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Junsuk Choi is a leading researcher in the field of human-robot interaction, with a specialized focus on physical safety and collision dynamics. His work addresses the critical challenge of ensuring human safety as collaborative robots become increasingly integrated into industrial and everyday environments. Choi’s major contributions include pioneering methods to assess pain thresholds and maximum bearable forces during human-robot contact, establishing quantitative criteria for safe physical interaction. His research on impactor shape analysis provides a novel framework for evaluating contact force and pressure distribution, which are key factors in injury prevention. Additionally, Choi has advanced modular robotics by developing a new approach to generate Denavit–Hartenberg (DH) parameters, enabling robots to adapt their kinematic configurations for diverse tasks. With his most-cited paper garnering 16 citations, Choi’s work has laid essential groundwork for safety standards in collaborative robotics. His studies are instrumental for engineers and researchers designing robots that can operate safely alongside humans, bridging the gap between industrial automation and human-centric safety protocols.