This paper introduces the new concept of a gripper mechanism mounted on the home cleaning robot. This new mechanism composed of two grippers and an auxiliary dustpan can tidy and load up objects. We additionally analyze the required motor torque and dynamic motion of this robot using dynamic simulation of Recurdyn. This new tidying gripper mechanism is expected to be used in various home cleaning applications.

The calculation of the optimal trajectory of the stepped top-down robot was made using a genetic algorithm and a computational torque controller. First, the total energy efficiency was minimized using the Red-Cold Generic Algorithm (RCGA) consisting of reproductive, cross, and mutation. The reproducibility condition related to the position assembly of the start and end of the stride and the joints, angles, and angular velocities are linear constraints. Next, the unequal constraint accompanies the condition for preventing the collision of the swing leg at the corner with the outer surface of the stairs, the condition of the knee joint for preventing kinematic peculiarity, and the condition of no moment in safety in the traveling direction. Finally, the angular trajectory of each joint is defined by fourth-order polynomial whose coefficient is to approximate chromosomes. This is to approximate walking. In this study, the energy efficiency of the optimal trajectory was analyzed by computer simulation through a biped robot with seven degrees of freedom composed of seven links.

This paper deals with the dynamic control of redundant robot manipulator. Traditionally, the kinematic control schemes for redundant robot manipulator were developed from the point of speed and used under the assumption that the dynamic control of manipulator is perfect. However, in reality, the precise control of redundant robot manipulator is very difficult due to their dynamics. Therefore, the kinematic controllers for redundant robot manipulator were employed in the acceleration dimension and may be combined with the computed torque method to achieve the accurate control performance. But their control performance is limited by the accuracy of the manipulator parameters such as the link mass, length, moment of inertia and varying payload. Hence in this paper, the proportional and derivative control gains of the computed torque controller are optimized by the genetic algorithm on the typical payloads, and the neural network is applied to obtain the proper control gains for arbitrary loads. The simulation results show that the proposed control method has better performance than the conventional control method for redundant robot manipulator.

This paper proposes a method to reduce the pose error and to solve the dead reckoning issue which occurs when the mobile robot with continuous-tracks travels in the unstructured environments. When the continuous-track type mobile platform travels on terrain such as sand, gravel, stairs and etc., slippage occurs and thus the driving state of the mobile robot cannot be recognized normally. To compensate for this pose error, the proposed method utilizes optical flow estimation detected by camera. This method is tested through experiment. Finally, This method reduces the pose error detected on inertia measurement unit within some limit, while the pose error of without compensation increases without limit during robot move.

접목시기의 줄기직경을 조사한 결과 토마토 접수는 2.5±0.3mm, 대목은 3.1±0.7mm인 것으로 조사되었고, 오 이 접수는 2.2±0.2mm, 대목은 약 3.6±0.3mm인 것으로 조사되었다. 절단 기준점의 높이 차는 4mm 이상일 때 대부분의 모종에 대해 접촉면이 작아 접목 불량이 발생 하였고, 2mm 이하일 때 접수와 대목의 절단면 겹침으로 인하여 접촉부가 작아 불량이 발생하는 것으로 분석 되어 3mm가 적당한 것으로 사료된다. 접수 및 대목 줄 기직경이 모두 얇을 경우 접수 및 대목 중 하나의 줄기 직경이 평균값 이상을 이용해야 하는 것으로 분석되었다. 또한 줄기의 절단 각도는 인력으로 작업하기 때문에 접수는 13~55o, 대목은 15~67o의 범위로 다양한 것으로 조사되어 접목 불량의 원인이 될 수 있으므로 기계절단을 통하여 접수와 대목의 절단각도를 일치시킴으로써 접 목성공률을 향상 시킬 필요가 있을 것으로 사료된다. 모종 줄기 절단면 촬영 및 영상처리로 모종의 휨을 인식 및 계산하여 그립퍼의 회전각을 제어하여 정확도 시험을 실시한 결과 접수와 대목 절단면은 정확히 접합되는 것 으로 조사되었다. 영상 인식 기술을 적용한 접목로봇을 이용하여 오이와 토마토에 대한 접목시험을 실시한 결과 오이는 96±3.2%, 토마토는 95±4%의 접목 성공률이 조 사되었다.

