Autonomy and Perceptual Robotics Lab (APRL) 🍏

Dept. of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering
DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology)

• Autonomy and Perceptual Robotics Lab (APRL, 로봇인식 및 자율화 연구실) at DGIST has been started in Dec 2024 by Giseop Kim. 

• Our Mission: APRL explores challenges in autonomous navigation and constructing world models for intelligent robots.

NEWS (sorted by the latest)

• (Jun. 2025) DGIST has been selected for Korea’s InnoCORE initiative on Bio-Embodied Physical AI — our lab, as part of the DGIST team, is recruiting talented postdocs in SLAM, 3D vision, and vision-language navigation. 

• (May. 2025) Our lab is supported by the fund, AI Star Fellowship, from Ministry of Science and ICT for next six years (2025-2030).

• (Apr. 2025) Jiseon Kim has joined APRL as an undergraduate researcher. 

• (Mar. 2025) Bokeon Suh has joined APRL as an undergraduate researcher. 

• (Dec. 2024) Autonomy and Perceptual Robotics Lab (APRL) at DGIST has been started in Dec 2024 by Giseop Kim.