People

DRCD Member

Director

Hae-Won Park

Research Interests
Optimization-based Control and Design of Legged Robots
Model Predictive Control
Bioinspired Robots

Professional Experience

Feb 2022 to Present
Associate Professor
Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Feb 2020 to Present
Director
Humanoid Robot Research Center, KAIST

Feb 2019 to 2022
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Engineering, KAIST

Feb 2019 to 2022
Adjunct Professor
Mechanical Science and Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sep 2015 to 2019
Assistant Professor
Mechanical Science and Engineering,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Sep 2017 to 2019
Assistant Professor
Coordinated Science Laboratory,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

June 2014 to June 2015
Research Scientist
Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Supervisor: Sangbae Kim, Ph.D

June 2012 to June 2014
Postdoctoral Associate
Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Supervisor: Sangbae Kim, Ph.D

Sep 2007 to Apr 2012
Research Assistant
Mechanical Engineering,
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
Supervisor: Jessy Grizzle, Ph.D

Feb 2005 to Feb 2007
Research Assistant
Mechanical Engineering,
Yonsei University
Supervisor: Young-Pil Park, Ph.D

Education

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, May 2012
Thesis: Control of a Bipedal Robot Walker on Rough Terrain
Advisor: Jessy Grizzle, Ph.D

Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2007
Thesis: Design, Analysis, and Experiment of a Dolphin Robot
Advisor: Young-Pil Park, Ph.D

Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Feb 2005
Thesis: Design of a Small Size Six-Legged Walking Robot Using Electromagnet Actuators
Advisor: Hyun-Seok Yang, Ph.D

PhD Students

KangKyu Lee

Ph.D Candidate
B.S. KAIST MECH ENG
M.S. KAIST MECH ENG

- Humanoid Robot
- Designer of CYBO

Soonpyo Kwon

Ph.D Candidate
B.S. SKKU MECH ENG
M.S. KAIST MECH ENG

- Elevation Mapping
- GPU acceleration

JongHun Choe

Ph.D Candidate
B.S. KAIST MECH ENG
M.S. KAIST MECH ENG

- Humanoid / Quadruped
- Robot Design
- Walking Algorithm

Min-Gyu Kim

Ph.D Candidate
B.S. KAIST MECH ENG
M.S. KAIST MECH ENG

- Quadraped Robot Control

Hajun Kim

Ph.D Candidate
B.S. YONSEI MECH ENG
M.S. KAIST MECH ENG

-Sensor Fusion
-Optimal Control
- Learning based Control

Yong Um

Ph.D Candidate
(Integrated program)
B.S. KAIST MECH ENG

- Quadruped Robot Design
- Magnetic Device Design

Gijeong Kim

Ph.D Candidate
B.S. KAIST MECH ENG
M.S. KAIST MECH ENG

- Quadruped Robot Control
- Trajectory Optimization

Sangyoung Woo

Ph.D Candidate
B.S. HANYANG MECH ENG
M.S. KAIST MECH ENG

- Actuator Design

Yonghoon Lee

Ph.D. Candidate
B.S. KAIST MECH ENG
M.S. KAIST MECH ENG

- Quadruped Robot Control
- Imitation Learning
- Agile Motion

Dongyun Kang

Ph.D. Candidate
B.S. KAIST Mathematical Science
M.S. KAIST MECH ENG
https://kdyun0118.github.io/

- Legged Robot Control
- Learning-based Control
- Motion Generation