2020.08-present, Assistant professor, KAIST, Korea
2016.06-2020.07, Research scientist, DLR, Germany
2016.03-2016.05, Post-doc researcher, POSTECH, Korea
2010.03-2016.02, Ph.D., POSTECH, Korea
2006.03-2010.02, B.S., Korea University, Korea
Reviewer:
IEEE/RSJ IROS, IEEE ICRA, IEEE CASE
IEEE T-RO, IEEE RA-L, IEEE T-IE, IEEE T-NSRE, JCAS, Mathematical problems in engineering, European journal of control, Intelligent service robotics
Associated editor:
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2017-2019
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018, 2019, 2020
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020, 2021, 2022
Administrative staff
Hwajeong Lee
International
K. Kim, J. Lee, and M. J. Kim, "Augmented SE(3)-diffusion models for Fingered Grasp Generation from Raw 3D Scenes with a Single Tabletop Object", IEEE SII 2025
K. Kim, D. Park, and M. J. Kim, “A Reachability Tree-Based Algorithm for Robot Task and Motion Planning”, IEEE ICRA 2023
Domestic
K. Kim, and M. J. Kim, “Optimization-based Manipulation Planning for Dual-arm Robot with Neural Graspable Set”, The 19th KRoC
K. Kim, D. Park, and M. J. Kim, “Reachability tree-based Task and Motion Planner using Abstract Action Plan Sampling”, The 18th KRoC
International
J. Jeong, S. Park, S. Lee, D. Youn, and M. J. Kim, "Designing an End-to-End UAV System for Insulator Inspection under Transmission Tower Environments", IEEE ICEIC 2024
J. Jeong, and M. J. Kim, “Passivity-based Decentralized Control for Collaborative Grasping of Under-Actuated Aerial Manipulators”, IEEE ICRA 2023
J. Jeong, H. Mishra, C.Ott, and M. J. Kim, "A Memory-based SO(3) Parameterization: Theory and Application to 6D Impedance Control with Radially Unbounded Potential Function", IEEE ICRA 2022
J. Jeong, M. J. Kim, “Interaction control of under-actuated UAV capable of exerting downward force”, ANBRE21
Domestic
J. Jeong, and M. J. Kim, “Decentralized Passive Impedance Control Method for Collaborative Grasping of Aerial Manipulators”, The 18th KRoC
S. Lee, J. Jeong, and M. J. Kim, “Implementation of Impedance Controller for Redundant Robot Manipulators Using Extended Exponential Coordinates”, The 37th ICROS (winner of the outstanding undergraduate paper award)
International
T. Kim, J. W. Han, and M. J. Kim "Safe Robot Teleoperation with Constrained Nonlinear Disturbance Observer", IEEE RiTA 2024
J. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Learning-based method for Estimating Free Motion Disturbances Using Historical Velocity Memory” (poster presentation), IEEE ICCAS 2024
J. W. Han, D. Park, and M. J. Kim "Constrained Nonlinear Disturbance Observer for Robotic Systems", IEEE ICRA 2024
Domestic
J. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “QP-Based Precision Robot Motion Control with Robot Environment Interaction Capability and Sensorless Setup”, The 19th KRoC
International
S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Learning Multi-Contact Localization via Diffusion Models with Proprioceptive Sensing,” 2025 RSS Workshop on Navigating Contact Dynamics in Robotics
S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “CDM: Contact Diffusion Model for Multi-Contact Point Localization”, IEEE ICRA 2025
S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Contact Estimation Diffusion Model for Collaborative Robots” (poster presentation), IEEE ICCAS 2024
S. W. Han, M. Iskandar, J. Lee and M. J. Kim, “Online Multi-Contact Feedback Model Predictive Control for Interactive Robotic Tasks", IEEE ICRA 2024
S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Proprioceptive Sensor-Based Simultaneous Multi-Contact Point Localization and Force Identification for Robotic Arms”, IEEE ICRA 2023
Domestic
S. W. Han, M. Iskandar, J. Lee, and M. J. Kim, “Optimization-based Multi-Contact Force Control”, The 19th KRoC
S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Multi-Contact Point Localization and Force Identification for Collaborative Robot Arm using Proprioceptive Sensor”, The 18th KRoC
Awards
ICROS Daejeon-Chungcheong Branch Academic Conference Outstanding Paper Award
International
S. Park, and M. J. Kim, "Design of a Fully Actuated Drone with Non-Isotropic Wrench Shape", IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024
J. Jeong, S. Park, S. Lee, D. Youn, and M. J. Kim, "Designing an End-to-End UAV System for Insulator Inspection under Transmission Tower Environments", IEEE ICEIC 2024
International
J. Kim, and M.J. Kim, "Disturbance-Aware Model Predictive Control of Underactuated Robotics Systems", IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024
International
S. M. Kim, and M. J. Kim, “Learning Reactive Motion Policies by Leveraging Latent Data Manifolds” (poster presentation), IEEE ICCAS 2024
Domestic
이효준, 김성민, 김민준, “전문가 개입 없이 안전한 매니퓰레이터의 강인제어 매개변수 자동 튜닝 방법”, 2023 한국정밀공학회 추계학술대회 논문집(KSPE), November, 2023.
International
J. Jeong, S. Park, S. Lee, D. Youn, and M. J. Kim, "Designing an End-to-End UAV System for Insulator Inspection under Transmission Tower Environments", IEEE ICEIC 2024
Domestic
S. Lee, J. Jeong, and M. J. Kim, “Implementation of Impedance Controller for Redundant Robot Manipulators Using Extended Exponential Coordinates”, The 37th ICROS (winner of the outstanding undergraduate paper award)
International
T. H. Yun, and M. J. Kim, "Disturbance Observer With Constraints", in IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 8, pp. 1949-1954, 2024. (presented in 63rd IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Milano, Italy)
Domestic
T. H. Yun ”Smart Air Circulator for indoor environment”, The 17th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC2022), PyeongChang, Korea, May. 11-14, 2022. (Undergraduate Excellent Dissertation Award).
International
Tung Minh Luu, Younghwan Lee, Donghoon Lee, Sunho Kim, Min Jun Kim, Chang D. Yoo. "Enhancing Rating-Based Reinforcement Learning to Effectively Leverage Feedback from Large Vision-Language Models." Forty-second International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2025.
Sunho Kim, Hayeon Park, and Chang-Gun Lee. "Optimizing the Response Time for ROS Tasks in Multi-Core Processors." 2023 IEEE/ACM 27th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT). IEEE, 2023.
Domestic
Sunho Kim, Dongmin Shin and Chang-Gun Lee. "Autoware Controller Interface for Actual Vehicle Driving," Korea Computer Congress, 2022.
International
J. Lee, W. Han, E. Kim, I. Choi and S. Yang, "A Stiffness-controlled Robotic Palm based on a Granular Jamming Mechanism," 2020 17th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR)
Jiwan Han (M.S. 2023, continuing as a Ph.D. student)
Seo Wook Han (M.S. 2024, continuing as a Ph.D. student)
Hyojun Lee (M.S. 2024)
Seongsu Park (M.S. 2024, continuing as a Ph.D. student)
Suhwan Sung (M.S. 2024)
Jiwon Kim (M.S. 2025, continuing as a Ph.D. student)
Sungmin Kim (M.S. 2025, continuing as a Ph.D. student)
Sanghoon Lee (M.S. 2025, continuing as a Ph.D. student)
Taeho Yun (M.S. 2025, continuing as a Ph.D. student)
Young Bin Lee (M.S. 2025)
Seung Min Yang (M.S. 2025)