Papers
15
Total Citations
131
H-Index
8
About
Sanghyun Joung has dedicated his career to advancing robotic systems for medical applications, with a primary focus on fracture reduction surgery and assistive mobility devices. His pioneering work spans human-robot interaction, surgical navigation, and safety-critical system design. Joung’s most influential contribution is the development of a safe, reliable intelligent wheelchair robot that integrates human-robot interaction through a single color CCD camera, a foundational paper with 21 citations that established principles for assistive mobility. He has made significant strides in orthopedic robotics, notably through his 2022 work on a 3D image-guided robotic system for bone fracture reduction (16 citations), which addresses the critical line-of-sight limitations of optical tracking systems. His 2008 study on robot-assisted hip fracture reduction with navigation systems (15 citations) and subsequent hazard analysis in 2010 (13 citations) have been instrumental in defining safety protocols for fracture-reduction robots. Joung has also innovated in surgical interface design, including an all-joint-control master device for single-port laparoscopic surgery (12 citations) and a master device with bending safety for flexible surgical robots (6 citations). His research consistently emphasizes patient safety, muscular force modeling, and cooperative human-robot control, making him a key figure in the evolution of robot-assisted orthopedic surgery.
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Top Papers
- 1Safe and reliable intelligent wheelchair robot with human robot interaction21 citations · 2003
- 23D Image-Guided Robotic System for Bone Fracture Reduction16 citations · 2022
- 3A Robot Assisted Hip Fracture Reduction with a Navigation System15 citations · 2008
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- 10Master Device With Bending Safety for Flexible Surgical Robots6 citations · 2020