With the recent development of autonomous driving technology, many researchers have studied autonomous mobile robots. Accordingly, they are developing diverse mobile robot actuators. However, most actuators mainly use reducers made of chains, belts, multi-stage gears, etc. So the volume and size of the actuators increase, and power transmission efficiency tends to be relatively low. Therefore, this study has proposed the reducer of the mobile robot actuator using a complex planetary gear train with small volume and high power transmission efficiency, and has confirmed the stability of the proposed reducer through finite element analysis.

Combining digital automation solutions throughout recent manufacturing process is essential. Advanced robot and mechanical techniques are required for design, manufacture, and distribution process. Manual design of repetitive similar mechanical components during the development phase of these advanced machines and robots can occur wasting time and money. Developed gear design module, which is the power transfer system mechanical component, was programmed in the Visual Basic language in CATIA V5 environment. Automation Process is Based on Parametric Modeling Method. and it was found to be effective in reducing design time compared to designers manual modeling.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the dissatisfaction with and design preferences for mountain gear among the segments divided by specialization activity-pursued for recreational mountaineering. Data were collected by questionnaire survey from 900 subjects with the experiences of mountaineering and purchasing mountain gear in the past year, and 891 were used for the data analysis. The results of the study were as follows: Three factors were formulated based on mountaineering specialization activity-pursued: expertise-pursued mountaineering, mountaineering with psychological attachment and activity-oriented mountaineering. Four segments were identified based on the specialization activity-pursued: the emotionally-committed, the continuously-participated, the expertise-pursued, and the passively-participated. Significant differences were found in dissatisfaction with and design preference for mountain gear among the segments. The expertise-pursued tended to be more dissatisfied with color and fabric than the others, and preferred various mountain gear design of shape, color combination and construction line. On the other hand, the passively-participated tended to prefer simple and comfortable style with solid color and simple color combination.

When manufacturing die casting mold, generally, the casting layout design should be considered based on the relation among injection system, casting condition, gate system, and cooling system. Also, the extent or the location of product defects was differentiated according to the various relations of the above conditions. In this research, in order to optimize casting design of an automobile part (Gear Box) Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) was performed by using the simulation software (ZَCast). The simulation results were analyzed and compared with experimental results. During the mold filling, internal porosities caused by air entrap were predicted and reduced remarkably by the modification of the gate system and the configuration of overflow. With the solidification analysis, internal porosities caused by the solidification shrinkage were predicted and reduced by the modification of the gate system. For making a better production dieَcasting tool, cooling systems on several thick areas are proposed in order to reduce internal porosities caused by the solidification shrinkage.

When manufacturing die casting mold, generally, the casting layout design should be considered based on the relation between injection system, casting condition, gate system, and cooling system. Also, the extent or the location of product defects was differentiated according to the various relations of the above conditions. In this research, in order to optimizing casting design of an automobile part (Gear Box) Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) was performed by using the simulation software (Z-Cast). the simulation results were analyzed and compared with experimental results. During the mold filling, internal porosities caused by air entrap were predicted and reduced remarkably by the modification of the gate system and the configuration of overflow. With the solidification analysis, internal porosities caused by the solidification shrinkage were predicted and reduced by the modification of the gate system. For making a better production die-casting tool, cooling systems on several thick areas are proposed in order to reduce internal porosities caused by the solidification shrinkage.

Fuel consumption in fisheries is a primary concern due to environmental effects and costs to fishermen. Much research has been carried out to reduce the fuel consumption related to fishing operations. The fuel consumption of fishing gear during fishing operation is generally related to hydrodynamic resistance on the gear. This research demonstrates a new approach using numerical methods to reduce fuel consumption. By designing the fishing gear using drawing software, the whole and partial resistance force on the gear can be calculated as a result of simulations. The simulation results will suggest suitable materials or gear structure for reducing the hydrodynamic forces on the gear while maintaining the performance of the gear. This research will helpful to reduce the CO2 emissions from fishing operations and lead to reduce fishing costs due to fuel savings.

Recently, the engineering designer of injection mold has become more and more dependent on the CAE. In the design factors of injection mold, the shrinkage rate should be considered as one of the important performances to produce the reliable products. Therefore, the shrinkage rate can be mostly calculated by the MoldFlow and CATIA in the design process. However, it is not easy to predict the shrinkage rate of a plastic injection mold in its design process because the analysis can take minutes to hours, the high computational costs of performing the analysis limit their use in design optimization. In this study, the surrogate models based on the Taguchi Design in order to optimize the shrinkage rate of bevel gear injection mold is used instead of the original models, facilitating design optimal design.

While designing a torsional shafting with various gear-branched systems, it is very important for system designers to obtain critical speeds accurately and easily. The author has studied the transfer stiffness coefficient method (TSCM) as a structural analysis algorithm. In this paper, the TSCM is applied to the computation of critical speeds for torsional shafting with gear-branched systems. The accuracy of the present method is confirmed by comparing with the results of the finite element method.

옥돔의 조획 기구를 알아내고, 낚시를 개량하기 위해서 수조 중에서 옥돔의 연승어구에 대해 반응 행동을 비디오 카메라로 관찰 조사하였다. 옥돔은 물살을 거슬르면서 해저 위를 천천히 유영하며 미끼에 접근하였고, 미끼를 물때에는 불완전하게 무는 경우가 많았으며, 미끼를 문 후에는 천천히 뒤로 유영하면서 아릿줄이 당겨지면 미끼를 내뱉는 등의 완만하고 주의 깊은 행동을 보였다. 대부분의 조획은 미끼를 깊이 삼킨 후에 옥돔이 Rush 또는 Jerk 행동을 할 때 되었고, 조획과 관계 깊은 행동연쇄는 Chewing→Jerk 또는 Chewing→Rush였다. 현장시험에서 채가 긴 낚시가 조획성능이 매우 낮았고, 채가 짧은 낚시에는 조획성능도 양호하고 조획된 부위가 깊었던 것을 고려하면 옥돔은 낚시를 깊이 삼켜야만 조획이 가능하므로 조획성능만을 생각하면 낚시의 형상은 낚시 채가 짧으며 끝이 안으로 굽어 있는 형상이 적합하다. 본 연구에서 제안하는 낚시 형은 조획성능을 위한 조건을 만족하면서도 기계화 조업도 가능한 절충형의 구조이다.