Gyuhyun Park
Papers
9
Total Citations
180
H-Index
7
About
Gyuhyun Park is a robotics researcher whose work bridges two pivotal domains: rescue and disaster-response robotics, and advanced motion planning and control. He is perhaps best known for his sustained development of HURCULES, a military rescue robot designed to extract casualties in battlefield and disaster environments — work that has garnered over 60 citations and stands as one of the most recognized contributions in field-deployable humanoid robotics. Across multiple publications spanning 2015 to 2023, Park has refined every layer of this system, from mechanical design and EtherCAT-based software architecture to whole-body motion control using task-priority strategies, demonstrating a rare end-to-end mastery of complex robotic systems. Beyond rescue robotics, Park has made a notable foray into sampling-based optimal control, with his 2022 paper on smooth Model Predictive Path Integral (MPPI) control accumulating 52 citations — a testament to its broad appeal in the nonlinear control and autonomous systems communities. His work elegantly removes the need for external smoothing algorithms, making MPPI more practical for real-world deployment. With a citation portfolio exceeding 180 total citations, Park has established himself as a meaningful contributor to both applied rescue robotics and theoretical motion planning, offering students valuable insights across hardware, software, and control design.
Research Focus
Key Achievements
Top Papers
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- 2Smooth Model Predictive Path Integral Control Without Smoothing52 citations · 2022
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- 4Development of a Tele-Operated Rescue Robot for a Disaster Response15 citations · 2018
- 5Practical control of a rescue robot while maneuvering on uneven terrain14 citations · 2018
- 6Robust design and task‐priority control for rescue robot HURCULES8 citations · 2023
- 7Reliable software architecture design with EtherCAT for a rescue robot7 citations · 2016
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