Papers
22
Total Citations
944
H-Index
13
About
Se-gon Roh is a South Korean robotics researcher whose work has made transformative contributions to autonomous robotic systems, with a particular focus on in-pipe inspection robots, mobile robotics, and assistive technologies. He is best known for pioneering the MRINSPECT series — multifunctional robotic crawlers designed to navigate the complex geometries of underground urban gas pipelines, including elbows, branches, and varying diameters. His landmark 2005 paper on differential-drive in-pipe robots has amassed over 450 citations, establishing foundational principles that continue to influence pipeline inspection robotics worldwide. Roh's subsequent work refined these systems through selective drive mechanisms, active steering capabilities, and vision-based landmark recognition using shadow imaging, enabling increasingly autonomous pipeline navigation. Beyond pipeline robotics, his research portfolio demonstrates impressive breadth, extending into window-cleaning robots, flexible docking systems for mobile robots, surgical robotic platforms for single-port access surgery, and self-aligning knee joints for wearable walking assistance devices. This diversity reflects his underlying expertise in mechanism design, autonomous navigation, and human-centered robotics. With nearly 850 cumulative citations across his most-cited works alone, Roh's research has had measurable global impact across industrial, medical, and assistive robotics domains.
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Top Papers
- 1Differential-drive in-pipe robot for moving inside urban gas pipelines456 citations · 2005
- 2In-pipe robot based on selective drive mechanism81 citations · 2009
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- 4In-pipe Robot with Active Steering Capability for Moving Inside of Pipelines57 citations · 2007
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- 7A self-aligning knee joint for walking assistance devices34 citations · 2016
- 8SkyScraper-I: Tethered whole windows cleaning robot26 citations · 2010
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