Dong-Hoon Kang
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About
Dong-Hoon Kang is a leading researcher in the field of robotic-assisted laparoscopic surgery, with a primary focus on the design and ergonomics of master manipulators and surgical robotic systems. His most influential work introduces a remote-center-of-motion (RCM) master manipulator, a novel kinematic structure that overcomes the workspace and intuitiveness limitations of commercial master devices in minimally invasive surgery. This paper, his most cited with 27 citations, is foundational for improving surgeon control and precision. Kang has also made significant contributions to system miniaturization, proposing a bed-mounted laparoscopic surgical robot with a novel positioning arm mechanism to reduce the operating room footprint, making robotic surgery accessible to smaller hospitals. His research extends to operator comfort and safety, where he has defined an "Ergonomic Comfort Workspace" for master manipulators under motion-scaled teleoperation, and to haptic feedback, developing an indirect method for measuring joint torques on surgical instruments. Through these innovations, Kang is advancing both the practicality and the user-centered design of next-generation surgical robots.
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