Joohyung Kim
Associate Professor
Studies humanoid and legged robots, including task-driven robot design, motion control and embodied AI.
Joohyung Kim's lab at UIUC works on legged locomotion & humanoids and planning, control & multi-robot systems. 42 papers since 2023, 4 at top venues, mostly ICRA and T-RO. 9 alumni. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 11/ year
- at T1 venues
- 10%
- PhD students
- 0
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 9
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 12 papers2026 · T1 2 · collecting
- 6 papers2025 · T1 0
- 13 papers2024 · T1 2
- 11 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICRA, T-RO, IFAC
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Planning, control & multi-robot systems17 papers
- Legged locomotion & humanoids4 papers
- legged robots2 papers
- robot design0 papers
- motion control0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
202612 papers
- UR2026Data-Driven Compensation of Non-Geometric Joint Errors: A Comparative Study in Configuration and Task Spaces
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), AcceptedDEX-PHD: A Dexterous Portable Handheld Devicefor Multimodal Data Collection
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), AcceptedEmotionally Expressive Locomotion on a Low-Cost Bipedal Robot Guided by Human Gait Cues
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2026), September , [projectInflatable Whole-Body Robotic Skin with Internal Time-of-Flight (ToF) Depth Sensing and Kinematics-Based Point-Cloud Prediction
- Intelligent Service Robotics 19, 92 . [projectKitchen robotic manipulation utilizing foundation models
- IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, January (presented at ICRA2026) [projectPAPRLE (Plug-And-Play Robotic Limb Environment): A Modular Ecosystem for Robotic Limbs
- ICRA (T1)Ringbot Quad: A Monocycle Robot with Four Legs for versatile wheel-leg transformable locomotion
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2026), September , [projectRobust Underwater Grasping of Sloped Objects with a Waterproof Passive Adaptive Gripper
- SII2026Self-Rising Bipedal Robot for Embracing Fall Impact and Fall Detection with Multi-modal Sensing
- ICRA (T1)Tactile-Proprioceptive Sensor Fusion for Contact Wrench Estimation in Whole-Body Physical Human-Robot Interaction
- IFACTeleoperation Methods for Robotic Bimanual Manipulation: A Comparative Study of Data Collection Approaches
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2026), September , [projectTRIP-Bag: A Portable Teleoperation System for Plug-and-Play Robotic Arms and Leaders
20256 papers
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, September [projectCHILD (Controller for Humanoid Imitation and Live Demonstration): a Whole-Body Humanoid Teleoperation System
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, September [projectCoRe: A Hybrid Approach of Contact-aware Optimization and Learning for Humanoid Robot Motions
- ACPRLearning Latent Prior for Rapid Adaptation of Legged Robots to Unexpected Amputation
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2025), October [projectRobust and Expressive Humanoid Motion Retargeting via Optimization-Based Rig Unification
- IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, November (presented at ICRA2026) [paper, video]Serving Innovation: Seamless Service by Advancing Food Runners with Mobile Manipulation
- UR2025State Estimation for 2-Legged Robots Using Foot Slippage and Body Impact Detection
202413 papers
- EMBC2024Assessing the Physical Impact of Supernumerary Limbs on a Human Subject: A Simulation Study
- UR2024Autonomous Door-Opening with a Dual-Arm Robot
- ICRA2024Demonstration of Fully 3D printable Robot Hand and Soft Tactile Sensor based on Air-pressure and Capacitive Proximity Sensing
- ICRA2024Demonstration of Ringbot: Monocycle Robot With Legs
- IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2024), May [paper, video]Fully 3D printable Robot Hand and Soft Tactile Sensor based on Air-pressure and Capacitive Proximity Sensing
- Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC2024), July [projectGenerating Realistic Sound with Prosthetic Hand: a Reinforcement Learning Approach
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid RobotsImplementation of Untethered Biped Robots Utilizing Serial-Parallel HybridLeg Mechanisms
- IDETC/CIE2024Intergrated Manipulation Planning and Control Co-Design of Robot Manipulators
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid RobotsLearning Tone: Towards Robotic Xylophone Mastery
- T-RO (T1)Low-cost and Easy-to-Build Soft Robotic Skin for Safe and Contact-rich Human-Robot Collaboration
- T-RO (T1)Ringbot: Monocycle Robot With Legs
- RO-MANStrategies for Moment Compensation in Supernumerary Robotic Limbs Manipulation Tasks
202311 papers
- International Conference on Ubiquitous RobotsAutonomous Object Model Acquisition with a Robotic Arm
- Workshop on Multilimb Coordination in Human Neuroscience and Robotics: Classical and Learning Perspectives, IROS2023Coordinated Motion Planning of a Wearable Multi-Limb System for Enhanced Human-Robot Interaction
- Design of Medical Devices ConferenceDesign of a Custom Sensing and Actuating Cushion for use in Pressure Relief in Wheelchair Users
- IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), August [paper, video]Development of a 3-DOF Interactive Modular Robot with Human-like Head Motions
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, December [paper, video]Exploring the Capabilities of a General-Purpose Robotic Arm in Chess Gameplay
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2023), October [paper, video]Lip–Inspired Passive Jamming Gripper with Teeth Structure
- IROS2023MOMO: Mobile Object Manipulation Operator
- IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), August [paper, video]Orthrus: A Dual-arm Quadrupedal Robot for Mobile Manipulation and Entertainment Applications
- IROS2023Robotic Backpack System with Pluggable Supernumerary Limbs
- IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, December [paper, video]Specifying Target Objects in Robot Teleoperation Using Speech and Natural Eye Gaze
- International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots, June [paper, video]What If a Vacuum Robot Has an Arm?
Where alumni went9 listed
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