Papers
7
Total Citations
34
H-Index
4
About
Chang-Ho Lee is a South Korean engineering researcher whose work sits at the intersection of underwater robotics, deep-sea mining technology, and advanced vehicle dynamics. He is perhaps best known for his sustained contributions to the development of MineRo, a pioneering self-propelled crawler-type mining robot developed at KRISO (Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering). His research has been instrumental in advancing autonomous path tracking control systems for underwater robots operating in challenging deep-sea environments, with shallow water validation tests conducted at depths of approximately 100 meters serving as critical milestones in that work. Lee's contributions extend to the study of robot dynamic behavior on extremely cohesive soft seabed soils, hydraulic systems for deep-sea lifting equipment, and the application of orthogonal array methods to optimize mining robot design — reducing the cost and time burden of deep-sea testing through numerical simulation. His 2015 work on parallel processing using the subsystem synthesis method demonstrates a broader interest in computational efficiency for complex vehicle analysis. With his most-cited paper accumulating 9 citations and a body of work spanning multiple dimensions of deep-sea mining systems, Lee represents a focused and technically rigorous voice in the specialized field of subsea resource extraction robotics.
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- 2A Study on Dynamic Behaviors of Pilot Mining Robot according to Extremely Cohesive Soft Soil Properties6 citations · 2013
- 3Study on path tracking approach for underwater mining robot6 citations · 2012
- 4Study on underwater navigation of crawler type mining robot5 citations · 2011
- 5Path tracking control test of underwater mining robot3 citations · 2014
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- 7Study of Deepsea Mining Robot "MineRo" Using Table of Orthogonal Arrays2 citations · 2014