Wansoo Kim

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Personal Data

Name: Wansoo Kim, Ph.D.
Affilitation: Robotics Department Hanyang Univ. ERICA
Position: Associate professor, Team Leader of Harco LAB

Scientific Education

(Mar.2008 - Feb.2015) Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea
(Mar.2004 - Feb.2008) Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Hanyang University ERICA, Ansan-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Research Experiences

(Since Mar. 2024) Associate Professor at Robotics Department,Hanyang University ERICA, Republic of Korea
(Mar.2021 - Feb.2024) Assistant Professor at Robotics Department,Hanyang University ERICA, Republic of Korea
(May 2016 - Feb.2021) Post-Doc. at Human-Robot Interface and Physical Interaction(HRI^2) Lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Italy
(Mar.2015 - May 2016) Post-Doc. at Research Institute of Engineering & Technology, Hanyang University ERICA, Republic of Korea
(Mar.2008 - Feb.2015) Research Assistant at Cim & Robotics Lab, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
(Aug.2006 - Feb.2008) Intern researcher at Cim & Robotics Lab., Hanyang University, Republic of Korea

Research Interests

Wansoo Kim received the B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Hanyang University ERICA campus, Korea in 2008 and PhD degree in mechanical engineering from Hanyang University, Korea in 2015 (Integrated MS/PhD program). He was a post-doctoral researcher at Human-Robot Interfaces and Physical Interaction Lab, Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Italy from 2016 to 2021. He is an assistant professor with Robotics Department, Hanyang University ERICA, Republic of Korea. He has developed several exoskeleton systems and collaborative robot (Cobot), and conducted research on the control of the powered exoskeleton robot and ergonomics collaboration control with Cobot through the physical human-robot interaction (pHRI) knowledge. He was involved in a Horizon-2020 project SOPHIA (No. 871237) and an European Research Council project Ergo-lean (No. 850932). He has contributed to several projects in the field of exoskeleton robot in Korean projects (Development of Wearable Robot for Industrial Labor Support, etc.) He was the winner of the Solution Award 2019, the winner of the KUKA Innovation Award 2018, of the HYU best PhD paper award 2015, and of the ICCAS best presentation award 2014. His research interests are in Physical human-robot interaction (pHRI), human-robot collaboration, Shared Control, Ergonomics, Human modelling, Feedback devices, and powered exoskeleton robot.

Exoskeleton Robot
Human Robot Interaction & Control
Human Rrgonomics
Collaborative Robot
Mobile Manipulator

Academic Activities

Reviewer

IEEE/RSJ IROS, IEEE ICRA, ICORR, UR, RSS
IEEE T-RO, IEEE RA-L, IEEE T-ASE, IEEE T-H, IEEE T-IE, IEEE T-NSRE, IJRR, RCIM

Associated Editor

(Jan 2023 - present) IJRR: Human-Centered Robotics and Automation
(Oct 2022 - present) Mechatronics
(Oct 2022 - present) Frontier in Robotics and AI

Awards

(Sept. 2020) Best Paper Award Finalist, IEEE ROMAN 2020
(Mar. 2020) Premio Innovazione Robotica 2019 (Solution Award in Robotics 2019) Winner, Comitato Tecnico Scientifico, Italy
(Apr. 2018) KUKA Innovation Award Winner, Innovation Award 2018, KUKA
(Feb. 2015) Best Ph.D Thesis Award, Graduate School, Hanyang University
(Oct. 2014) Best Presentation Award, 2014 14th International Conference on Control, Automation, and Systems (ICCAS), ICROS
(Jun. 2011) Best Paper Award, Korean Society for Precision Engineering (KSPE) 2011 Autumn Conference, KSPE
(Nov. 2010) Best Paper Award, Korean Society for Precision Engineering (KSPE) 2010 Spring Conference, KSPE