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Jong-Sung Hur is a robotics and control systems researcher whose work has made meaningful contributions to the field of industrial robot dynamics and control. His research centers on three interconnected areas: robust control design for flexible joint robot manipulators, inverse dynamic control methods, and hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) systems for robot development and testing. Hur's most significant contributions address the persistent challenge of nonlinear dynamics and vibration in industrial robots. His development of recursive design methods for flexible joint manipulators — treating them as cascaded subsystems — provided constructive and practically applicable control frameworks, with related papers accumulating over 20 citations collectively. His work on time-varying input shaping techniques offered an elegant solution to residual vibration in fast-moving robots, while his PID-type robust controllers bridged theoretical rigor with real-world implementation needs. A distinguishing aspect of Hur's research is his development of the HyRoHILS (Hybrid Robot Hardware-in-the-Loop Simulation) platform, enabling safer and more efficient testing of robot control algorithms without risking production systems — a contribution with lasting practical value. His later work expanded into robot vision systems for 3D pose estimation of large objects, demonstrating breadth across sensing and control. Collectively, his portfolio reflects a career dedicated to making industrial robots faster, more precise, and more reliably controllable.