Yun Seok Kang

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Dr. Yun Seok Kang is a leading researcher in advanced manufacturing, specializing in the robotic machining of carbon fiber-reinforced polymers (CFRPs) and their thermoplastic counterparts (CFRTPs). His work directly addresses critical challenges in trimming, drilling, and hole quality for these high-strength, lightweight composites, which are essential in aerospace, automotive, and defense industries. Dr. Kang’s major contributions include pioneering heat-assisted robotic drilling techniques to improve CFRTP machinability, developing posture optimization algorithms to enhance hole quality in freeform CFRP components, and integrating artificial intelligence with digital twins to predict and improve machinability in real time. His most-cited paper, "Advancements and Challenges in the Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Trimming Process" (2023, 42 citations), provides a comprehensive review that has become a foundational reference for researchers and engineers. With additional works from 2024 and 2025 already garnering citations, Dr. Kang’s innovative fusion of robotics, AI, and composite machining is shaping the future of automated, high-precision manufacturing.

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1. 1
   Advancements and Challenges in the Carbon Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) Trimming Process

   42 citations · 2023
2. 2
   Experimental investigation of heat-assisted CFRTP drilling with an industrial robot

   7 citations · 2024
3. 3
   Enhancement of the hole quality of freeform CFRP with industrial robot posture optimization

   4 citations · 2025
4. 4
   Artificial intelligence augmented digital twin for improving the machinability in a robotic carbon fiber reinforced plastics machining process

   4 citations · 2025

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