KyungUk Lee
Papers
6
Total Citations
74
H-Index
6
About
KyungUk Lee is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on the development of specialized mobile robots for challenging environments, with a particular emphasis on façade cleaning and climbing systems. His primary research areas include rope-driven climbing mechanisms, obstacle-overcoming strategies for vertical surface robots, and screw-based locomotion on granular and structured surfaces. Lee’s major contributions include the design and experimental validation of a tethered façade cleaning robot using a dual rope windlass mechanism, which addresses critical safety concerns in high-altitude building maintenance. He has also developed the SPIRA screw wheel-based robot for switching primitives and a robust design methodology for screw-based crawling robots on granular surfaces, enhancing speed and reliability. His work on position prediction of viscoelastic ropes with slip models advances the precision of rope-driven systems. With over 70 citations across his most-cited papers, Lee’s research has practical implications for construction automation and hazardous environment robotics. His notable achievements include the creation of the TRDMR (Two-Rope Driven Mobile Robot) for façade operations on convex surfaces, demonstrating innovative solutions for real-world vertical structure challenges.
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Top Papers
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- 2Façade operation robot on convex surface using an embedded rope ascender12 citations · 2023
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- 4SPIRA: Screw Wheel-Based Mobile Robot for Switching Primitives7 citations · 2023
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- 6Robust Design of a Screw-Based Crawling Robot on a Granular Surface6 citations · 2021