Robot Control and Intelligence Laboratory

Prof. Sanghyun Kim

Welcome to Robot Control and Intelligence Laboratory

The Robot Control and Intelligence Laboratory (RCI Lab)  was established in the spring of 2023, when Sanghyun Kim joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Kyung Hee University. Our research spans a variety of areas in robotics and automation, with a primary focus on developing redundant control, human-robot interaction, AI-based control, and trajectory optimization for using various robots, such as mobile manipulators and humanoids, in human-centered environments. 

Research Interests


The research interests of our lab broadly span many areas of robotics. Some of our main areas of interest include:

of mobile manipulator  for handling various complex tasks in human-centered environment

for legged robots with Inverse dynamics control and AI-based planning

for transporting heavy object


with various robots


2.5D Autonomous Navigation

with traversabiilty estimation and 3D SLAM


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News

2025.04

Eunae Kang , a Master's student, has been selected as the Principal Investigator for the 2025 Women in Engineering Graduate Research Team Program

: 신체적 제약 조건의 사용자를 위한 AI 기반 다감각 인터페이스를 활용한 로봇 원격 조작 기술 연구, 2025년 여대학원생 공학연구팀제 지원사업, 한국여성과학기술인육성재단 (WISET), 2025 

2025.03

Prof. Sanghyun Kim, is featured in iRobotNews as a young robotics engineer. article


RCI Lab  won a government grant from Korea Basic Science Institute.
: 휴머노이드 로봇 기반 초격차 연구 환경 조성: 인간 중심의 미래 기술 탐구, 신진연구자 인프라 지원 사업, 2025-2026

2025.02

One paper is accpeted to Mathematics.

: Joonyeol Yang(*), Minhyeong Kang(*), Seulchan Lee, Sanghyun Kim, "Hybrid A*-guided Model Predictive Path Integral Control for Robust Navigation in Rough Terrains", Mathematics, 2025. (*) Co-first author.


Sanghyun Kim will serve as an Associate Editor for  IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2025)


Eunae Kang and Jiho Hong presented the following papsers at the KROC 2025.

: 강은애, 홍지호, 김상현(*), 신영식(*), 개방어휘 의미론적 매핑을 통한 캡션 활용 내비게이션, 제20회 한국로봇종합학술대회, 2025, (*) 공동교신저자. 

: 강은애, 신영식, 김상현, 증강현실 기기를 이용한 음성 명령 기반 실시간 객체 세그멘테이션, 제20회 한국로봇종합학술대회, 2025. 


One paper is accpeted to Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology.

: Hakjun Kim, Sanghyun Kim(*), and J. Park(*), "Enhanced Online Parameter Estimation of Unknown Objects via Sparse Identification of Unmodeled Dynamics", Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology, 2025. (*) Co-corresponding authors

2025.01

Sanghyun Kim has been appointed as the organizing comittee for the IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots 2025 (Humanoids 2025).

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