HUR Group is in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST).
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Any potential students and post docs who are interested in research in HUR Group are encouraged to contact Dr. Pilwon Hur.
2024/4/5: HUR Group promotional video won an award. [more]
2024/4/2: Dr. Hur gave a talk at Mini-Symposium on Multi-agent Systems and Control held at GIST (Title: The mechanisms of self-organizing systems with multi-scale embodied intelligence). [more] [youtube]
2024/3/11: Minseok Kim joined HUR Group as an undergraduate intern.
2024/2/26: Hyungseok, Myeongju and Sunwoong advanced from M.S. program to Ph.D. program.
2024/2/21: Dr. Hur gave a talk at the Rehab Robot Workshop at KRoC (Title: The mechanisms of self-organizing systems with multi-scale embodied intelligence).
2024/1/31: HUR Group attended motor bootcamp at Yeungnam University. [more]
2024/1/18: Dr. Kangwoo Lee was selected as an awardee for the AI-based Convergence Talent Development Support Project (AI기반 융합인재 양성 지원사업), GIST (Title: Development and Analysis of a Diagnostic Model for Foot and Ankle Disorders Using Public Medical Imaging and Gait Data | 공개 의료 영상 및 보행데이터를 이용한 발과 발목 질환 진단 모델 개발 및 해석).
2023/12/22: Myeongju Cha successfully defended his MS degree.
2023/12/20: Sunwoong Moon successfully defended his MS degree.
2023/12/14: Hyung-Seok Ryu successfully defended his MS degree.
2023/12/1: HUR Group attended KSB (Korean Society of Biomechanics) at Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju. [more]
2023/11/9: Dr. Hur gave a talk at BCI & Neurorehabilitation Workshop held at National Rehabilitation Center (Title: Towards an Understanding of Spinal and Corticospinal Pathways and Mechanisms). [youtube]
2023/10/9: Dr. Kangwoo Lee joined HUR Group as a postdoc researcher.
2023/9/22: We demoed exoskeleton during Robot & AI Symposium. [more]
2023/9/13: Dr. Woolim Hong was selected as the Switzer Research Fellowship awardee from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR) which is a prestigious Postdoc award from US government.
2023/9/1: A new research project was funded by Korea Sports Promotion Foundation (국민체육진흥공단), Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (문화체육관광부) (Title: Developing movement data analysis techniques to improve national archery performance | 양궁 국가대표 경기력 향상을 위한 선수동작 데이터 분석 기법 개발).
2023/7/19: Dr. Hur gave a lecture at Gwangju Science Museum. [youtube]
2023/7/14: HUR Group had an exciting archery game outing. [more]
2023/6/28: A new research project was funded by National Rehabilitation Center (국립재활원), Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea (보건복지부) (Title: AI-powered walking rehabilitation exoskeleton robot for hemiplegics | 편마비 환자를 위한 인공지능 기반 보행재활 외골격로봇).
2023/6/21: HUR Group attended ICROS (Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems) Annual Conference at Samcheok. [more]
2023/6/16: Dr. Eugene Kim from Korea Institute of Industrial Technology gave a talk at HUR Group. (Title: Research on non-contact robotics operation for safety)
2023/6/8: Dr. Hur was invited to give a talk at ME Seminar in GIST (Title: Understanding Linear Control Systems from Operator - Theoretic Perspectives).
2023/4/24: A new research project was funded by National Rehabilitation Center (국립재활원), Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea (보건복지부) (Title: Improving the performance of wearable lower limb assistive robots based on sensorimotor control theory | 감각운동제어이론에 기반한 착용형 하지보조로봇의 성능 향상).
2023/4/20: HUR Group took a hike in Chungnyungsan. [more]
2023/3/31: HUR Group HUR Group went cherry blossom viewing. [more]
2023/01/02: Laeheon Kim joined HUR Group as an undergraduate intern.
2022/11/03: Wooyoung Park joined HUR Group as an undergraduate intern.
2022/11/1: A new research project was funded by Sunhan Hospital (선한병원) at Gwangju (Title: Smart rehabilitation robots to resolve joint rigidity | 관절 강직 해결을 위한 스마트 재활 로봇).
2022/9/1: Dr. Woolim Hong started working as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at NC State University/UNC-Chapel Hill.
2022/2/18: Both Myeongju and Sunwoong graduated and continued to pursue M.S. degrees.
2022/1/3: Hyungseok Ryu joined HUR Group as a MS student.
2022/1/2: Dr. Namita Anil Kumar started working as a Senior Robotics and Controls Engineer at Johnson & Johnson, CA.
2022/1/2: Dr. Shawanee Patrick started working as a Legacy Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the Ohio State University.
2021/11/29: Woolim Hong successfully defended for his PhD degree.
2021/10/20: Namita Anil Kumar successfully defended for her PhD degree.
2021/10/20: Shawanee Patrick successfully defended for her PhD degree.
2021/9/1: Haewon An joined HUR Group as an undergraduate intern.
2021/5/1: Dr. Moein Nazifi started as a postdoc researcher at Harvard Medical School.
2021/1/26: Myeongju Cha joined HUR Group as an undergraduate intern.
2021/1/20: Sunwoong Moon joined HUR Group as an undergraduate intern.
2020/12/20: Kwonseung Cho joined HUR Group as a MS student.
2020/12/18: Dr. Hur gave an keynote speech at Korean Society of Sports Biomechanics. [youtube]
2020/12/15: HUR Group moved from Texas A&M and started at GIST.
2020/6/22: Moein Nazifi successfully defended for his PhD degree.
2019/6/1: Dr. Kenneth Chao started working as a Robotics Control Engineer at Flexiv, in San Francisco Bay Area.
2019/6/1: Dr. Yitsen Pan started working as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Georgia Tech.
2019/5/11: Drs. Kenneth Chao and Yitsen Pan graduated. [more]
2018/12/12: Yitsen Pan successfully defended for her PhD degree.
2018/12/7: Kenneth Chao successfully defended for his PhD degree.