Publications

Publications in reverse chronological order. A full list is on Google Scholar.

2026

  1. GuideNav: User-Informed Development of a Vision-Only Robotic Navigation Assistant for Blind Travelers
    Hochul Hwang, Soowan Yang, Jahir Sadik Monon, and 4 more authors
    In ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2026

2025

  1. Human-Centered Development of Guide Dog Robots: Quiet and Stable Locomotion Control
    Shangqun Yu, Hochul Hwang, Trung M Dang, and 4 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2505.11808, 2025
  2. Strong, Accurate, and Low-Cost Robot Manipulator
    Gabriel Chebly, Spencer Little, Nisal Perera, and 3 more authors
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2025

2024

  1. Towards Robotic Companions: Understanding Handler-Guide Dog Interactions for Informed Guide Dog Robot Design
    Hochul Hwang, Hee-Tae Jung, Nicholas A Giudice, and 3 more authors
    In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024
  2. Is It Safe to Cross? Interpretable Risk Assessment with GPT-4V for Safety-Aware Street Crossing
    Hochul Hwang, Sunjae Kwon, Yewon Kim, and 1 more author
    In International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR), 2024
  3. CEAR: Comprehensive Event Camera Dataset for Rapid Perception of Agile Quadruped Robots
    Shifan Zhu, Zhipeng Xiong, and Donghyun Kim
    IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024
  4. Learning Generic and Dynamic Locomotion of Humanoids Across Discrete Terrains
    Shangqun Yu, Nisal Perera, Daniel Marew, and 1 more author
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2024
  5. StaccaToe: A Single-Leg Robot That Mimics the Human Leg and Toe
    Nisal Perera, Shangqun Yu, Daniel Marew, and 5 more authors
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2024
  6. A Biomechanics-Inspired Approach to Soccer Kicking for Humanoid Robots
    Daniel Marew, Nisal Perera, Shangqun Yu, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2024
  7. Lessons Learned from Developing a Human-Centered Guide Dog Robot for Mobility Assistance
    Hochul Hwang, Ken Suzuki, Nicholas A Giudice, and 3 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.19778, 2024
  8. Impedance Matching: Enabling an RL-Based Running Jump in a Quadruped Robot
    Neil Guan, Shangqun Yu, Shifan Zhu, and 1 more author
    In International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR), 2024
  9. Synthetic Data Augmentation for Robotic Mobility Aids to Support Blind and Low Vision People
    Hochul Hwang, Krishna Adhikari, Sourav Shodhaka, and 1 more author
    In International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA), 2024

2023

  1. System Configuration and Navigation of a Guide Dog Robot: Toward Animal Guide Dog-Level Guiding Work
    Hochul Hwang, Tim Xia, Ibrahima Keita, and 4 more authors
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2023
  2. Neuromorphic High-Frequency 3D Dancing Pose Estimation in Dynamic Environment
    Zhongyang Zhang, Kaidong Chai, Haowen Yu, and 5 more authors
    Neurocomputing, 2023
  3. Event Camera-Based Visual Odometry for Dynamic Motion Tracking of a Legged Robot Using Adaptive Time Surface
    Shifan Zhu, Zixin Tang, Mingcheng Yang, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023
  4. Taking the First Step Toward Autonomous Quadruped Robots: The Quadruped Robot Challenge at ICRA 2023 in London
    Adam Jacoff, Jae Jeon, Olly Huke, and 4 more authors
    IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 2023
  5. Integration of Riemannian Motion Policy with Whole-Body Control for Collision-Free Legged Locomotion
    Daniel Marew, Misha Lvovsky, Shangqun Yu, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2023

2022

  1. Online Optimal Landing Control of the MIT Mini Cheetah
    Se Hwan Jeon, Sangbae Kim, and Donghyun Kim
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2022
  2. Online Gain Adaptation of Whole-Body Control for Legged Robots with Unknown Disturbances
    Jaemin Lee, Junhyeok Ahn, Donghyun Kim, and 2 more authors
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022
  3. Compliant Force Sensing System
    Sangbae Kim, Meng Yee Chuah, Leia Epstein, and 2 more authors
    2022
    US Patent 11,300,397
  4. Quadruped Robots Venture into the Wild with Open Eyes
    Donghyun Kim
    Science Robotics, 2022
  5. Integration of Riemannian Motion Policy and Whole-Body Control for Dynamic Legged Locomotion
    Daniel Marew, Misha Lvovsky, Shangqun Yu, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint, 2022

2021

  1. The MIT Humanoid Robot: Design, Motion Planning, and Control for Acrobatic Behaviors
    Matthew Chignoli, Donghyun Kim, Elijah Stanger-Jones, and 1 more author
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2021
  2. Learning to Jump from Pixels
    Gabriel B Margolis, Tao Chen, Kartik Paigwar, and 4 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.15344, 2021
  3. Learning Agile Motor Skills on Quadrupedal Robots Using Curriculum Learning
    Zixin Tang, Donghyun Kim, and Sehoon Ha
    In International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA), 2021
  4. Knowledge Transfer Across Imaging Modalities via Simultaneous Learning of Adaptive Autoencoders for High-Fidelity Mobile Robot Vision
    Md Mahmudur Rahman, Tauhidur Rahman, Donghyun Kim, and 1 more author
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2021

