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About
Hyun Koo Kim is a multidisciplinary researcher whose work spans robotics engineering and minimally invasive thoracic surgery, reflecting a remarkable breadth of scientific contribution. Early in his career, Kim contributed to humanoid robotics, co-developing the biped humanoid robot Mahru III for Samsung Electronics — a network-connected robot designed for daily-life applications — and investigating electromyogram-based estimation of multijoint stiffness using artificial neural networks to advance understanding of human motor control, work that has garnered a combined 80 citations. Kim's most sustained and impactful contributions, however, lie in robotic thoracic surgery. He has been a pioneering force in single-port and single-site robotic platforms, systematically expanding their application from mediastinal masses and thymectomy to complex major pulmonary resections. His landmark study on robotic thoracic surgery using the single-port system — reporting over 100 cases — has already accumulated 44 citations since 2024. His comparative analyses of two-port versus three-port robotic lobectomy and multi-institutional propensity score-matched studies further demonstrate his commitment to rigorous surgical evidence. With publications spanning 2007 to 2024 and a cumulative citation record exceeding 250, Kim represents a uniquely versatile researcher shaping both the future of robotics and the evolution of minimally invasive surgery.
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- 2Biped humanoid robot Mahru III44 citations · 2007
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- 4Subxiphoid approach for robotic single-site-assisted thymectomy29 citations · 2020
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