Professor

Hyung-Tae Seo

Robust Control Theories

Disturbance observer (DOB)-based control, 𝓗∞ control, Sliding mode control (SMC)
Learning-based robust control

Actuation & Robotics

Compact hydraulic actuation: Electrohydrostatic actuation (EHA)
Robotics: Gait pattern generation, Series elastic actuation (SEA), Exoskeleton, Mobile manipulator

Process Automation Systems

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Assistant Professor (Mar. 2026 – present)

School of Electrical Engineering, College of Creative Engineering, Kookmin Univierstiy (KMU)
PI of Advanced Robotics and Control (ARC) Lab.
Associate Editor, Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (JMST)

Assistant Professor (Mar. 2023 – Feb. 2026)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Creative Engineering, Kyonggi Univierstiy (KGU)

Staff researcher (Feb. 2020 – Feb. 2023)

Autonomous Materials Development (AMD) Lab., Material Research Center, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Kyung-Soo Kim) (Mar. 2013 – Feb. 2020)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
Dissertation : A Study on Improving the Response of Electro-Hydrostatic Actuation (EHA) System Based on Hybrid Actuation Control

M.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Kyung-Soo Kim) (Mar. 2011 – Feb. 2013)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea
Thesis : Optimal Disturbance Observer (DOB) Design Using an 𝓗∞ Approach

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (Supervisor: Prof. Kyung-Soo Kim) (Mar. 2007 – Feb. 2011)

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea

Best Paper Award(Undergraduate student), The 40th Annual Conference of the Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS 2025), 2025
Best Paper Award(Undergraduate student), The 39th Annual Conference of the Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS 2024), 2024
Best Paper Award, The 32nd Annual Conference of the Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS 2017), 2017
Grand Prize, The 2016 spring conference of Korean Society for Precision Engineering (KSPE 2016), 2016
Best Paper Award, The 28th Annual Conference of the Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS 2013), 2013

E-mail htseo@kookmin.ac.kr

Office Tel. +82 02 910 4703

Office Rm 709, Future Hall, Kookmin University, 77 Jeongneung-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02707, Korea

Lab. Rm 504-1, Future Hall, Kookmin University, 77 Jeongneung-ro, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, 02707, Korea

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