Papers
15
Total Citations
167
H-Index
7
About
Kiwon Sohn is a leading researcher in humanoid robotics, with a focus on enabling robots to operate in unstructured, real-world environments. His work spans locomotion on natural terrains, autonomous vehicle operation, and robust system design for high-stakes competitions. A key contribution is his technical leadership in Team DRC-Hubo@UNLV’s approach to the 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, detailed in his most-cited paper (49 citations), where he helped develop a robot capable of completing complex tasks under degraded communication. Sohn has also pioneered methods for humanoid walking on grass, sand, and rocks (22 citations), moving beyond flat-surface locomotion. His research on perception and control strategies for humanoid driving of utility vehicles (13 citations) addresses the full pipeline from vehicle recognition to self-alignment and steering, with related work on functional labeling of point clouds (15 and 11 citations). By tackling ingress tasks and motion optimization under multiple constraints, Sohn has advanced the practical deployment of humanoids in disaster response and industrial settings, demonstrating that full-sized humanoids can reliably drive ground vehicles (10 citations).
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Top Papers
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- 2A Physical Model for Dynamical Arthropod Running on Level Ground24 citations · 2009
- 3Humanoid robots walking on grass, sands and rocks22 citations · 2013
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- 7Ground Vehicle Driving by Full Sized Humanoid10 citations · 2019
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- 9Team DRC-Hubo@UNLV in 2015 DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals3 citations · 2018
- 10Early phases of humanoid vehicle ingress using depth cameras3 citations · 2014