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

2024.11

Minhyeong Kang and Jiho Hong presented the following papsers at the KSME Annual Meeting 2024.

: 강민형(*), 박이새(*), 장근우, 박범영(**), 김상현(**),  모델 예측 경로 적분을 활용한 하이브리드 케이블 구동 로봇의 전신 제어기 개발, 대한기계학회 2024년 추계학술대회, 2024. (*) 공동1저자, (**) 공동교신저자 

: 홍지호(*), 강은애(*), 김상현, 신영식, 시각-언어 내비게이션을 위한 개방 어휘 기반의 의미론적 맵핑, 대한기계학회 2024년 추계학술대회, 2024. (*) 공동1저자

2024.10

RCI Lab  won a grant from  HL Mando. Co.

: 실외용 이동로봇의 Local Path Planning 기능개발, 산학협력, HL 만도, 2024


One paper is accpeted to IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering.

: Jinseong Park, Youngsik Shin(*), and Sanghyun Kim(*),  "Object-Aware Impedance Control for Human-Robot Collaborative Task with Online Object Parameter Estimation ", IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering , 2024. (JCR: 16.1%)  (*) Co-corresponding Authors.


Sanghyun Kim met with his postdoctoral supervisor, Prof. Sethu Vijayakumar (University of Edinburgh), and Prof. Jongwoo Park (Seoul National University)


Hakjun Kim, along with Sanghyun Kim (*) from Kyung Hee University and Jinseong Park (*) from the Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, has won the Best Poster Award at the 11th Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics (ACMD 2024), (*) Co-corresponding Authors.

2024.9

Eunae Kang and Jiwon Yoon have joined RCI Lab as a master course and an unified Ms/Ph.D course, respectively.  


Sanghyun Kim will serve as an Associate Editor for IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation 2025 (ICRA 2025)

2024.8

RCI Lab  won a government grant from National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
: 초고령 사회 일자리 혁신: 노인 맞춤형 다중감각 인터페이스를 통한 로봇 공유제어기술, 글로벌 기초연구실, 2024-2026 (공동연구책임자), 언론보도(중앙일보 외)

RCI Lab  won a government grant from National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
: 인간 수준의 다중감각 센싱 시스템과 정밀 조작 원격 인터페이스를 갖춘 인간형 아바타 로봇 개발, STEAM 글로벌 융합연구, 2024-2027 (공동연구책임자), video


Two papers have been presented at 11th Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics 2024 (ACMD 2024)

: Hakjun KimSanghyun Kim(*),  and J. Park(*), Enhanced Online Parameter Estimation of Unknown Objects via Sparse Identification of Unmodeled Dynamics, The 11th Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics, 2024. (*) Co-corresponding authors 

: Seulchan Lee, Sanghyun Kim, Kuenwoo Jang, Inverse Kinematics Solution to Mobile Manipulator Considering Stability Constraint and Force Manipulability, The 11th Asian Conference on Multibody Dynamics, 2024. 


Sanghyun Kim has been an Associate Editor of Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology (JMST)

2024.7

RCI Lab have applied for one domestic patent.

김상현, 이슬찬, 박이새, 박수환, 매니퓰레이터를 결합한 하이브리드 케이블 구동 로봇의 전신 제어시스템 및 제어방법, 10-2024-0090023, 2024. 07. 09


One paper is accpeted to Nonlinear Dynamics

: Suhwan Park, Leesai Park, Seulchan Lee, and Sanghyun Kim,  "Whole-body Control of Redundant Hybrid Cable-Driven Robot with Manipulator: Hierarchical Quadratic Programming Approach", Nonlinear Dynamics, 2024. (JCR: 7.9%) 


RCI Lab has registered the copyright of the following S/W.