2020

  1. Dynamic Locomotion for Passive-Ankle Biped Robots and Humanoids Using Whole-Body Locomotion Control
    Donghyun Kim, Steven Jens Jorgensen, Jaemin Lee, and 3 more authors
    The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2020
  2. Vision Aided Dynamic Exploration of Unstructured Terrain with a Small-Scale Quadruped Robot
    Donghyun Kim, Daniel Carballo, Jared Di Carlo, and 4 more authors
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2020
  3. Robust Autonomous Navigation of a Small-Scale Quadruped Robot in Real-World Environments
    Thomas Dudzik, Matthew Chignoli, Gerardo Bledt, and 4 more authors
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020
  4. Bi-Modal Hemispherical Sensors for Dynamic Locomotion and Manipulation
    Leia Epstein, Andrew SaLoutos, Donghyun Kim, and 1 more author
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2020

2019

  1. Highly Dynamic Quadruped Locomotion via Whole-Body Impulse Control and Model Predictive Control
    Donghyun Kim, Jared Di Carlo, Benjamin Katz, and 2 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.06586, 2019
  2. Robust Bipedal Locomotion Based on a Hierarchical Control Structure
    Jianwen Luo, Yao Su, Lecheng Ruan, and 4 more authors
    Robotica, 2019
  3. Control of a High Performance Bipedal Robot Using Viscoelastic Liquid Cooled Actuators
    Junhyeok Ahn, Donghyun Kim, Seunghyeon Bang, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2019
  4. Bi-Modal Hemispherical Sensor: A Unifying Solution for Three Axis Force and Contact Angle Measurement
    Meng Yee Michael Chuah, Leia Epstein, Donghyun Kim, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2019

2018

  1. Computationally-Robust and Efficient Prioritized Whole-Body Controller with Contact Constraints
    Donghyun Kim, Jaemin Lee, Junhyeok Ahn, and 3 more authors
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018
  2. Investigations of a Robotic Test Bed with Viscoelastic Liquid Cooled Actuators
    Donghyun Kim, Junhyeok Ahn, Orion Campbell, and 2 more authors
    IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2018
  3. Control Scheme and Uncertainty Considerations for Dynamic Balancing of Passive-Ankled Bipeds and Full Humanoids
    Donghyun Kim, Steven Jens Jorgensen, Hochul Hwang, and 1 more author
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2018
  4. Fast Kinodynamic Bipedal Locomotion Planning with Moving Obstacles
    Junhyeok Ahn, Orion Campbell, Donghyun Kim, and 1 more author
    In IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2018

2017

  1. Locomotion Control of Three Dimensional Passive-Foot Biped Robot Based on Whole Body Operational Space Framework
    Jianwen Luo, Ye Zhao, Donghyun Kim, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO), 2017
  2. Investigations of Viscoelastic Liquid Cooled Actuators Applied for Dynamic Motion Control of Legged Systems
    Donghyun Kim, Orion Campbell, Junhyeok Ahn, and 2 more authors
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2017
  3. Robust Dynamic Locomotion via Reinforcement Learning and Novel Whole Body Controller
    Donghyun Kim, Jaemin Lee, and Luis Sentis
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.02205, 2017
  4. Exploring Model Predictive Control to Generate Optimal Control Policies for HRI Dynamical Systems
    Steven Jens Jorgensen, Orion Campbell, Travis Llado, and 3 more authors
    arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.03839, 2017
  5. Sensor-Based Robust Whole-Body Control of Highly Dynamic Legged Humanoid Robots
    Donghyun Kim
    The University of Texas at Austin, 2017

2016

  1. Stabilizing Series-Elastic Point-Foot Bipeds Using Whole-Body Operational Space Control
    Donghyun Kim, Ye Zhao, Gray Thomas, and 2 more authors
    IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2016
  2. Dynamic Behaviors on the NAO Robot with Closed-Loop Whole Body Operational Space Control
    Donghyun Kim, Steven Jens Jorgensen, Peter Stone, and 1 more author
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2016

2015

  1. A Method for Dynamically Balancing a Point Foot Robot
    Donghyun Kim, Gray Thomas, and Luis Sentis
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2015
  2. Hybrid Multi-Contact Dynamics for Wedge Jumping Locomotion Behaviors
    Ye Zhao, Donghyun Kim, Gray Thomas, and 1 more author
    In International Conference on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (HSCC), 2015

2014

  1. Continuous Cyclic Stepping on 3D Point-Foot Biped Robots via Constant Time to Velocity Reversal
    Donghyun Kim, Gray Thomas, and Luis Sentis
    In International Conference on Control Automation Robotics & Vision (ICARCV), 2014
  2. Kinematic Feedback Control Laws for Generating Natural Arm Movements
    Donghyun Kim, Cheongjae Jang, and Frank C Park
    Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2014
  3. Empirical Modifications to a Phase Space Planner Which Compensates for Low Stiffness Actuation in a Planar, Point-Foot, Biped Robot
    Donghyun Kim, Ye Zhao, Gray Thomas, and 1 more author
    In Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), 2014

2013

  1. Phase Space Planning and Robust Control for Data-Driven Locomotion Behaviors
    Ye Zhao, Dong Hyun Kim, Benito Fernandez, and 1 more author
    In IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2013