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Human-Robot Interaction and Robot Intelligence Group

The Human-Robot Interaction(HRI) and Robot Intelligence(RI) Group, as a part of Robotics and Media Institute in KIST, is one of the most active research units for HRI and robot intelligent technologies in Korea. From personal mobile devices to intelligent robots, from sensors to IoT systems – our modern living and working environments are progressed with the advancement of information and communication technology, robot technology, AI, and more.

HRI and robot intelligence are a multidisciplinary field with contributions from human–computer interaction, artificial intelligence, robotics, natural language understanding, design, and social sciences. Our group are mainly interested in such research areas as,

• Robot Perception (Object Recognition, Tracking, Behavior Analysis)
• Vision-based Navigation and Manipulation
• Human-Robot Interaction and Social Robotics
• Intelligent S/W Architecture and Learning for Robot Intelligence
• Robot Audition (Sound Localization, Sound Classification)
• Multi-agent Robots (AV-fusion based Leader-Fallowing)
• Human Motion Imitation of a Humanoid Robot
• Human Motion Analysis
• Rehabilitation/Assist Robots.

The HRI and RI Group aims to develop the fundamental technologies on the areas and make them useful in many practical applications, not only robotics field but other industries. As recent applications, the group had developed the socially assistive robotic companion to help the autism therapy of children and have been developing the life care robot to monitor and socially assist dementia patients.

In all the HRI and robot intelligence areas, the HRI and RI Group is the direct contact for companies and users alike. We offer technological know-how and a broad variety of experts as well as the latest technology required to help companies achieve their goals. The group provides applied R&D in almost all HRI and RI sectors and for a broad range of industries.

Announcements

• KISTEP-초청 수요포럼, "인공지능이 열어갈 기술 혁명의 시대" 2016-06-01
• 한국경제신문, "로봇박사,...벽 허물고 연구하는 치매사냥꾼들" 2016-05-30
• 전자신문, "치매융합연구단, KIST 현판식 개최" 2016-05-18

Current Projects

• Life-Care Robot for Demented People (2015 - )
• Who-What-Where for HRI (2013 - )
• Behavior Analysis for Surveillance (2011 - )
• Intelligent S/W Architecture for Service Robots (2015 - )
• ....

Recent Publications

• SS Yun, H Kim, JS Choi, Sung-Kee Park, "A robot-assisted behavioral intervention system for children with autism spectrum disorders," Robotics and Automation System, vol. 76, pp.58-67, 2016.
• Y Chen, Y Ma, DH Kim, Sung-Kee Park,"Region-Based Object Recognition by Color Segmentation Using a Simplified PCNN," IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 26(8), pp.1682-1697, 2015.
• RK Ala, DH Kim, SY Shin, CH Kim, Sung-Kee Park, "A 3D-grasp synthesis algorithm to grasp unknown objects based on graspable boundary and convex segments," Information Sciences, vol.295, pp.91-106, 2015.
• S Park, Sung-Kee Park, M Hebert, "Fast and scalable approximate spectral matching for higher order graph matching," IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, 36 (3), pp.479-492, 2014.

Recruiting (신규 연구원 모집)

• 석사급 위촉연구원, 박사후 과정 연구원분을 항상 초빙합니다!!! (로봇지능 및 컴퓨터비전 분야, 연락처 : skee At kist.re.kr)