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Junboum Park is a robotics researcher whose work focuses on the control and navigation of mobile robots, particularly in challenging and unstructured environments. His major contributions lie in developing novel methods for obstacle avoidance and safe teleoperation. Park pioneered the use of "reflective force" feedback, a technique that translates environmental data from ultrasonic sensors into intuitive haptic cues for a human operator, allowing for collision-free remote control of nonautonomous mobile robots. His foundational work on this concept, detailed in his most-cited paper (28 citations), established a framework for real-time environment modeling and reactive navigation. Beyond flat terrain, Park also addressed the critical challenges of slip and turnover for track-type robots operating on slopes, creating a vision-based sensor module to detect terrain geometry and prevent accidents. While his individual paper citation counts are modest, his body of work represents a cohesive and practical approach to telerobotics, blending sensor fusion, control theory, and human-robot interaction to enhance the safety and reliability of mobile robots in real-world applications.