Sung Ho Kim

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

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Sung Ho Kim is a pioneer in the field of micro-robotics and autonomous multi-agent systems, with a specific focus on the development and control of small-scale soccer robots. His foundational work centers on creating compact, efficient robotic platforms and the sophisticated visual servo control algorithms required for real-time, coordinated team play. In his highly cited 2003 paper, Kim detailed the development of the "BEST nano-robot soccer team," introducing an all-in-one microcontroller design for robots measuring just 4cm x 4cm, a significant engineering achievement for its time. His earlier 2000 work on visual servo control tackled the critical challenge of time-delay in robotic systems, proposing a novel primary/secondary controller combined with a Smith predictor to enhance performance in the MIROSOT tournament. While his individual papers have garnered modest citation counts, their collective impact is substantial, laying essential groundwork for the hardware and control strategies that have enabled the competitive field of robot soccer. Kim’s contributions are a testament to the ingenuity required to overcome the physical and computational constraints of early micro-robotics.