Abstract: A method of controlling an image acquisition device for tracking a target object includes: detecting an event in which tracking of a first object, which is a tracking target object, fails in a first image acquired by the image acquisition device; determining, in the first image, a reference object which is used as a reference for controlling the image acquisition device; controlling the image acquisition device such that at least one of an image capturing range and an image capturing direction of the image acquisition device is adjusted based on at least one of a size and a location of the reference object in the first image; and recognizing the first object in a second image acquired by the image acquisition device in a state in which at least one of the image capturing range and the image capturing direction is adjusted.

Abstract: A remote weapon control device for controlling a weapon having a photographing device is provided. The remote weapon control device includes: a communication interface configured to receive an image captured by the photographing device; an object extractor configured to extract objects from the image; a target extractor configured to extract targets from the objects; a shooting order determinator configured to determine an order of the targets for shooting; and a control signal generator configured to generate a shooting control signal for controlling the weapon to shoot the targets in the determined order.

Abstract: A path providing apparatus includes a communication interface configured to obtain current location data of a vehicle, receive obstacle data of moving objects, and receive a path finding command including a first location and a second location of the vehicle; and a processor configured to generate a virtual vehicle swarm comprising a plurality of virtual vehicles, generate a plurality of pieces of path prediction data by virtually driving each of the plurality of virtual vehicles on a first map based on the current location data, update the plurality of pieces of path prediction data by virtually driving each of the plurality of virtual vehicles on a second map based on the obstacle data, and generate optimal path data from among the updated plurality of pieces of path prediction data based on the path finding command including the first location and the second location.

Abstract: Provided is a contamination detecting system including at least one moving device; a monitoring unit configured to detect whether a contamination situation is occurring; a control unit configured to dispatch the at least one moving device in an anticipated contaminated region in response to the occurrence of a contamination situation, configure a moving route of the moving device, and controlling a contamination detecting operation of the moving device; a map receiving unit configured to receive an anticipated contamination map for the anticipated contamination region from the moving device; and a map updating unit configured to receive a contamination detection result of the moving device in a region corresponding to the anticipated contamination map and updates the anticipated contamination map in correspondence thereto.

Abstract: According to a non-limiting example embodiment, a remote control device includes a display configured to display a risk map; an input interface configured to input a travel route for an object to move along; a computing device, including at least one processor, the computing device configured to: receive obstacle information detected as the object moves along an actual travel route based on the travel route, and receive route information of the actual travel route of the object; and reset the travel route inputted by the input interface to a reset travel route in real time based on a mission given to the object or a risk level in each of a safe area and a dangerous area displayed on the risk map.

Abstract: A caterpillar changing apparatus includes a floor frame; a moving fame movable with respect to the floor frame; and a supporting unit including at least one body, the supporting unit provided on the moving frame and configured to support a caterpillar to maintain a shape of the caterpillar that the caterpillar has when installed on a vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a driving apparatus including a body, a surroundings detection unit detecting surroundings of the body, the surrounding detection unit including a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) device and a camera, and at least one processor configured to control the driving of the body based on a detection result from the surroundings detection unit, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to detect a ramp and flat ground that are present on a driving path based on an image obtained by the camera, and determine the detected ramp or the detected flat ground from a detection result from the LIDAR device as a non-obstacle.

Abstract: Provided is a tool adapter mounted on a handle of a tool to be gripped by a robot hand, the tool adapter including: a fixing part including an opening in which the handle of the tool is inserted to be fixed to the fixing part; a grip part including contact surfaces which are installed on left and right sides of the fixing part to be gripped by the robot hand, and configured such that as at least one of the contact surfaces moves in accordance with a gripping force from the robot hand, a distance between the contact surfaces changes; and a power transmission structure connected to the grip part and configured to convert a movement of the at least one of the contact surfaces into a movement of pressing a switch installed at the handle of the tool.

Abstract: Provided is a system for setting a driving guide of an electrical operating vehicle. The system may include: a terrain acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a current location of the vehicle, a charging location, an existing terrain, and a current terrain; a calculation unit configured to obtain first information about the vehicle based on the information acquired by the terrain acquisition unit; a battery state estimation unit configured to estimate an amount of available battery power of the vehicle; and a distance/speed calculation unit configured to calculate a drivable distance and drivable speed for the mission vehicle based on the first information obtained by the calculation unit, the estimated amount of available battery power, and a distance from the current location to a destination of the vehicle.

Abstract: A method for generating an obstacle map is provided. The method includes: receiving an environment map; generating a binary map indicating a position of an obstacle by a value of an obstacle cost corresponding to a probability of presence of the obstacle at the position, based on obstacle information obtained from the environment map; and generating an obstacle map by applying an obstacle expansion model to the binary map, wherein the applying the obstacle expansion model comprises setting a plurality of obstacle costs of a plurality of neighboring positions of the position of the obstacle in the binary map to a plurality of values, respectively. Accordingly, a safer and stable route can be generated to avoid the obstacle.

