Papers
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Total Citations
380
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About
Hakyoung Chung is a robotics researcher whose work has significantly advanced the field of autonomous mobile robot navigation, with particular expertise in dead-reckoning, sensor fusion, and motion control. His most influential contribution, "Accurate Mobile Robot Dead-Reckoning with a Precision-Calibrated Fiber-Optic Gyroscope" (2001, 145 citations), introduced pioneering calibration methods that dramatically reduced nonlinearity and temperature-dependency errors in fiber-optic gyroscopes, setting a new standard for localization precision in mobile robotics. This work was complemented by subsequent research on sensor fusion techniques combining gyroscopes and differential encoders with indirect Kalman filtering, forming a cohesive body of work that collectively addresses the core challenges of reliable autonomous navigation without external reference signals. Chung also made notable theoretical contributions through his investigations into point stabilization of nonholonomic mobile robots using state-space exact feedback linearization, elegantly circumventing longstanding mathematical limitations imposed by nonholonomic constraints. His earlier work on grid-based world modeling and sonar-driven path planning further demonstrates the breadth of his contributions across both perception and planning. With over 370 cumulative citations, Chung's research remains a meaningful reference point for engineers and researchers developing robust, real-world autonomous mobile systems.
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- 4Dead reckoning navigation of a mobile robot using an indirect Kalman filter27 citations · 2002
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- 6Dead Reckoning Navigation for Autonomous Mobile Robots22 citations · 1998
- 7Global path planning for mobile robot with grid-type world model10 citations · 1994
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- 10Path Planning For A Mobile Robot With Grid Type World Model7 citations · 2005