Joon‐Hyuk Park
University of Central Florida, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory
Papers
6
Total Citations
130
H-Index
5
About
Joon-Hyuk Park is a robotics and biomedical engineering researcher whose work spans wearable robotic systems, exoskeleton design, and autonomous robotic platforms. He is perhaps best known for his systematic review of myoelectric control systems for upper limb wearable exoskeletons and exosuits (2022, 60 citations), which has become a key reference for researchers developing EMG-driven assistive technologies for rehabilitation and human performance augmentation. His pioneering work on the Robotic Spine Exoskeleton (RoSE) — a sensor-integrated, dynamic torso characterization device — has significantly advanced understanding of spinal stiffness mechanics, directly informing smarter brace designs for conditions like Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (40 citations). His follow-up study characterizing torso stiffness specifically in female adolescents with and without scoliosis further deepens that clinical foundation. Beyond rehabilitation robotics, Park has expanded into agricultural robotics with an autonomous smart farming monitoring system, and contributed to multi-robot cooperative control through constrained model predictive frameworks. Collectively, his research bridges human-assistive wearable robotics, clinical biomechanics, and autonomous systems, reflecting a versatile engineering vision with meaningful real-world health and societal applications.
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- 4Autonomous Agricultural Monitoring Robot for Efficient Smart Farming8 citations · 2023
- 5A Bilateral Six Degree of Freedom Cable-driven Upper Body Exosuit6 citations · 2022
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