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Prof. Sanghyun Kim
Welcome to Robot Control and Intelligence Laboratory
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
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
2.5D Autonomous Navigation
with traversabiilty estimation and 3D SLAM
Optimal Control
Optimal Control
including DDP, MPPI, and other SOTA algorithms
Humanoid Control
Humanoid Control
including locomotion and loco-maniuplation
Multi Robot Control
Multi Robot Control
including dual arm and triple arm manipulation
RCI Lab – Integrated M.S./Ph.D. Program Recruitment
We are not currently recruiting students for the time being.
Thank you for your interest, and please check back for future updates.
Contact: kim87 at khu.ac.kr
News
News
2026.07
RCI Lab won a grant from PIE Robotics.
: 자율 공정을 위한 모션 플래닝 기술 개발, 산학협력, PIE Robotics, 2026
RCI Lab won a grant from KairosLab.
: 화학 실험 자동화를 위한 VLM 기반 제어 기술 개발, 산학협력, 카이로스랩, 2026
RCI Lab won a grant from ENOZ.
: 휴머노이드 교육 자문 용역, 산학협력, 이앤오즈, 2026
RCI Lab won a grant from Roboe Technologies.
: 화물하역작업을 위한 모션플래닝 알고리즘의 개발, 로보에 테크놀로지, 2026
Our paper by Jiho Hong and Eunae Kang has been accepted to Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence.
: Jiho Hong, Eunae Kang, Sanghyun Kim, Y. Shin, "Instance-Enriched Semantic Maps for Visual Language Navigation", Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, 2026. web, pdf
Our paper by Daum Park and Bohyung Pak received the Best Paper Award from the Dynamics, Control and Robotics Division of the Korean Society of Mechanical Engineers (KSME).
: 박다움, 박보형, 김상현, 시간 계층 구조의 DAG 최적화 기법을 이용한 전방향 공중 작업 로봇의 렌치 가용 전신 경로 계획, 대한기계학회 2026년 춘계학술대회, 2026.
Our paper by Thanh Nguyen Truong has been accepted to Information Sciences.
: Thanh Nguyen Truong, Sanghyun Kim, "High-Performance Fixed-Time Active Fault-Tolerant Control of Robotic Manipulators via Sparse Physics-Informed Dynamics Learning", Information Sciences, 2026
RCI Lab won a grant from Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
: 이동형 휴머노이드 동작제어 SW, 연구용역, 한국기계연구원, 2026
2026.06
RCI Lab won a government grant from Korea Technology and Information Promotion Agency for SMEs (TIPA)
: 고하중 물체 이송을 위한 세미 휴머노이드 양팔로봇의 전신 제어기술, 스케일업팁스, 2026
RCI Lab won a grant from MetaMotionX.
: 자율주행 경로생성 소프트웨어 개발, 산학협력, 메타모션엑스, 2026
2026.05
RCI Lab won a grant from Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering (KRISO).
: 피지컬 AI 기반 해양 다자유도 로봇의 전신 제어 기법 연구, 2026
One paper is accpeted to 로봇학회 논문지.
: 이슬찬, 김상현, VAE-MPPI: 양팔 로봇 조작을 위한 폐쇄 연쇄 제약 궤적 최적화, 로봇학회 논문지, 2026.
RCI Lab won a grant from Gyeonggi RISE Center.
: Behavior Tree 기반 고장 대응형 야지 자율주행 SW 개발, 경기 RISE 지산학 협력 기술개발과제, 2026
2026.04
RCI Lab enters into a technology transfer agreement (기술이전 협약) with PIT-IN.
: 라이다 기반 모바일 로봇의 도킹 시스템 및 도킹방법, 통상특허권 기술이전, 2026
RCI Lab won the Merit Award (우수상) at the Humanoid Real-World Challenge, hosted by KIRIA (Korea Institute of Robotics Industry Advancement).
2026.03
Sanghyun Kim was interviewed by the MBC to discuss the rapid advancement of humanoid robotics technology. youture
RCI Lab won a government grant from National Research Foundation of Korea.
: 생성형 정책과 모델 예측 제어의 하이브리드 Physical AI 프레임워크- 매니퓰레이터의 모션 제어에서 휴머노이드의 전신 제어까지, 우수연구–신진연구(유형B), 한국연구재단, 2026–2030.
RCI Lab won a government grant from Rural Development Administration.
: 과수 농작업 행동특성 모방 학습형 제어기술 개발 및 농업로봇 기술 표준화 연구, 지능형농업로봇핵심기반기술개발(R&D), 농촌진흥청, 2026–2030.
2026.02
RCI Lab participates in BK21 FOUR Program.
: 초고령사회 플랫폼 기반 사람중심의 고령서비스-테크 문제해결형 혁신인재 양성사업, 4단계 BK21 사업(교육부), 2026-2027
RCI Lab have registered one domestic patent.
: 김상현, 강민형, 양준열, 라이다 기반 모바일 로봇의 도킹 시스템 및 도킹방법, 10-2924819, 2026. 02. 04
RCI Lab won a grant from PonyLink.
: 4족보행로봇의 자율주행 요소 기술 개발 (2차), 산학협력, 포니링크, 2026
2026.01
Sanghyun Kim was interviewed by the YouTube channel 'KLAB' to discuss the rapid advancement of humanoid robotics technology. youture
RCI Lab won a grant from KIST.
: 스마트팜 수확 자동화 로봇용 매니퓰레이터의 동작과 최적 경로 생성 및 제어, KIST 주요사업 위탁연구과제, 2026
Sanghyun Kim will serve as an Associate Editor for IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2026).
Sanghyun Kim has been appointed as an Editorial Board Member for the Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS) 학회지.
RCI Lab gathered to celebrate the end of 2025. picture
Click here to view RCILab’s 2025 achievements summary.
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