Papers
9
Total Citations
137
H-Index
6
About
Yong-Moo Kwon is a robotics and ubiquitous computing researcher whose work has significantly shaped the development of middleware frameworks for intelligent robotic systems. With a career centered on bridging robots and networked environments, Kwon has made notable contributions to the application of Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) technology as a foundation for robot middleware, arguing compellingly for its advantages over traditional frameworks such as TAO CORBA. His prolific 2006 publication cluster — spanning UPnP approaches, requirements, SDK development, and robot control — collectively garnered over 88 citations, establishing him as a key voice in service-oriented robot architecture. Beyond middleware, Kwon extended his research into ubiquitous robotic spaces, proposing integrated physical, semantic, and virtual frameworks for delivering real-world robotic services, most notably in security applications. His work on 3D indoor environment modeling further demonstrated a commitment to enabling natural, immersive human-robot interaction through virtual representations of real spaces. Taken together, Kwon's research paints a cohesive vision: intelligent robots seamlessly embedded within networked, human-centered environments — a vision that continues to resonate as robotics and smart infrastructure grow ever more intertwined.
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Key Achievements
Top Papers
- 1UPnP Approach for Robot Middleware33 citations · 2006
- 2Requirements to UPnP for Robot Middleware27 citations · 2006
- 3Design and Implementation of a Ubiquitous Robotic Space25 citations · 2009
- 4Indoor Modeling for Interactive Robot Service15 citations · 2006
- 5UPnP SDK for Robot Development14 citations · 2006
- 6UPnP Robot Middleware for Ubiquitous Robot Control14 citations · 2006
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- 8Human-Robot Interaction with Indoor Virtual Model3 citations · 2007
- 93D Environment Modeling and its Application to Human Robot Interaction2 citations · 2007