Papers
6
Total Citations
52
H-Index
4
About
Sung-Joon Park is a multidisciplinary researcher whose work spans human-robot interaction, underwater communication systems, and bio-inspired robotics. His early research focused on computer vision and facial recognition, producing an effective method for detecting facial features in human-robot interaction contexts that has garnered 24 citations and remains his most influential contribution to the field. Park's most sustained research effort lies in underwater acoustic communication, where he has made notable strides in designing compact, energy-efficient systems suitable for short and medium-range applications. His 2012 work on a bidirectional acoustic micro-modem addressed critical engineering constraints — low power consumption, small size, and high data throughput — earning 12 citations. Complementing this, he pioneered moving underwater communication systems integrated with bio-inspired fish robots, exploring full protocol stacks from physical to MAC layers in real aquatic environments. His biomimetic fish robot control systems demonstrated practical deployment of acoustic modems for wireless underwater robot navigation. More recently, Park contributed to the MANIFEST project, a fiber-positioning facility for the Giant Magellan Telescope utilizing "Starbug" robots, reflecting a broadening of his robotics expertise into astronomical instrumentation. Across these diverse domains, Park's work consistently bridges hardware innovation with applied robotics, making meaningful contributions to both autonomous systems and scientific infrastructure.
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- 3A moving underwater communication system with bio-inspired fish robots7 citations · 2012
- 4Wide-field multi-object spectroscopy with MANIFEST5 citations · 2018
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- 6Robot Control Using an Underwater Acoustic Modem2 citations · 2010