Seulki Roh

Papers

Total Citations

192

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About

Seulki Roh is a pioneering roboticist whose work has significantly advanced the fields of in-pipe inspection robotics and autonomous object recognition. His most influential contributions center on the development of actively steerable robots for inspecting underground urban gas pipelines. Roh introduced the MRINSPECT series—multifunctional robotic crawlers designed to navigate complex pipeline configurations, including both horizontal and vertical sections. His 2002 paper on this topic has garnered 73 citations, while a companion work detailing the robot's articulated, snake-like structure with active steering mechanisms has received 62 citations, underscoring its foundational impact on infrastructure maintenance robotics. Beyond pipeline inspection, Roh has innovated in sensing technology, proposing a 3-D tag-based RFID system for object recognition in robotics, a novel approach that has earned 36 citations and offers an alternative to traditional vision and laser sensors. He also contributed to the development of dynamically reconfigurable personal robots, emphasizing modularization and open standards to accelerate robotic system integration. With a career marked by practical, high-impact engineering solutions, Roh’s work continues to inspire researchers in field robotics and autonomous systems.