Suseong Kim
Papers
10
Total Citations
1,066
H-Index
8
About
Suseong Kim is a robotics and autonomous systems researcher whose work centers on aerial manipulation, multirotor control, and drone security. He is perhaps best known for pioneering contributions to aerial manipulation — the integration of robotic arms with multirotors — beginning with his highly influential 2013 paper introducing a quadrotor with a two-DOF robotic arm, which has garnered over 345 citations and established foundational kinematic-dynamic modeling and adaptive sliding mode control frameworks for the field. His subsequent work extended these concepts to vision-guided manipulation using image-based visual servoing (173 citations), cooperative dual-arm aerial manipulation, and trajectory planning in constrained environments, collectively advancing aerial robotics toward practical, real-world deployment. Kim also broadened his research scope into drone cybersecurity, contributing a notable 2018 study on homomorphic authenticated encryption for secure drone operation (130 citations), and into autonomous navigation, examining how perception latency limits safe high-speed flight (128 citations). His robust disturbance observer designs for equipment-laden multirotors further demonstrate his commitment to reliable real-world performance. With hundreds of citations spanning manipulation, control theory, security, and perception, Kim's work represents a comprehensive and impactful body of research shaping the future of intelligent autonomous aerial systems.
Research Focus
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Top Papers
- 1Aerial manipulation using a quadrotor with a two DOF robotic arm345 citations · 2013
- 2Vision-Guided Aerial Manipulation Using a Multirotor With a Robotic Arm173 citations · 2016
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- 5Robust Control of an Equipment-Added Multirotor Using Disturbance Observer93 citations · 2017
- 6Operating an unknown drawer using an aerial manipulator92 citations · 2015
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