Human Assistive & Dexterous System Laboratory
(HANDS Lab)

Our Laboratory is with the department of Robotics Engineering at Yeungnam University.
At HANDS Lab, we explore innovative technologies in robotic hands, wearable systems, and human augmentation to enhance human capabilities.
We focus on interdisciplinary research at the intersection of robotics, wearable systems, and human augmentation. Our main research areas include:

• Robot Hand & Gripper
  Development of dexterous robotic hands and industrial grippers inspired by human biomechanics.

• Wearable Robots for Human Augmentation
  Design of assistive and augmentative wearable robotic systems to support and enhance human capabilities.

• Pneumatic Soft Actuator
  Exploration of soft robotics technologies, focusing on pneumatic-driven actuators for adaptive and safe interaction.

• Multi-Axis Soft Sensor
  Development of low-cost, flexible sensors capable of measuring multi-axis forces and pressures for robotics and wearable applications.

• AI-based Autonomous Robots & Vision System
  Intelligent robotic systems with vision-based perception and control for autonomous tasks, such as wall-surface mapping and automated operations.

• [2025.12.12] 🏆 HANDS Lab Team 'YU Wings' Wins the Best Performance Award at the KSME Drone Design Competition .🎉Congratulations!
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• [2025.12] 🤖Jongjin Park and Taehoon Ham have joined HANDS Lab as undergraduate researchers. Welcome aboard!

• [2025.10.28] 🏆Seongbin Jeon Awarded the Grand Prize at the SW Global SW Capability Enhancement Program Capstone Design Competition! 🎉 Congratulations!

• [2025.10.25] 🏆HANDS Lab members Gyuhong Lee and Gunwoo Kim participated in the 15th KSME Student Creative Design Competition (KSCDC 2025) under the university-level free topic category and received the Bronze Prize for their project “A Smart Wallpapering Robot” Congratulations on this great achievement! 

• [2025.10.13] 🎓HANDS Lab undergraduate researcher Gyuhong Lee has been awarded the National Science and Engineering Scholarship and the CRETEC (Choi Young-Soo) Scholarship for his outstanding academic excellence in engineering. 

• [2025.08] 🤖Seongbin Jeon and Eunjae Jeong have joined HANDS Lab as undergraduate researchers. Welcome aboard! 

• [2025.07.01–2025.08.29] 🤝 Suphawit Phimsiri and Metha Wisupakan from Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi (RMUTT) have joined HANDS Lab to participate in the 2025 Global Capstone Design Project Intensive Course. 

• [2025.05] 🤖Gunwoo Kim and Gyuhong Lee have joined HANDS Lab as undergraduate researchers. Welcome aboard!

• [2025.03.01] 🎊We are pleased to announce the establishment of HANDS Lab (Human Assistive & Dexterous System Laboratory) at Yeungnam University. We warmly welcome new students, researchers, and collaborators to join us in advancing the future of robotic hands, wearable systems, and intelligent manipulation technologies.