Myoung Hwan Choi
Papers
9
Total Citations
207
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About
Myoung Hwan Choi has made pioneering contributions across robotics, with a career spanning multi-robot coordination, sensor design, and human-robot interaction. His most influential work addresses the fundamental challenge of collision-free motion for multiple automated guided vehicles (AGVs), where he developed a real-time traffic control scheme using a routing table approach—a two-staged method that pre-computes candidate paths to enable efficient, minimum-time motion planning. This work has garnered 56 citations and remains a cornerstone in multi-robot traffic management. In multi-robot SLAM, Choi tackled the critical map merging problem for Rao–Blackwellized particle filters with unknown initial poses, achieving 53 citations by introducing a probabilistic approach using map transformation matrices. He also advanced cooperative manipulation through optimal load distribution for dual-arm robots using force ellipsoids, and notably invented the COSMO-II force/moment sensor, which employs force-sensing resistors for intuitive robot teaching. His sensor-based teaching methods, evaluated quantitatively against conventional pendants, have accumulated over 50 citations and demonstrate a lasting impact on making industrial robots more accessible. Choi’s work elegantly bridges theoretical optimization with practical robotic systems.
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- 3Optimal load distribution for two cooperating robots using a force ellipsoid29 citations · 1993
- 4A force/moment sensor for intuitive robot teaching application21 citations · 2002
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- 8A real time optimal load distribution for multiple cooperating robots8 citations · 2002
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