Geun-Ho Lee

About

Geun-Ho Lee is a robotics researcher whose work spans bio-inspired robotics, swarm intelligence, assistive technology, and mobile sensor networks. He first gained significant recognition with his pioneering 2005 paper on an earthworm-like micro robot using shape memory alloy actuators, a biomimetic design that has since accumulated over 330 citations and remains a landmark contribution to soft and biologically inspired robotics. Lee's research evolved to address practical challenges in coordinating autonomous robot collectives. His work on decentralized swarm formation control, distributed barricade coordination, and three-dimensional robot deployment demonstrates a consistent focus on enabling robot teams to self-organize without centralized control — a critical challenge in real-world deployment. He also contributed innovative sensing solutions, including a low-cost dual rotating infrared sensor inspired by bat echolocation for swarm applications. Notably, Lee made meaningful contributions to assistive robotics through his work on the JAIST Active Robotic Walker (JARoW), developing Kalman filter and particle filter-based control schemes to improve mobility aid maneuverability for elderly users. Across his career, Lee has consistently bridged fundamental robotics theory with human-centered and practical applications, building a body of work that continues to influence researchers in swarm robotics and rehabilitation engineering.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   An earthworm-like micro robot using shape memory alloy actuator

   334 citations · 2005
2. 2
   JAIST Robotic Walker control based on a two-layered Kalman filter

   36 citations · 2011
3. 3
   Low-Cost Dual Rotating Infrared Sensor for Mobile Robot Swarm Applications

   30 citations · 2011
4. 4
   Particle filter based feedback control of JAIST Active Robotic Walker

   26 citations · 2011
5. 5
   Decentralized Formation Control for a Team of Anonymous Mobile Robots

   21 citations · 2006
6. 6
   Tracking multiple moving targets with swarms of mobile robots

   18 citations · 2010
7. 7
   Self-configurable mobile robot swarms with hole repair capability

   17 citations · 2008
8. 8
   A distributed algorithm for the coordination of dynamic barricades composed of autonomous mobile robots

   13 citations · 2005
9. 9
   Three dimensional deployment of robot swarms

   12 citations · 2010
10. 10
    A Mobile Sensor Network Forming Concentric Circles Through Local Interaction and Consensus Building

    8 citations · 2009

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