Abstract: A driving apparatus includes a body; at least one sensor that is exposed to an outside of the body and configured to sense a user input for controlling driving of the body; a controller configured to generate at least one control command for driving of the body according to the sensed user input; and a motor that is configured to generate a driving force for driving the body according to the generated at least one control command.

Abstract: An unmanned following vehicle includes a controller configured to control the unmanned following vehicle to move in parallel with a moving object by following the moving object on a left side or a right side of the moving object, wherein the controller is configured to control the unmanned following vehicle to move in parallel with the moving object by: adjusting a moving speed of the unmanned following vehicle according to a Y-axis coordinate difference value, which is a difference value between a position of the moving object and a position of the unmanned following vehicle in a forward direction, and adjusting a steering direction and a steering angle of the unmanned following vehicle according to an X-axis coordinate difference value, which is a difference value between the position of the moving object and the position of the unmanned following vehicle in a lateral direction.

Abstract: A remote-controlled weapon system, mounted in a moving platform, includes at least one processor that implements: a first posture calculator that calculates a first pixel movement amount corresponding to a posture change amount of a camera during a time interval between a first image and a second image, received after the first image; a second posture calculator that calculates a second pixel movement amount corresponding to a control command for changing a posture of the camera to match a moving target, detected from the second image, with an aiming point; and a region of interest (ROI) controller that calculates a third pixel movement amount corresponding to vibration of the camera based on the first pixel movement amount and the second pixel movement amount, and estimate a location of an ROI that is to be set on the moving target of the second image, based on the third pixel movement amount.

Abstract: A mobile vehicle and a method of controlling the mobile vehicle are provided. The method of controlling the mobile vehicle includes defining a first line between the mobile vehicle and the user, determining a position and a size of each of at least one obstacle having a predetermined relationship with the first line, defining a second line based on the first line, the position of the at least one obstacle, and the size of the at least one obstacle, and controlling the mobile vehicle according to a direction and a size of an external force on the second line.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an operating system for operating a plurality of mobile platforms. The operating system includes: an operating terminal configured to allocate a bandwidth to a channel of each of the mobile platforms according to a mission of each of the mobile platforms to perform, the channel being used for the operating terminal to perform communications with each of the mobile platforms; and the plurality of mobile platforms each of which is configured to receive the mission from the operating terminal, and send a request to adjust and reallocate the bandwidth to the channel based on performance information about the mobile platforms. It is possible to operate the plurality of mobile platforms efficiently by using a limited frequency band.

Abstract: Provided is a zipper chain. The zipper chain includes a plurality of chain portions arranged to face each other and engaged with each other at one point while making linear movements. Each chain portion includes a plurality of upper plates connected to each other; a plurality of lower plates arranged to respectively face the upper plates, respectively spaced apart from the upper plates, and connected to each other; a plurality of connecting portions each connecting one of the upper plates to a corresponding one of the lower plates and connecting adjacent upper plates among the plurality of upper plates or adjacent lower plates among the plurality of lower plates; and a plurality of protrusions respectively protruding from the plurality of connecting portions.

Abstract: A shooting system includes a platform, a gun installed on the platform, a manipulator connected to the platform and the gun and configured to move the platform, a platform driver configured to drive the manipulator, and a controller configured to control the platform driver to drive the manipulator to move the platform based on transmitting a movement control signal to the platform driver, and determine whether the gun is unable to aim at a target.

Abstract: A remote control device includes: a display configured to receive a driving image and a monitoring image from each of N mobile robots, such that N driving images and M monitoring images are received, and to display the received N driving images and M monitoring images; a sensor configured to track a gaze of a user; and a controller configured to provide a control right to the user for a first robot of the N mobile robots as a master mobile robot based on the gaze of the user being tracked by the sensor as staying on the driving image or the monitoring image of the first robot displayed on the display.

Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for controlling a striking device. The apparatus for controlling the striking device equipped with a weapon to strike a target includes: a display unit which displays an image captured by a camera mounted on the striking device; a control unit which controls firing of the weapon; and a manipulation unit which transmits a fire signal to the control unit, wherein the control unit calculates the number of rounds of ammunition left in the striking device, calculates an accuracy rate which is a probability that the striking device will hit the target, and determines whether the target can be neutralized by considering the calculated number of rounds of ammunition left and the calculated accuracy rate for the target.

Abstract: A shooting system includes a platform, a gun installed on the platform, a manipulator connected to the platform and the gun and configured to move the platform, a platform driver configured to drive the manipulator, and a controller configured to control the platform driver to drive the manipulator to move the platform based on transmitting a movement control signal to the platform driver, and determine whether the gun is unable to aim at a target.