Members

Reviewer

• IEEE/RSJ IROS, IEEE ICRA, IEEE CASE
• IEEE T-RO, IEEE RA-L, IEEE T-IE, IEEE T-NSRE, JCAS
• Mathematical Problems in Engineering
• European Journal of Control
• Intelligent Service Robotics

Associate Editor

• The International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR), 2023–present
• IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2017–2019
• IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2018, 2019, 2020
• IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2020, 2021, 2022

Program Co-Chair

• IEEE ICRA 2027

• S. Kim^*, K. Kim^*, D. Ko, Y. J. Heo, and M. J. Kim, "Spatially Conditioned Diffusion Policy: Learning Precise and Robust Manipulation with a Single RGB Camera", CoRL 2026, accepted (^* Co-first authors)
• K. Kim, J. Lee, and M. J. Kim, "Augmented SE(3)-diffusion models for Fingered Grasp Generation from Raw 3D Scenes with a Single Tabletop Object", IEEE SII 2025
• K. Kim, D. Park, and M. J. Kim, “A Reachability Tree-Based Algorithm for Robot Task and Motion Planning”, IEEE ICRA 2023

• K. Kim, and M. J. Kim, “Optimization-based Manipulation Planning for Dual-arm Robot with Neural Graspable Set”, The 19th KRoC
• K. Kim, D. Park, and M. J. Kim, “Reachability tree-based Task and Motion Planner using Abstract Action Plan Sampling”, The 18th KRoC

• J. Jeong, S. Park, S. Lee, D. Youn, and M. J. Kim, "Designing an End-to-End UAV System for Insulator Inspection under Transmission Tower Environments", IEEE ICEIC 2024
• J. Jeong, and M. J. Kim, “Passivity-based Decentralized Control for Collaborative Grasping of Under-Actuated Aerial Manipulators”, IEEE ICRA 2023
• J. Jeong, H. Mishra, C.Ott, and M. J. Kim, "A Memory-based SO(3) Parameterization: Theory and Application to 6D Impedance Control with Radially Unbounded Potential Function", IEEE ICRA 2022
• J. Jeong, M. J. Kim, “Interaction control of under-actuated UAV capable of exerting downward force”, ANBRE21

• J. Jeong, and M. J. Kim, “Decentralized Passive Impedance Control Method for Collaborative Grasping of Aerial Manipulators”, The 18th KRoC
• S. Lee, J. Jeong, and M. J. Kim, “Implementation of Impedance Controller for Redundant Robot Manipulators Using Extended Exponential Coordinates”, The 37th ICROS (winner of the outstanding undergraduate paper award)

• J. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, "Contact-responsive high-gain robot motion controllers using a constrained disturbance observer", Intelligent Service Robotics, vol. 19, no. 5, article 89, 2026
• T. Kim, J. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, "Safe Robot Teleoperation with Constrained Nonlinear Disturbance Observer", IEEE RiTA 2024
• J. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Learning-based method for Estimating Free Motion Disturbances Using Historical Velocity Memory” (poster presentation), IEEE ICCAS 2024
• J. W. Han, D. Park, and M. J. Kim, "Constrained Nonlinear Disturbance Observer for Robotic Systems", IEEE ICRA 2024

• J. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “QP-Based Precision Robot Motion Control with Robot Environment Interaction Capability and Sensorless Setup”, The 19th KRoC

• S. Lee^*, S. M. Kim^*, J. Kim^*, S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, "A Unified Framework for Collision-Free Path Planning and Contact-Compliant Safety Control in Surgical Assistant Robots", ICCAS 2026, Accepted (^* Co-first authors)
• S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Mixture of Flow Matching and Particle Filter for Proprioception-based Online Contact Estimation,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), accepted, 2026
• S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Learning Multi-Contact Localization via Diffusion Models with Proprioceptive Sensing,” 2025 RSS Workshop on Navigating Contact Dynamics in Robotics
• S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “CDM: Contact Diffusion Model for Multi-Contact Point Localization”, IEEE ICRA 2025
• S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Contact Estimation Diffusion Model for Collaborative Robots” (poster presentation), IEEE ICCAS 2024
• S. W. Han, M. Iskandar, J. Lee and M. J. Kim, “Online Multi-Contact Feedback Model Predictive Control for Interactive Robotic Tasks", IEEE ICRA 2024
• S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Proprioceptive Sensor-Based Simultaneous Multi-Contact Point Localization and Force Identification for Robotic Arms”, IEEE ICRA 2023

• S. W. Han, M. Iskandar, J. Lee, and M. J. Kim, “Optimization-based Multi-Contact Force Control”, The 19th KRoC
• S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, “Multi-Contact Point Localization and Force Identification for Collaborative Robot Arm using Proprioceptive Sensor”, The 18th KRoC

• ICROS Daejeon-Chungcheong Branch Academic Conference Outstanding Paper Award

• J. Jeong, S. Park, S. Lee, and M. J. Kim, "RCM-Consistent Admittance Control with Inverse-Dynamics QP for Hands-On Robotic Manipulation", ICCAS 2026, Accepted
• S. Park, and M. J. Kim, "Design of a Fully Actuated Drone with Non-Isotropic Wrench Shape", IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024
• J. Jeong, S. Park, S. Lee, D. Youn, and M. J. Kim, "Designing an End-to-End UAV System for Insulator Inspection under Transmission Tower Environments", IEEE ICEIC 2024

