• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2009

In this paper, a precision landing approach is implemented based on real-time image processing. A full-scale landmark for automatic landing is used. canny edge detection method is applied to identify the outside quadrilateral while circular hough transform is used for the recognition of inside circle. Position information on the ground landmark is uplinked to the unmanned helicopter via ground control computer in real time so that the unmanned helicopter control the air vehicle for accurate landing approach. Ground test and a couple of flight tests for autonomous landing approach show that the image processing and automatic landing operation system have good performance for the landing approach phase at the altitude of $20m{\sim}1m$ above ground level.

• 한국항해항만학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국항해항만학회 2006년도 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS Vol.1
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• pp.377-382
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• 2006

Precision approach and landing of aircraft in a remote landing zone autonomously present several challenges. Firstly, the exact location, orientation and elevation of the landing zone are not always known; secondly, the accuracy of the navigation solution is not always sufficient for this type of precision maneuver if there is no DGPS availability within close proximity. This paper explores an alternative approach for estimating the navigation parameters of the aircraft to the landing area using only time-differenced GPS carrier phase measurement and range measurements from a vision system. Distinct ground landmarks are marked before the landing zone. The positions of these landmarks are extracted from the vision system then the ranges relative to these locations are used as measurements for the extended Kalman filter (EKF) in addition to the precise time-differenced GPS carrier phase measurements. The performance of this navigation algorithm is demonstrated using simulation.

• 한국항공우주학회지
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.458-464
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• 2013

본 논문에서는 무인 항공기의 활주로 자동 접근 알고리즘에 대해 기술하였다. 본 연구에서 자동 접근의 주요 목적은 야간에 항공기의 안전한 착륙을 돕기 위함이다. 자동 접근 기능을 사용하게 되면 항공기가 어느 위치에 있던 초기 위치를 기준으로 경로 명령이 생성된다. 경로 명령은 최단거리를 가지는 원호-직선-원호로 구성되어있다. 경로 명령을 통해 생성된 경로를 따라 이동한 다음 활주로에 접근하도록 알고리즘을 설계하였다. 항공기의 다양한 초기 위치에 대한 경로 생성 알고리즘의 시뮬레이션을 통해 1차 검증을 하였으며 이를 기반으로 실제 비행시험을 수행하여 본 연구에서 제안한 알고리즘의 타당성을 실증적으로 검증하였다.

• 한국항행학회논문지
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• 제25권6호
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• pp.485-492
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• 2021

무인항공기의 영상 기반 자동 정밀 착륙 기술은 착륙 지점에 대한 정밀한 위치 추정 기술과 착륙 유도 기술이 요구된다. 또한, 안전한 착륙을 위하여 지상 장애물에 대한 착륙 지점의 안전성을 판단하고, 안전성이 확보된 경우에만 착륙을 유도하도록 설계되어야 한다. 본 논문은 자동 정밀 착륙을 수행하기 위하여 영상 기반의 항법과 착륙 지점의 안전성을 판단하기 위한 알고리즘을 제안한다. 영상 기반 항법을 수행하기 위해 CNN 기법을 활용하여 착륙 패드를 탐지하고, 탐지 정보를 활용하여 통합 항법 해를 도출한다. 또한, 위치 추정 성능을 향상시키기 위한 칼만필터를 설계 및 적용한다. 착륙 지점의 안전성을 판단하기 위하여 동일한 방식으로 장애물 탐지 및 위치 추정을 수행하고, LSM을 활용하여 장애물의 속도를 추정한다. 추정한 장애물의 상태를 활용하여 계산한 CPA를 기반으로 장애물과의 충돌 여부를 판단한다. 최종적으로 본 논문에서 제안된 알고리즘을 비행 실험을 통해 검증한다.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.746-757
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• 2023

This study presents a novel safe landing algorithm for urban drone deliveries. The rapid advancement of drone technology has given rise to various delivery services for everyday necessities and emergency relief efforts. However, the reliability of drone delivery technology is still insufficient for application in urban environments. The proposed approach uses the "landing angle control" method to allow the drone to land vertically and a rapidly exploring random tree-based collision avoidance algorithm to generate safe and efficient vertical landing paths for drones while avoiding common urban obstacles like trees, street lights, utility poles, and wires; these methods allow for precise and reliable urban drone delivery. We verified the approach within a Gazebo simulation operated through ROS using a six-degree-of-freedom drone model and sensors with similar specifications to actual models. The performance of the algorithms was tested in various scenarios by comparing it with that of stateof-the-art 3D path planning algorithms.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.912-918
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• 2016

This paper presents various strategies for humanoid vehicle driving and egress tasks. For driving, a tele-operating system that controls a robot based on a human operator's commands is built. In addition, an autonomous assistant module is developed for the operator. Normal position control can result in severe damage to robots when they egress from vehicles. To prevent this problem, another approach that mixes various joint control techniques is adopted in this study. Additionally, a footplate is newly designed and attached to the vehicle floor for the ground landing phase of the egress task. The attached plate enables the robot to step down onto the ground in a safe manner. For stable locomotion, a balance controller is designed for the humanoid. For the design of the controller, the robot is modeled using an inverted pendulum that consists of a spring and a damper. Then, a state feedback controller (with pole placement and a state observer) is built based on the simplified model. Many approaches that are presented in this paper were successfully applied to a full-sized humanoid, DRC-HUBO+, in the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, which were held in the United States in 2015.