A deburring system using the joint of revolute robot manipulator with a tool holder was developed for deburring automation. The tool holder composed of the plunger with spring was developed for freedom of three degree operation. The tool holder was applied for compensation of position errors during trajectory tracing or deburring the workpiece of ununiform. To reduce interacting forces between the high stiffness tool at the end effecter and the workpiece during deburring operation, it was developed to operate flexibly to the direction of tangent line on the revolute axis and to the direction of axis. In this paper, using the deburring system attached at the revolute robot manipulator, deburring experiments were performed. According to the experimental results, the good performance of the proposed deburring system using the revolute robot manipulator was shown.

Robot manipulators are highly nonlinear system with multi-inputs multi-outputs, and various control methods for the robot manipulators have been developed to acquire good trajectory tracking performance and improve the system stability lately. The computed torque controller has nonlinear feedforward control elements and so it is very effective to control robot manipulators. If the control gains of the computed torque controller is adjusted according the payload, then more precise control performance is attained. This paper extends the conventional computed torque controller in the joint space to the Cartesian space, and optimize the control gains for some specified payloads in both joint and Cartesian spaces using genetic algorithms. Also a neural network is employed to have proper control gains for arbitrary payloads using generalization properties of the neural network. Computer simulation results show that the proposed control system for robot manipulators has excellent performance in various conditions.

This paper deals with the stability of industrial robot arms with six axes and six degrees of freedom. The robot arm used was IRB120, a product of ABB company, which is used in the real industry, by using the commercial “DAFUL” which is a simulation program that can analyze the dynamic behavior. DAFUL was applied to the robot arm to control the motion by applying the load to the robot arm and then the structural analysis of the robot arm was performed during the analysis time. As a result of the analysis of the robot arm, the stress and displacement acting on the elliptic model and the acting torque and force were analyzed. Based on the analysis results, stability was checked with reference to IRB120 product catalog.

Crawling robots are advantageous in overcoming obstacles. These robots have characteristics such as light weight and outstanding mobility. In case of large robots, they have difficulties passing narrow gaps or entering the cave. In this paper, we propose a milli-scale hexapedal robot using 4-bar linkages. Two conditions are necessary to enable efficient walking. In short, the trajectory of the foot must be elliptical, and the lowest point of the foot should be the same. These conditions are satisfied with a novel leg design. The robot has a pair of three legs and the legs are coupled to operate simultaneously. Each set of the legs are installed to robot’s both sides and the legs satisfy the equal lowest foot point and elliptical trajectory. As a result, this hexapedal robot can crawl with 0.56m/s speed.

본 연구는 세계 42개국의 자료를 사용하여 산업용 로봇 도입의 결정요인을 분석하고, 한국에서 산업용 로봇이 빠르게 확산되고 있는 원인을 진단하였다. 산업용 로봇 변수는 국제로봇협회(IFR)의 2001년-2016년 「World Robotics: Industrial Robots」 자료를 사용하였다. 설명변수는 노동시장환경 변수와 혁신역량 변수를 포함하며, 관련 변수들은 해당 국제기관들의 자료에서 추출하였다. 실증분석에는 일부 설명변수의 내생성을 통제하기 위해 Arellano-Bond 동적 패널분석을 사용하였다. 분석결과, 한국은 소득수준이나 고용비용 및 혁신역량 등을 고려하더라도 다른 국가들에 비해 산업용 로봇 도입이 매우 빠르게 확대되어 온 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 이는 수요 측면과 공급 측면 모두에서 그 원인을 찾을 수 있다. 즉, 고용비용 증가 등의 노동시장환경 변화가 산업용 로봇 도입에 대한 기업 수요를 견인하였으며, 경제 전반의 자본집약도 증가와 기업의 혁신역량 증대와 같은 공급 측면 요인 또한 산업용 로봇의 도입을 촉진시켰다.