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Meet the brilliant minds shaping the future of embodied artificial intelligence.
Dr. Hwasup Lim
Principal Researcher
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, PennState Univ., 2007
Vision-Language-Action Model, World Foundation Model
Work Experience
- Center for Artificial Intelligence Research, KIST, 2011 - Present
- Mixed Reality Lab, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, 2007 - 2011
Achievements
- Led multiple national research projects on embodied AI
- Technology transfer to Samsung, LG, and others
Dr. Sang Chul Ahn
Principal Researcher
Ph.D. in Control and Instrumentation, Seoul National University, 1996
World Foundation Model
Work Experience
- KIST Embodied AGI Research Group, 1997 - Present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Southern California, 1996 - 1997
Achievements
- Deep Learning-based 3D Human and Environment Modeling
- UPnP based Robot Middleware
Dr. Soonkyum Kim
Principal Researcher
PhD. in Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania, 2013
Autonomous Navigation, Path Planning, Optimal Control Problem
Work Experience
- KIST Embodied AGI Research Group, 2018 - Present
- Samsung Electronics, 2015 - 2018
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Carnegie Mellon University, 2013 - 2015
Achievements
- Learning-based Trajectory Generation
- Omnidirectional Mobile Robot
Dr. Sehyuk Yim
Principal Researcher
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 2013
Human-Robot Interaction
Work Experience
- KIST Embodied AGI Research Group, 2015 - Present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
Achievements
- Human Interactive Physical Agent
- Music AI and humanoid robot Moffett
Dr. Jeongryul Kim
Senior Researcher
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Seoul National University, 2015
Autonomous Manipulation, Vision-Language-Action Model
Work Experience
- KIST Embodied AGI Research Group, 2021 - Present
- Postdoctoral Researcher, KIST 2018 - 2021
- Samsung Electronics, 2015 - 2018
Achievements
- Surgical Robot System
- Robot Gripper Development
Dr. Soomin Kim
Senior Researcher
Ph.D. School of Computing, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 2021
Vision-Language-Action Model
Work Experience
- KIST Embodied AGI Research Group, 2021 - Present
Achievements
- Image Understanding and Processing
- Sentence and Language Hierarchy Understanding
Dr. Tackgeun You
Researcher
Ph.D in Computer Science and Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology, 2024
Spatial Intelligence, Generative Models, Neural Architecture
Work Experience
- KIST Embodied AGI Research Group, 2024 - Present
- Kakao Brain, 2021 - 2022
Achievements
- Autoregressive Generative Models