Compact Soft Tactile Actuator Based on Stacked Electroosmotic Pumps for Wearable Haptics

T.S. Ngo, C. Shultz, J.-H. Youn✉

IEEE Haptics Symposium 2026  (Accepted)

Strain2Force: Compact Nail-Based Sensor for 3DOF Contact Force Estimation

Y. Chen, X. Sun, J.-H. Youn, C. Shultz✉

IEEE Haptics Symposium 2026  (Accepted)

Mag-Chain: Reconfigurable 6-DOF Tangible Interfaces Using Magnetic Chains

J.-H. Youn✉, S.H. Lee, C. Shultz

ACM TEI 2026  (Accepted)

Pushing the Boundary: Force Sensitivity at the Edges of the Finger for Mixed Reality Haptics 

J.-H. Youn✉, A. Israr, C. Shultz

IEEE World Haptics Conference 2025  link

HaptiCoil: Soft Programmable Buttons with Hydraulically Coupled Haptic Feedback and Sensing

J.-H. Youn✉, S.H. Lee, C. Shultz

ACM CHI 2025  link

Skin-attached haptic patch enabling versatile and augmented tactile interaction

J.-H. Youn, S. Jang, I. Hwang, Q. Pei, S. Yun✉, K.-U. Kyung✉

Science Advances 2025  link

Real-Time Shape Estimation of Hyper-Redundant Flexible Manipulator using Coiled Fiber Sensors

Y. Yi, J.-H. Youn, J.-S. Kim, D.S. Kwon✉, K.-U. Kyung✉

Soft Robotics 2024  link

Dynamically reconfigurable shape-morphing and tactile display enabled by hydraulically coupled mergeable and splitable PVC gel actuator

S. Jang, M. Cho, H. Kim, M. Choi, S. Mun, J.-H. Youn, J.-H. Park, G. Hwang, I. Hwang, S. Yun, K.-U. Kyung✉

Science Advances 2024 (Headline article)  link

Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Force Sensor Incorporated into Soft Robotic Gripper for Improved Grasping Stability

H. Mun, D.S.D. Cortes, J.-H. Youn, K.-U. Kyung✉

Soft Robotics 2024  link

A compliant microgripper actuated by soft polymer actuator with adaptive grasping and releasing by vibration

J.-H. Youn, J.-S. Koh✉, K.-U. Kyung✉

Soft Robotics 2024  link

Height-renderable morphable tactile display enabled by programmable modulation of local stiffness in photothermally active polymer

I. Hwang, S. Mun, J.-H. Youn, H. J. Kim, S.K. Park, T. Kang, Q. Pei, S. Yun✉

Nature Communications 2024 (Featured article)  link

Compliant microgripper using soft polymer actuator

J.-H. Youn, J.-S. Koh, K.-U. Kyung✉

IEEE ICRA 2023  link

Triboelectric-Based Film-Type Soft Robot Driven via Low-Frequency Mechanical Stimuli

S. Ji, J. Shin, J. Yoon, J.-H. Youn, J. Ma, K.-U. Kyung, D.H. Kim, J. Park✉

Int J. Precis. Eng. Manuf. –Green Technol. 2023  link

Highly efficient and durable triboelectric-nano generator for impact energy harvesting

J. Ma, J.-H. Youn, H. Cho, J. Park✉, K.-U. Kyung✉

Nano Energy 2022  link

Embeddable Coiled Soft Sensor-Based Joint Angle Sensing for Flexible Surgical Manipulator

Y. Yi, J.-H. Youn, K.-U. Kyung✉, D.-S. Kwon✉

IEEE/RSJ IROS 2022  link

Development of a Three-axis Monolithic Flexure-based Ground Reaction Force Sensor for Various Gait Analysis

S. Jang*, J.-H. Youn*, S.H. Lim, S.S. Kim, U. Kim✉, K.-U. Kyung✉ (*Equally contributed)

IEEE Robotics Automation Letter 2022  link

Highly Stretchable-Compressible Coiled Polymer Sensor for Soft Continuum Manipulator

J.-H. Youn, H. Mun, S. Jang, K.-U. Kyung✉

Smart Materials and Structures 2022  link

A Wearable Soft Tactile Actuator With High Output Force for Fingertip Interaction

J.-H. Youn, H. Mun, K.-U. Kyung✉

IEEE Access 2021  link

Self-sensing Soft Tactile Actuator for Fingertip Interface

J.-H. Youn, I.B. Yasir, K.-U. Kyung✉

IEEE/RSJ IROS 2020  link

Vibration suppression using tunable vibration absorber based on stiffness variable magneto-rheological gel

B.C. Shin, J.-H. Youn, Y.K. Kim✉, K.S. Kim✉

Review of Scientific Instruments 2015  link

A feasibility study of designing a tunable vibration absorber using stiffness variable magnetorheological gel

B.C. Shin, J.-H. Youn, Y.K. Kim, K.S. Kim✉

IEEE/ASME AIM 2015  link