Moonyoung Lee

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Moonyoung Lee is pioneering the intersection of robotics and agriculture, focusing on autonomous manipulation and sensing in complex, unstructured environments. Her research addresses critical challenges in specialty crop farming, where traditional vision-based methods fall short due to heavy occlusion and the deformable nature of plants. Lee’s major contributions include developing graph-based representations for robotic tree manipulation, enabling precise interaction with branches and vines—a foundational step toward automating tasks like pruning and harvesting. She has also advanced contact-based phenotyping with a robot platform that inserts sensors directly into crops for real-time nutrient monitoring, offering a more direct alternative to visual estimation. Her most cited work, "Towards Robotic Tree Manipulation" (7 citations, 2024), and "Towards Autonomous Crop Monitoring" (6 citations, 2024) highlight her early impact. Notably, her 2025 paper "SonicBoom" introduces an innovative microphone-array system for tactile contact localization in visually cluttered agricultural settings, demonstrating her commitment to multimodal sensing. With a growing portfolio of high-impact publications, Lee is establishing herself as a leading voice in agricultural robotics, pushing the boundaries of how machines perceive and interact with the natural world.