Current Projects
Funded projects led by AIRLAB (PI)
Elderly-friendly Shared Autonomy for Teleoperated Robots in Superaged Society
Goal: Develop a robotic system to support the elderly to work on remote tasks using multi-modal human and sensing interfaces
Funding agency: National Research Foundation of Korea (연구재단 기초연구실)
Project term: Aug 2024 - Apr 2027
Coordinated task and motion planning for multiple robotic manipulators
Goal: Develop methods for coordination and collaboration of multiple heterogeneous robots including manipulators and mobile robots
Funding agency: National Research Foundation of Korea (연구재단 우수신진연구)
Project term: Mar 2022 - Feb 2027
Fully-automated insertion of industrial cables
Goal: Develop technologies for flexible cable insertion using robotic manipulators
Funding agency: Industrial project (Oversee company)
Project term: Mar 2023 - Feb 2024
Planning for manipulation tasks in semiconductor processes
Goal: Develop grasp and manipulation technologies for industrial tasks
Funding agency: Industrial project (Samsung Electronics)
Project term: Mar 2022 - Feb 2025
Robot Manipulation Technology for Vision Inspection
Goal: Consult on robot manipulation technologies to enhance vision inspection processes
Funding agency: Industrial project (LG Electronics)
Project term: Aug 2024 - Oct 2024
Funded projects where AIRLAB participates in as a co-PI
Development of Humanoid Robot with Human-level manipulation skills and Advanced Human-Robot Interface
Goal: Develop dual-arm manipulation technologies to handle deformable objects and large objects
Funding agency: Ministry of Science and ICT of Korea (STEAM글로벌융합연구지원사업)
Project term: Jul 2024 - Dec 2028
Development of Harmonic-space Operation using Seamless Information Sharing among Large-scale Heterogeneous Unmanned Vehicles
Goal: Develop task and motion planning algorithms for multiple mobile robots using geometric and semantic environmental information
Funding agency: Ministry of Science and ICT (STEAM글로벌융합연구지원사업)
Project term: Jul 2024 - Dec 2028
Adaptive Visuotactile-Fusion-Based Medical Robotics Applications: Robotic Grasping of Human Tissues and Physical Examination for Simultaneous Inspection and Palpation
Goal: Develop manipulation technologies that use visual and tactile information
Funding agency: National Research Foundation of Korea (연구재단 우수신진연구)
Project term: Apr 2024 - Mar 2029
Development of a Continual Intelligence-enhancing RaaS Framework based on Human-Robot Shared Control
Goal: Develop an algorithm that allocates teleoperation tasks to human operators based on task information and human factors
Funding agency: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy of Korea (로봇산업기술개발사업)
Project term: Jul 2024 - Mar 2028
Past Projects
NRF start-up grant for early career faculty
Goal: Support outstanding early career researchers to build lab facilities and purchase resources
Funding agency: National Research Foundation of Korea
Project term: 2022
Manipulation of flexible cables for industrial insertion tasks
Goal: Develop methods based on reinforcement learning for flexible cable insertion using robotic manipulators
Funding agency: Industrial project (Oversee company)
Project term: Mar 2022 - Feb 2023
Manipulation of deformable objects via deep reinforcement learning
Goal: Develop technologies for human-level visuo-tactile sensing for object manipulation of soft-shell deformable objects
Funding agency: Samsung Science & Technology Foundation (삼성미래기술육성센터)
Project term: Sep 2021 - Aug 2023
Robot task planning for single and multiple robots connected to a cloud system
Goal: Develop technologies generating task plans for single and multiple robots to perform industrial tasks
Funding agency: IITP
Project term: Apr 2020 - Feb 2021
Development of manipulation technologies in social contexts for human-care service robots
Goal: Develop task and motion planning algorithms for robotic manipulators working in cluttered environments
Funding agency: KEIT
Project term: Jul 2018 - Feb 2021
Development of robot hand manipulation intelligence to learn methods and procedures for handling various objects with tactile robot hands
Goal: Develop a full-stack SW architecture for object manipulation for real-world deployments
Funding agency: IITP
Project term: Jan 2019 - Dec 2019