Research Overview Wearables & Prosthetics Bioinspired Robots Soft Robots Deployable Robots Rapid Soft Inspiring the Venus flytrap, we develop a flytrap robot generating a rapid soft morphing locomotion by Using shape memory alloy(SMA), the robot actuates artificial leaves made from asymmetrically laminated Best poster award ​ Seung-Won Kim, Je-Sung Koh, Maenghyo Cho, and Kyu-Jin Cho, “Soft morphing of flytrap robot using bending propagating actuation,” Journal of Institute of Control Robotics and Systems (ICROS

Harvard Microrobotics Lab 2007.2 - 2007.5 Post Doc, MIT Research Interest Biologically Inspired Robotics Soft Robotics Soft Wearable Robots Assistive/Rehabilitation Robots Micro Machining Smart Composite Micro Structures Shape Deposition Manufacturing Smart Actuator Awards 2014 IEEE RAS Early Career Award 2014

Research Overview Wearables & Prosthetics Bioinspired Robots Soft Robots Deployable Robots Passive arm The intended goal of the research is to assist workers with frequent use of upper limbs by applying a soft The reaction force generated by the passive spring actuator is “anchored” via the distribution of force Upper limb Related papers and patents Daegeun Park and Kyu-Jin Cho, “Development and evaluation of a soft

Jungmin Ahn, and Kyu-Jin Cho, "Towards Tendon-based Integrated Tracking and Constraining System for a Soft Jeong, Brian Byunghyun Kang, and Kyu-Jin Cho, “Investigation of design parameters of slack enabling actuator Useok Jeong, Haemin Lee, Hyunki In, and Kyu-Jin Cho, “Control Strategy of Slack Enabling Tendon Actuator Jongwoo Kim, Jesung Koh, and Kyu-Jin Cho, “The analysis on LT SMA wire actuators for medical devices Je-Sung Koh, Jung-hoon Lim and Kyu-Jin Cho, “Toward foldable robot actuated by SMA torsional spring actuator

Research Overview Wearables & Prosthetics Bioinspired Robots Soft Robots Deployable Robots Milli-Scale This work proposes a novel design for a small and lightweight climbing robot that uses a single actuator A quick return leg is designed to enable phase overlap without requiring an extra actuator.

Candidate · E-mail : sunpill20 @ snu.ac.kr · Research Topic : Origami Robots & Soft Robots Christian Candidate · E-mail : schubs @ snu.ac.kr · Research Topic : Soft wearable robots & Lower-limb orthopedic Candidate · E-mail : jaemineom @ snu.ac.kr · Research Topic : Soft robots Sangjoon Ahn ​안상준 Ph.D. Actuators Jae-Ryeong Choi ​최재령 Ph.D. Candidate · E-mail : wk000106@snu.ac.kr · Research Topic : Soft Robotics Bada Seo ​서바다 Ph.D.

2017-06 Woongbae Kim Jae-Kyeong Kim won 3rd Place at Soft Material Robot Challenge, 2017 ICRA 2017-04 from 23th Samsung Humantech Paper Award with the paper, "Design of Variable Diameter Wheel based on Soft Bug That Leaps and Flips Just Like an Insect 2016-05 Our work is on IEEE SPECTRUM : Video Friday – Soft Cited Article Award. 2014-08 The paper "Self-Folding Origami using Torsion Shape Memory Alloy Wire Actuators 지원센터 주관 노약자/장애인을 위한 보조기기 공모전 2010-11 Best paper award, "Jumping device with shape memory alloys(SMA) actuators

Research Overview Wearables & Prosthetics Bioinspired Robots Soft Robots Deployable Robots An omnidirectional To minimize the mass increase, our strategy was to minimize the number of actuators. Therefore, this robot can perform four functions with only two actuators. ​

Research Overview Wearables & Prosthetics Bioinspired Robots Soft Robots Deployable Robots Bistable jumping jumps when the snap-through of the bistable mechanism occurs, which is triggered by a SMA coil spring actuator

Research Overview Wearables & Prosthetics Bioinspired Robots Soft Robots Deployable Robots Hand assistive However, there are limitations cause from various transmission and actuation methods for high degree We focused on developing a soft wearable device named GRIPIT that enables people with hand paralysis Byungchul Kim, Hyunki In, and Kyu-Jin Cho, “strap driven system for hand soft exoskeleton,” International Association for the Advancement of Assistive Technology) · E-mail : kbc1990 at snu.ac.kr · Research Topic : Soft

Candidate · E-mail : mshe.research@gmail.com · Research Topic : Soft Robots Chunghoon Park 박정훈 M.S. Candidate · E-mail : · Research Topic : Soft Robots In-chul Jeong 정인철 M.S. Candidate · E-mail : dnr0412@snu.ac.kr · Research Topic : Soft Robots JaeHyun Lee 이재현 M.S.

Research Overview Wearables & Prosthetics Bioinspired Robots Soft Robots Deployable Robots Origami-inspired The simplicity of the stiffening mechanism enables an actuation system to drive shape and stiffness changes