Byoung‐Ho Kim
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29
Total Citations
204
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About
Byoung-Ho Kim is a leading researcher in biomimetic robotics, specializing in compliance control, multi-fingered robot hands, and multi-legged locomotion. His most influential work, "Independent finger and independent joint-based compliance control of multifingered robot hands" (2003, 30 citations), introduced the resolved interfinger decoupling solver (RIFDS) and resolved interjoint decoupling solver (RIJDS)—pioneering methods that enable precise stiffness modulation in robotic grasping. Kim’s contributions extend to humanoid grasping, where his 2006 study on bio-mimetic inter-articular coordination (13 citations) modeled human finger joint trajectories to generate natural, human-like hand motions. He also advanced quadruped and bipedal walking robots, with works such as "Centroid-based analysis of quadruped-robot walking balance" (2009, 12 citations) and "Work Analysis of Compliant Leg Mechanisms for Bipedal Walking Robots" (2013, 10 citations), which analyzed balance and energy efficiency using bio-inspired compliant feet. Across his career, Kim has consistently bridged biological principles and robotic design, producing foundational algorithms for dexterous manipulation and stable locomotion. His research, cited over 130 times, remains essential reading for engineers developing adaptive, human-inspired robotic systems.
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- 4A Bio-Mimetic Inter-Articular Coordination Model for Humanoid Graspings13 citations · 2006
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- 6Centroid-based analysis of quadruped-robot walking balance12 citations · 2009
- 7Work Analysis of Compliant Leg Mechanisms for Bipedal Walking Robots10 citations · 2013
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- 9Analysis on Effective Walking Pattern for Multi-Legged Robots7 citations · 2009
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