Hwa Soo Kim
Papers
46
Total Citations
889
H-Index
19
About
Hwa Soo Kim is a leading robotics researcher specializing in mobile manipulation, climbing robots, and mechanisms for overcoming vertical obstacles. His work focuses on designing platforms that can navigate challenging indoor and outdoor environments—particularly stairs and building façades—enabling robots to perform service and maintenance tasks autonomously. Kim’s most impactful contribution is the stair-climbing mobile robot with a rocker-bogie mechanism (105 citations), which established a benchmark for optimal design and kinetic analysis in this domain. He also introduced the ROPE RIDE wall-climbing platform (79 citations) and the STEP robot with 2-DOF transformable wheels (71 citations), both of which address critical mobility gaps in service robotics. His comprehensive review on stair-climbing robots (44 citations) has become a key reference for researchers. Notably, Kim led the field test of an unmanned high-rise façade cleaning robot on a 000-building in Korea (39 citations), demonstrating real-world applicability. With over 500 total citations across his most-cited works, Kim’s research continues to influence the design of safe, efficient robots for vertical and step-climbing tasks, bridging the gap between laboratory prototypes and commercial service robots.
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- 6Curved-Spoke Tri-Wheel Mechanism for Fast Stair-Climbing39 citations · 2019
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- 10Dual Ascender Robot With Position Estimation Using Angle and Length Sensors27 citations · 2020