Research Interests
Robot Mechanics & Control; Telerobotcs/Haptics/VR; Aerial Robots & Manipulation; Autonomous Mobility; Industrial Control Applications
Services
Journal Editorial Board
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2019-
Associate Editor, IEEE Robotics & Automation Letters, 2018 - 2020
Associate Editor, International Journal of Control, Automation & Systems, 2018-
Associate Editor, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, June 2010 - July 2014
Deputy Editor, Journal of Korea Robotics Society (in Korean), 2016 - 2018
Guest Editor, Autonomous Robots, RSS 2015 Special Issue​ (w/ D. Hsu & J. Neira)
Guest Editor, IJRR, RSS 2015 Special Issue (w/ J. Neira & D. Hsu)
Advanced Robotics, Special Issue on "New Horizons in Telerobotics for Real-Life Applications"
Conference Committee
Editor: IEEE ICRA Conference Editorial Board 2015, 2016, 2017
Area Chair: RSS 2015
Co-Chair: IEEE RAS Technical Committee on Telerobotics, 2012-2016
Program Committee:
RSS 2009, 2014, 2017; IEEE CDC 2010; DARS 2014; URA 2017
Associate Editor:
IEEE ICRA 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014; IEEE/RSJ IROS 2008, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2017
WHC 2017; IEEE CCTA 2017
Society Service
Multimedia Editor, Springer Handbook of Robotics (2nd ed.)
Awards/Honors
Best Video Award, Int'l Conf. on Ubiquitous Robots & Ambient Intelligence (URAI), Oct. 2013.
Best Paper Award, Int'l Conf. on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS), June 2012
Best Paper Award, KRoC 2020
Outstanding Paper Award, ICROS 2017, 2019, KRoC 2019
Outstanding Video Award, KRoC 2017, 2018
Best Demo Award, Korea Haptics Workshop 2017
US National Science Foundation CAREER Award 2009.
Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 2002-2003.