Welcome to the Bio-inspired Design Lab. in SeoulTech
Our group is working towards finding and realizing extreme motions inspired by nature!
Recent Research
"Dipo: aminiaturized hopping robot via lightweight and compact actuator design for power amplification, Bioinspiration&Biomimetics, 2023
"CaseCrawler: A Lightweight and Low-Profile Crawling Phone Case Robot," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), with IROS option, 2020 (co-author) IEEE Spectrum
"Snatcher: A Highly Mobile Chameleon-Inspired Shooting and Rapidly Retracting Manipulator," IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) with IROS option, 2020 IEEE Spectrum
MutBug: A Lightweight and Compact Crawling Robot that Can Run on Both Sides,
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2019
SpyBug in Dronebot Challenge 2019
An Omnidirectional Jumper with Expanded Movability via Steering, Self-Righting, and Take-off Angle Adjustment,
IROS 2018 (co-athuthor)
An Origami-Inspired Self Locking Robotic Arm that can be Folded Flat
Science Robotics 2018 (co-author)
Froghopper-Inspired Direction-Changing Concept for Miniature Jumping Robots,
Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 2016
Height-adjustable jumping mechanism and its application to Jumping-Crawling Robot (IEEE Spectrum),
ICRA 2016, TMECH 2019
Dynamic analysis on compliant leg in the Flea-inpired jumping mechanism,
IROS 2014, Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 2017
Jumping on water: Surface tension-dominated jumping of waterstriders and robotic insect (IEEE Spectrum, Science News)
IROS 2013, Science 2015 (co-author)
Underactuated adpative gripper using flexural buckling & Scaled-up buckling hand
ICRA 2011, IROS 2013, IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2013
Wheel transformer: The wheel passively transforms with friction.
ICRA 2013, IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2014 (co-author)
Origami-inspired trasformable wheel using sapce sail pattern with shape memory alloy (SMA) coil spring actuators.
ICRA 2013 (co-author)
Component assembly using shape memory polymer (SMP) rivet fastener
IROS 2013, Smart Materials&Structures 2013 (co-author)