Daehee Won

Korea Institute of Industrial Technology, Weatherford College

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Daehee Won is a pioneering researcher in robotics, with key contributions spanning legged locomotion, indoor positioning systems, and space robotics. His most influential work, “Foot Trajectory Generation of Hydraulic Quadruped Robots on Uneven Terrain” (2008, 30 citations), addresses a fundamental challenge in field robotics: enabling stable, adaptive gait on irregular surfaces. This research laid groundwork for hydraulic quadruped robots capable of navigating complex environments, impacting both military and disaster-response applications. Won also advanced real-time indoor localization with his 2006 study on a Position Sensitive Detector (PSD)-based locating system (14 citations), which offered a wireless, high-precision alternative to GPS-denied environments—a critical innovation for warehouse automation and mobile robot navigation. More recently, his comprehensive 2022 survey on space robotic manipulators (4 citations) synthesizes decades of on-orbit servicing technologies, from early Soviet planetary probes to modern debris removal and satellite repair. This work underscores his sustained interest in pushing robotic capabilities beyond Earth. With a career bridging terrestrial and extraterrestrial applications, Won’s research continues to inspire engineers tackling locomotion, sensing, and autonomy in challenging domains.