Sanghun Lee

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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Sanghun Lee is an emerging researcher specializing in soft robotics, with a particular focus on soft growing robots and their applications in medical and environmental safety domains. His work explores the intersection of compliant robotic mechanisms and real-world deployment challenges, pushing the boundaries of what minimally invasive and adaptive robotic systems can achieve. Lee's most notable contribution to date is his development of a soft growing robotic endoscope designed for painless and strain-free colonoscopy insertion, addressing longstanding clinical challenges including high stiffness, limited steering, and patient discomfort. By leveraging vine robot principles — characterized by frictionless locomotion and adaptability in confined spaces — his research offers a promising pathway toward more comfortable and accessible gastrointestinal diagnostics. This work has already garnered 4 citations since its 2026 publication, reflecting rapid early interest from the research community. Beyond medical robotics, Lee has extended soft growing robot technology to environmental safety applications, proposing a novel helical-structured inflatable mechanism capable of extracting hazardous gases from inaccessible environments — a solution where traditional ventilation equipment falls short. Though early in his research career, Lee's interdisciplinary vision and innovative approach to soft robotics position him as a researcher worth following closely in the years ahead.