Wansoo Kim, Ph.D.

I am an assistant professor in Robotics department at Hanyang University ERICA, Republic of Korea. I received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Hanyang University, Korea in 2008 and a Ph.D. degree in mechanical engineering from Hanyang University, Korea in 2015 (Integrated MS/PhD program). I was with Human-Robot Interfaces and Physical Interaction (HRI2) Lab., Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa, Italy from 2016 to 2021. I has developed several exoskeleton systems such as HEXAR-Hanyang Exoskeleton Assistive Robot, and conducted research on the control of the powered exoskeleton robot through the physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) knowledge. I was involved in a Horizon-2020 project SOPHIA (No. 871237) and an European Research Council project Ergo-lean (No. 850932). I has contributed to several projects in the field of exoskeleton robot in Korean projects (High responsive control technology of a lower-limb exoskeleton under rough terrain, Development of Wearable Robot for Industrial Labor Support, etc.), and joint R&D projects with a company (DSME and LIG Nex1). I was the winner of the Solution Award 2019 (Premio Innovazione Robotica at MECSPE2019), the winner of the KUKA Innovation Award 2018, the winner of the HYU best PhD paper award 2015, and the winner of the ICCAS best presentation award 2014.

My research interests are in Physical human-robot interaction (pHRI), human-robot collaboration, Shared Control, Ergonomics, Human modelling, Feedback devices, and powered exoskeleton robot.