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Myung‐Jin Jung is a robotics and intelligent systems researcher whose work spans multi-agent coordination, mobile robotics, human-robot interaction, and autonomous navigation. He is perhaps best known for his pioneering contributions to robot soccer systems, where his early and influential work on cooperative multi-agent architectures — including distributed control frameworks and action selection mechanisms — helped establish foundational principles for coordinating teams of autonomous agents in dynamic, competitive environments. His 2002 paper on multi-agent robot soccer systems alone has garnered 73 citations, reflecting its enduring relevance to the field. Beyond robot soccer, Jung made significant contributions to omnidirectional mobile robot design through the OmniKity platform series, developing both kinematic models and practical fuzzy logic controllers for agile navigation. His research in evolutionary programming-based path planning further demonstrated his versatility in applying intelligent control techniques to real-world robotics challenges. Jung also extended his expertise into human-robot interaction, designing expressive robotic head systems capable of facial communication in home environments, and advanced autonomous navigation through structured-light-based SLAM solutions. Collectively, his body of work — spanning from competitive multi-agent systems to socially aware domestic robots — has made meaningful and lasting contributions to intelligent robotics research.