Papers
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Total Citations
142
H-Index
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About
Sukjune Yoon is a leading roboticist whose work bridges the gap between mobile manipulation, humanoid locomotion, and surgical robotics. His research focuses on enabling robots to perceive, navigate, and interact with complex, unstructured environments. Yoon’s major contributions include the optimal design of stair-climbing wheeled robots, where he applied kinetic analysis to achieve robust mobility on uneven terrain. He also pioneered on-board 3D vision-based SLAM for humanoid robots, developing the Roboray platform capable of dynamic walking with human-like heel-toe motion. His work on independent traction control using stick-slip phenomena further advanced robot traversal over irregular surfaces. With over 137 citations across his top ten papers, Yoon’s impact is evident in both mobile robotics and medical applications, notably through his development of a single-port surgical robot system with flexible instruments. His vision-force guided assembly methods have enabled sub-mm precision for manufacturing, while his geometric and photometric local feature descriptors have improved 3D object recognition and pose estimation. Yoon’s research continues to shape the future of autonomous robots that can walk, climb, assemble, and even assist in surgery.
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- 2On-board odometry estimation for 3D vision-based SLAM of humanoid robot22 citations · 2012
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- 4Single-Port Surgical Robot System with Flexible Surgical Instruments16 citations · 2015
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- 10Global Localization of Mobile Robots Using Omni-directional Images4 citations · 2007