People

MEMBERS

The people driving extreme environment robotics

Modern extreme environment robotics requires multidisciplinary collaboration. Our center boasts 21 faculty members, numerous global postdocs, and over 15 partner institutions.

GIST Faculty (12 Members)

Hyo-Sung Ahn

Hyo-Sung Ahn

Center Director
Expertise: Control Systems, Integration


Pilwon Hur

Pilwon Hur

G1 Group Lead
Expertise: RL Gait, Manipulation


Jaehoon Seol

G2 Group Lead
Expertise: 2D Material IR Sensors


Seunghyun Lee

G3 Group Lead
Expertise: Thermal Management, Energy Systems


Jaewuk Lee

G4 Group Lead
Expertise: Communication, Mission Manager


Pyojin Kim

Participating Faculty
Expertise: Vision, SLAM


Jiyeon Kang

Participating Faculty
Expertise: AI Perception, Foundation Models


Hyunseok Oh

Participating Faculty
Expertise: AI Reliability, Anomaly Detection


Minkyung Kim

Participating Faculty
Expertise: Meta-structure Design


Solkeun Ji

Participating Faculty
Expertise: CFD Numerical Analysis


Kwangsup Eom

Participating Faculty
Expertise: Battery Materials


Jinhyeon Bae

Participating Faculty
Expertise: System Integration


University Faculty (9 Members)

Ah-young Hong


Chonnam National Univ.
Expertise: Mobile Robots

Hyong-Il Son


Chonnam National Univ.
Expertise: KAREX, Multi-robots

Jaeheung Park


Seoul National Univ.
Expertise: Humanoid HW, Whole-body Control

Jeonghyo Na


Chungnam National Univ.
Expertise: Tactile Sensors

Kiyong Oh


Hanyang Univ.
Expertise: RUL Prediction

Jonghun Kim


Chungnam National Univ.
Expertise: BMS Algorithms

Duck-Jong Kim


Gyeongsang National Univ.
Expertise: Active Thermal Switch

Hyungbo Shim


Seoul National Univ.
Expertise: Distributed Consensus, Control

Jongeun Choi


Yonsei Univ.
Expertise: System Integration

InnoCORE Fellows (Postdocs)

(Recruitment ongoing. Profiles of our ~25 annual global postdoctoral researchers will be added here once selected.)

Global Mentors

Our researchers collaborate with around 20 distinguished international scholars and industry leaders, including 4 confirmed distinguished mentors.

Research Institutes (8 Institutions)

  • KOPRI (Korea Polar Research Institute)
  • KIMM (Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials)
  • KIRO (Korea Institute of Robot and Convergence)
  • KITECH (Korea Institute of Industrial Technology)
  • KETI (Korea Electronics Technology Institute)
  • KIST (Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
  • KOCETI (Korea Construction Equipment Technology Institute)
  • KIER (Korea Institute of Energy Research)

Participating Companies (8 Companies)

LG Electronics, TESOLLO, SOS LAB, i3system, JJNS, ZETV, NT Robot, Blue Robin.


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