Papers
12
Total Citations
800
H-Index
9
About
Woo-Keun Yoon is a robotics researcher whose work spans robot middleware architecture, space robot teleoperation, and assistive robotics for people with disabilities. He is perhaps best known for his foundational contributions to RT-Middleware, a distributed component software platform designed to integrate diverse robot technologies across industrial and everyday human support applications. His 2005 paper introducing RT-Middleware has garnered 476 citations, establishing it as a landmark contribution to robot software infrastructure, while his accompanying work on the RT-Component object model further solidified this framework's theoretical and practical foundations. Yoon has also made significant contributions to space robotics, developing model-based teleoperation systems for the ETS-VII orbital manipulator that address the critical challenge of communication time delay, earning 169 citations and demonstrating real-world applicability in demanding aerospace contexts. His research into haptic interfaces for space teleoperation further highlights his commitment to intuitive human-robot interaction. In later career work, Yoon turned his expertise toward socially impactful applications, developing the RAPUDA robotic arm to assist individuals with upper-limb disabilities and pioneering evaluation frameworks grounded in the International Classification of Functioning (ICF). This breadth — from space systems to assistive technology — reflects a career dedicated to making robots genuinely useful across diverse human environments.
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Top Papers
- 1RT-middleware: distributed component middleware for RT (robot technology)476 citations · 2005
- 2Model-Based Space Robot Teleoperation of ETS-VII Manipulator169 citations · 2004
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- 6Development of evaluation indexes for assistive robots based on ICF14 citations · 2012
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- 9An Experimental Teleoperation System for Dual-Arm Space Robotics9 citations · 2000
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