김상현, 양준열, 달 탐사용 자율 주행 시뮬레이션 프로그램, C-2024-026248, 2024. 07. 29


2024.6

RCI Lab  won a grant from  HL Mando. Co.
: 실외용 순찰로봇의 Traversability Estimation 기능 개발, 산학협력, HL 만도, 2024


Sanghyun Kim visited Stanford University (Prof. Oussama Khatib) for research collaboration.

2024.5

RCI Lab  won a government grant from Ministry of SMEs and Startups
: 영업용 전기자동차 배터리 교체형 구독서비스 실증을 위한 배터리 교체용 자율주행로봇 (AMR) 개발, 창업성장기술개발사업(디딤돌), 중소벤처기업부, 2024 (위탁연구책임자)

RCI Lab  won a grant from Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology  
: 교량 하면 점검용 로봇위치제어 시스템 연산기 수정 및 모듈화 용역, 연구용역, 한국건설기술연구원, 2024


RCI Lab  won a government grant from National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF)
: 인간 수준의 다중감각 센싱 시스템과 정밀 조작 원격 인터페이스를 갖춘 인간형 아바타 로봇 개발, STEAM 글로벌융합연구지원, 2024 (공동연구책임자)


RCI Lab  won a government grant from Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy
: 정밀 조립작업 대상 실환경 파라미터가 반영된 로봇용 가상환경 플랫폼 개발, 산업통상자원부, 로봇산업핵심기술개발, 2024-2027 (공동연구자)


RCI Lab  won  a grant from LINC 3.0 산학공동기술개발과제
: 영업용 전기자동차 배터리 교체형 구독 서비스 실증을 위한 배터리 교체용 AGV의 SW 개발, 2024 (연구책임자)


RCI Lab  won a grant from Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
: 로봇을 활용한 지능 기반의 커넥터 체결/해체 작업 기술 개발을 위한 로봇의 토크제어 모델링, 연구용역, 한국기계연구원, 2024


RCI Lab  won a grant from  Hanhwa Aerospace
: 과제명 미공개, 산학협력, 한화에어로스페이스, 2024


RCI Lab  won a grant from  Korea Association of Robot Industry
: 2.5차원 자율주행 기술 개발, AI로봇기반 인간기계협업기술 전문인력양성사업, 한국로봇산업협회, 2024

2024.4

One paper has been presented at IEEE The 21st International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots

: Hakjun KimSanghyun Kim, Jinsung Park, "Nonlinear Identification of Unknown Object Dynamics for Human-Robot Collaborative Tasks", The 21st International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots, 2024 (New York).

RCI Lab won a grant for "2024 대학혁신, 해외 유수대학 연구소 탐방 및 공동 연구 사업"

: Leesai Park and Minhyeong Kang will visit for 6 weeks to conduct research collaboration with Institute for Human And Machine Cognition (IHMC, USA).

2024.3

One paper is accpeted to IEEE Transactions on Robotics

: Jiayi Wang, Sanghyun Kim, Teguh Santoso Lembono, Wenqian Du, Jaehyun Shim, Saeid Samadi, Ke Wang, Vladimir Ivan, Sylvain Calinon, Sethu Vijayakumar, and Steve Tonneau, "Online Multi-Contact Receding Horizon Planning via Value Function Approximation", IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2024. 

2024.2

RCI Lab enters into a technology transfer agreement (기술이전 협약) with  Robros.

: "심층 강화학습 기반의 인간형 로봇 그리퍼의 물체 조작 기술", 3000만원, 연구책임자: 김상현


RCI Lab have applied for one domestic patent.

김상현, 양준열, 강민형, 라이다 기반 모바일 로봇의 도킹 시스템 및 도킹 방법, 10-2024-0020842, 2024. 02. 14

2024.1

One paper is accpeted to Sensors

: Rahul Ranjan, Donggyu Shin, Yoonsik Jung, Sanghyun Kim, Jong-Hwan Yun, Chang-Hyun Kim, Seungjae Lee, Joongeup Kye, "Comparative Analysis of Integrated Filtering Method Using UWB Localization in Indoor Environments ", Sensors, 2024. 

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