• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.64-71
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• 2009

A 3-D rehabilitation robot system is developed in this paper. The robot system is for the rehabilitation of upper extremities, especially the shoulder and elbow joints, and has 3-D workspace for enabling occupational therapy to recover physical functions in activities of daily living(ADL). The rehabilitation robot system, which is driven by actuators, has 1 DOF in horizontal rotational motion and 2 DOF in vertical rotational motion, where all actuators are set on the ground. Parallelogram linkage mechanisms lower the equivalent inertia of the control elements as well as control forces. Also the mechanisms have high mechanical rigidity for the end effector and the handle. Passive motion mode experiments have been performed to evaluate the proposed robot system. The results of the experiments show and excellent performance in simulating spasticity of patients.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.25 no.11
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• pp.58-65
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• 2008

The study on dual arm robot manipulator which consists of two 6-DOF srms and one 2-DOF torso is introduced. This dual arm robot manipulator is designed for automation of assembly process in automotive manufacturing line. Each industrial 6-DOF arm can be used as a stand-alone type of industrial robot manipulator with 6-DOF and as a manipulator part of dual arm robot at the same lime. These structures help the robot maker willing to succeed in emerging market of dual arm robots have the high competitive power for the current industrial robot market and the emerging market of dual arm robot at the same time. The research results of the design concept, workspace analysis and the PC-based controller will be introduced.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.617-622
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• 1994

In this paper, we perform a two-stage, kinematic optimal design for 3 degree-of-freedom excavator system which consists of boom, arm, and bucket. The objective of the first stage is to find the optimal joint parameters which maximize the force-torque transmission ratio between the hydraulic actuator and the rotating joint. The objective of the first stage is to find the optimal link parameters which maximize the isotropic characteristic throughout the workspace. It is illustrated that performances of the optimized excavator are improved compared to those of HE280 excavator, with respect to the described performace index and maximum load handling capacity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.901-906
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• 1994

In designing and evaluating manipulators, itis important to understand the capability of kinematic and static performances. Both workspace and manipulability can be considered as such performance measures. In general, the measure of manipulability is related to the kinematics for serial type manipulators. However.in case of parallel manipulators such as Stewart Platform, the manipulability can be interpreted as the static capability of transforming the input forces of actuators to the wrench of the end-effector. In this paper, the mathematical and physical meanings of manipulability suggested in some research works have been examined, and more meaningful measure of manipulability using the absolute minimum eigenvalues of J $^{T}$ .del. J has been suggested, which has been applied to a Stewart Platform in order to investigate the manipulability of this mechanism..

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2006.05a
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• pp.389-390
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• 2006

The cycloidal reducer is one of the velocity controlling equipments in machinery. It has advantages of the higher reduction ratio, the higher accuracy, the easier adjustment of the transmission ratio and the smaller workspace than any other kinds of the reducers. This paper proposes a simple and exact approach for the lobe profile design of the two teeth difference cycloidal plate gear, which is different from the standard cycloidal reducer, by means of the principle of the instant velocity center in the general contact mechanism and the homogeneous coordinate transformation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 1994.10a
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• pp.611-616
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• 1994

Most of Commercial Remote Center Compliance(RCC) devices have been designed using deforma ble structures. In this work, we propose another type of assembly devices which generate the compliance effec ts by attaching the compliances (or spring) at the prismatic joints of the griven mechainsm. First, the kinematic analysis for a parallel-type planar 3-degree-of-freedom mechanism is performed using modified transfer method of generalized coordinate. Then, compliance characteristics for the mechanism using prismatic joint compliances are investigated. In particular, when the system maintains its symmetric configuration, the mechanism is show n to have RCC points at the center of the workspace. Finally, sensitivity analysis around RCC points is perfor med.

• Journal of the Society of Naval Architects of Korea
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• v.48 no.4
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• pp.375-380
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• 2011

Loading/unloading at sea is necessitated as larger container ships are being used. It is also unavoidable to load/unload at sea during military operations. An experimental cable array robot system, which can be used for loading/unloading at sea, consisting of four cables operated by four motors is designed and built. Even though it has simple structure, it has a large pay-load/robot-weight ratio, flexibility and wide workspace and can be easily built at low cost. In order to plan and control the paths of end-effector, two interpolation methods are introduced and compared. Since the robot is entirely based on cable tension, an analysis of tension is also presented for monitoring and planning purpose.

• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.06c
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• pp.271-273
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• 2006

유비쿼터스 인프라의 발달로 인한 업무 환경의 활발한 변화는, 다양한 (이동성) 단말과 끊김 없는 네트워크를 통하여, 기업 내외부의 응용을 활용하며, 효율적인 상황인식에 따른, 실시간적 업무공간을 지원 받을 것이다. 이는 인증과 인가의 분리 구조로서, 기업 내부의 접근제어 미들웨어와 기업 외부의 서비스 프로바이더 간의 분산 환경을 의미한다. 그러나 이러한 처리는 도메인 상호간 안전한 상호운용성이 선결되어야 한다. 즉 유비쿼터스 업무공간의 협업 서비스를 위한 접근제어모델은, 상황인식과 실시간 정책변경의 처리가 다중도메인간의 안전한 연동과 함께 요구된다. 본 논문은 메타정책(Metapolicies) 기반으로 도메인 내부와 외부도메인의 접근제어를 구분하여 보호한, 다중도메인 관계의 동적 협업 RBAC모델을 제안한다.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers D
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• v.54 no.3
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• pp.131-140
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• 2005

Fault-tolerant gait generation of a hexapod robot with crab walking is proposed. The considered fault is a locked joint failure, which prevents a joint of a leg from moving and makes it locked in a known position. Due to the reduced workspace of a failed leg, fault-tolerant crab walking has a limitation in the range of heading direction. In this paper, an accessible range of the crab angle is derived for a given configuration of the failed leg and, based on the principles of fault-tolerant gait planning, periodic crab gaits are proposed in which a hexapod robot realizes crab walking after a locked joint failure, having a reasonable stride length and stability margin. The proposed crab walking is then applied to path planning on uneven terrain with positive obstacles. i.e., protruded obstacles which legged robots cannot cross over but have to take a roundabout route to avoid. The robot trajectory should be generated such that the crab angle does not exceed the restricted range caused by a locked joint failure.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.144-151
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• 1988

Between any two points in the Cartesian space, the straight motion has many distinct advantages in path/trajectory plannings, specially in a crowded workspace. But to achieve this motion is a nontrivial task. One standard way to approximate this motion is to plae enough intermediate points along the desired path and linearly interpolate two adjacent intermediate points in the joint space. In this approach, however, the determination of the minimum number of intermediate points is very important from several aspects. A scheme that can effectively accomplish this purpose is established in this paper. This scheme is based on several search methods. The results are demonstrated using the PUMA 560 series manipulator.