions of the given welding section of ship block. And a sequence of robot movements and welding conditions such as welding type, welding current, welding speed, and welding torch orientation, are determined by use of Standard Program which is experimentally proved to work well for the welding wection group. Finally, a robot program for the welding section is generated automatically. Based on the algorithm, a offline automatic teaching software is developed. The paper presents also the algorithm and structure of the software.

• 한국건축시공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국건축시공학회 2023년도 가을학술발표대회논문집
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• pp.233-234
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• 2023

Construction robot-based automation can contribute to productivity and quality improvement by replacing manpower in tasks that have simple repetitive properties or require high precision. In this respect, layout work is one of the most effective tasks in introducing robot-based automation technology. The development of a robotic layout system for building structures has recently been promoted in Korea, and a prototype of a marking robot has been produced. However, for commercialization, the technology improvement is required through the analysis of major improvement directions. Therefore, this study aims to derive the improvement priorities of the marking robot based on the evaluation of researchers who participated in the development process. As a result, there was a high demand for improvement in factors such as the robot's precise positioning method and robot size and weight. The results of this study are expected to serve as guidelines for the efficient input of limited resources in the future technology development process.

• 대한원격탐사학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.543-557
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• 2021

에어로솔은 입자의 크기와 조성 및 관측센서에 따라 상이한 분광특성을 보이기 때문에, 다양한 센서의 에어로솔 산출물에 대한 비교분석이 반드시 필요하다. 그러나, 우리나라에서 다종위성의 공식적인 AOD (Aerosol Optical Depth) 산출물을 대상으로 수년간의 자료를 수집하여 정확도 비교평가를 수행한 사례는 아직 보고된 바가 없다. 이에, 본 연구에서는 2015년 1월부터 2019년 12월까지 MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer), VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite), Himawari-8, Sentinel-3 AOD 산출물과 AERONET (Aerosol Robotic Network) 지상 태양광도계 자료의 비교분석을 통하여 위성 AOD의 성능을 평가하고, 계절적 및 지리적 차이에 따른 정확도 특성을 분석하였다. 오랜 기간 축적되어온 산출 기술에 MAIAC (Multiangle Implementation of Atmospheric Correction) 알고리듬을 추가하여 최적화된 MODIS 산출물이 가장 높은 정확도를 나타냈고(CC=0.836), VIIRS와 Himawari-8이 그보다 약간 낮은 정도의 성능을 보였으며, Sentinel-3는 비교적 최근에 발사되어 알고리듬 최적화가 아직 덜 이루어진 관계로 정확도가 낮게 나타났다. MODIS, VIIRS, Himawari-8 AOD 산출물은 계절에 따라, 그리고 도시/비도시에 따라 별다른 정확도 차이를 보이지는 않았지만, 일부 해안지역에서는 혼합화소 문제로 인하여 약간 정확도가 떨어지는 경우도 존재했다. AOD는 위성영상 대기보정의 핵심 인자이기 때문에, 본 연구의 AOD 비교평가는 향후 국토위성, 농림위성 등의 대기보정 연구에도 중요한 참고자료가 될 것으로 사료된다.

• Structural Monitoring and Maintenance
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.19-34
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• 2015

One of the main causes of a limited use of nondestructive evaluation (NDE) technologies in bridge deck assessment is the speed of data collection and analysis. The paper describes development and implementation of the RABIT (Robotics Assisted Bridge Inspection Tool) for data collection using multiple NDE technologies. The system is designed to characterize three most common deterioration types in concrete bridge decks: rebar corrosion, delamination, and concrete degradation. It implements four NDE technologies: electrical resistivity (ER), impact echo (IE), ground-penetrating radar (GPR), and ultrasonic surface waves (USW) method. The technologies are used in a complementary way to enhance the interpretation. In addition, the system utilizes advanced vision to complement traditional visual inspection. Finally, the RABIT collects data at a significantly higher speed than it is done using traditional NDE equipment. The robotic system is complemented by an advanced data interpretation. The associated platform for the enhanced interpretation of condition assessment in concrete bridge decks utilizes data integration, fusion, and deterioration and defect visualization. This paper concentrates on the validation and field implementation of two NDE technologies. The first one is IE used in the delamination detection and characterization, while the second one is the USW method used in the assessment of concrete quality. The validation of performance of the two methods was conducted on a 9 m long and 3.6 m wide fabricated bridge structure with numerous artificial defects embedded in the deck.

• Composites Research
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• 제32권6호
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• pp.314-318
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 습식 코팅 방식 중 하나인 다층박막적층법의 자동화 시스템을 제작하였다. 특히, 본 연구에서 제안한 자동화 시스템은 다층박막적층법의 공정 변수(예를 들어, 증착 재료, 코팅 깊이, 코팅 및 헹굼 시간)를 제어함으로써 손으로 작업하는 것과 동일한 변수 조작이 가능하게 설계되었다. 자동화 시스템을 통해 기판을 완벽하게 용액 안으로 침액시킬 수 있으며, 이를 통해 특별한 분자간 결합(예를 들어, 정전기적 인력, 공유 및 수소 결합)을 통해 기판 위에 균일한 다층의 박막 형성이 가능하다. 두 종류 이상의 용액으로 기판이 침액될 때, 이 기판은 다른 용액으로 이동되기 전에 청소 구역에서 헹굼과 건조 과정을 거친다. 이러한 담금, 헹굼, 건조 과정은 모두 컴퓨터 프로그램에 의해 제어 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 자동화 시스템을 통해 그래핀을 기반으로 하는 다층박막 샘플을 제작하였고, 균일한 그래핀의 적층 여부를 분석하기 위해 제작된 샘플의 흡광도와 두께를 측정하였다. 기판 위에 그래핀과 고분자 층의 적층이 진행될수록 흡광도와 두께가 균일하게 증가하는 결과를 통해, 본 연구에서 제작한 자동화 시스템이 수작업을 통한 다층박막의 적층을 완벽하게 대체 가능함을 알 수 있었다.