• S. Shin, J. Kim, and M. J. Kim, "Dual-Attachment Cable Suspension System for Zero-Gravity Emulation of Space Manipulators", ICCAS 2026, Accepted
• J. Kim, and M.J. Kim, "Disturbance-Aware Model Predictive Control of Underactuated Robotics Systems", IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024

• S. Lee^*, S. M. Kim^*, J. Kim^*, S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, "A Unified Framework for Collision-Free Path Planning and Contact-Compliant Safety Control in Surgical Assistant Robots", ICCAS 2026, Accepted (^* Co-first authors)
• S. M. Kim, and M. J. Kim, “Learning Reactive Motion Policies by Leveraging Latent Data Manifolds” (poster presentation), IEEE ICCAS 2024

• 이효준, 김성민, 김민준, “전문가 개입 없이 안전한 매니퓰레이터의 강인제어 매개변수 자동 튜닝 방법”, 2023 한국정밀공학회 추계학술대회 논문집(KSPE), November, 2023.

• S. Lee^*, S. M. Kim^*, J. Kim^*, S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, "A Unified Framework for Collision-Free Path Planning and Contact-Compliant Safety Control in Surgical Assistant Robots", ICCAS 2026, Accepted (^* Co-first authors)
• J. Jeong, S. Park, S. Lee, and M. J. Kim, "RCM-Consistent Admittance Control with Inverse-Dynamics QP for Hands-On Robotic Manipulation", ICCAS 2026, Accepted
• S. Lee, J. Jeong, S. Shin, and M. J. Kim, "Motor-Side Friction Observer-based Hand Guiding with Joint Torque Measurements", ICCAS 2026, Accepted
• J. Jeong, S. Park, S. Lee, D. Youn, and M. J. Kim, "Designing an End-to-End UAV System for Insulator Inspection under Transmission Tower Environments", IEEE ICEIC 2024

• S. Lee, J. Jeong, and M. J. Kim, “Implementation of Impedance Controller for Redundant Robot Manipulators Using Extended Exponential Coordinates”, The 37th ICROS (winner of the outstanding undergraduate paper award)

• Y. B. Lee*, T. H. Yun* and M. J. Kim, "Extreme High-Gain Friction Observer of Flexible Joint Robots With L1 Adaptive Framework," in IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2026 (* = Co-first)
• T. H. Yun, F. Beck, M. J. Kim and J. Lee, "Exact Fractional Order Impedance Rendering for Highly Flexible and Multi-Jointed Robots Using Time-Delay Estimation,” in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 10, no. 12, pp. 12891-12898, Dec. 2025.
• T. H. Yun and M. J. Kim, "Disturbance Observer With Constraints", in IEEE Control Systems Letters, vol. 8, pp. 1949-1954, 2024.

• T. H. Yun, ”Smart Air Circulator for indoor environment”, The 17th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC2022), PyeongChang, Korea, May. 11-14, 2022. (Undergraduate Excellent Dissertation Award).

• T. Luu, Y. Lee, D. Lee, S. Kim, M. J. Kim, C. D. Yoo. "Enhancing Rating-Based Reinforcement Learning to Effectively Leverage Feedback from Large Vision-Language Models." Forty-second International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2025.
• S. Kim, H. Park, and C. Lee. "Optimizing the Response Time for ROS Tasks in Multi-Core Processors." 2023 IEEE/ACM 27th International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications (DS-RT). IEEE, 2023.

• S. Kim, D. Shin and C. Lee. "Autoware Controller Interface for Actual Vehicle Driving," Korea Computer Congress, 2022.

• J. Jeong, S. Park, S. Lee, and M. J. Kim, "RCM-Consistent Admittance Control with Inverse-Dynamics QP for Hands-On Robotic Manipulation", ICCAS 2026, Accepted
• S. Lee, J. Jeong, S. Shin, and M. J. Kim, "Motor-Side Friction Observer-based Hand Guiding with Joint Torque Measurements", ICCAS 2026, Accepted

• S. Kim^*, K. Kim^*, D. Ko, Y. J. Heo, and M. J. Kim, "Spatially Conditioned Diffusion Policy: Learning Precise and Robust Manipulation with a Single RGB Camera", CoRL 2026, accepted (^* Co-first authors)

• S. Lee^*, S. M. Kim^*, J. Kim^*, S. W. Han, and M. J. Kim, "A Unified Framework for Collision-Free Path Planning and Contact-Compliant Safety Control in Surgical Assistant Robots", ICCAS 2026, Accepted (^* Co-first authors)

• S. Shin, J. Kim, and M. J. Kim, "Dual-Attachment Cable Suspension System for Zero-Gravity Emulation of Space Manipulators", ICCAS 2026, Accepted
• S. Lee, J. Jeong, S. Shin, and M. J. Kim, "Motor-Side Friction Observer-based Hand Guiding with Joint Torque Measurements", ICCAS 2026, Accepted