Seok-Hyung Bae

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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Seok-Hyung Bae is a leading researcher in human-robot interaction and design, focusing on making robotics accessible and intuitive for everyday users. His work bridges the gap between human creativity and robotic functionality, with a particular emphasis on collaborative robots—smaller, safer machines designed to work alongside people rather than being isolated behind fences. Bae’s major contributions include developing novel control techniques, such as "Robot Telekinesis" (2020, 18 citations), which enables unimanual and bimanual object manipulation for robot control, simplifying how humans teach and direct robots. His influential paper "Make it move" (2013, 14 citations) explores how humans interpret meaning from object movements, creating a design method that helps product designers craft more expressive and intuitive robotic motions. Most recently, his work "RobotSketch" (2024, 5 citations) showcases an interactive system that uses 3D sketching and AI to rapidly design legged robots, allowing users to generate and refine complex robot movements in virtual reality. Through these innovations, Bae is democratizing robot design and control, empowering non-experts to participate in robotics creation and collaboration.