How can a robot precisely recognize spatial information, even in a multi-robot system?
How can we effectively collaborate on multi sensor data?

To explore these challenging questions, I am studying as an undergraduate student majoring in Aerospace Engineering at Seoul National University advised by Prof. Ayoung Kim. Currently, I am a Guest Student Researcher at German Aerospace Center DLR in Robotics and Mechatronics Institute advised by Prof. Jinoh Lee.

Over the span of my career, I have had the opportunity to work with some amazing robotic groups on various robotic platforms. I have been an exchange student at ETH Zürich, a project intern at Vision for Robotics Lab. Additionally, I was a research intern in SNU Satellite-Geophysics Lab, and organized Nationwide AI-Education Contest in AI Tech Play. Feel free to look for the projects I did!

I have broad research interests in Robotics, Computer Vision, and Machine Learning. In particular, my work focuses on Perception and Autonomy, with an emphasis on system design for real-world applications. If you have questions or would like to discuss ideas, don’t hesitate to reach out via email!

Publication

  1. 2D Ego-Motion with Yaw Estimation using Only mmWave Radars via Two-Way weighted ICP Hojune Kim, Hyesu Jang, and Ayoung Kim ICRA Workshop Radar in Robotics 2024 [Abstract] [arXiv] [Poster]

Projects

  1. Humanoid Navigation via Semantic Mapping and Force-Torque Sensor Compensation German Aerospace Center DLR Guest Student Researcher On-going Project
    2024
    Crowd Navigation with LiDAR via Reinforcement Learning Perception and Learning for Robotics graduate course project, ETH Zürich [Video] [PDF] Teacher-Student Policy, LiDAR Encoding, Legged Robot
    2024
    Gaussian Belief Propagation for Continuous time SLAM Vision for Robotics Lab. ETH Zürich Undergraduate Researcher [PDF] [Slides] [Code] Graph Optimization, Continuous Time SLAM
    2024
    Display Virtual Cubes on Your Desk! Computer Vision course project, SNU [Video] [PDF] [Code] 3D Vision, Optical Flow, Augmented Reality
    2023
    Autonomous Flight Landing in Quadrotor system Bulnabi, autonomous flight drone club [Code] Pose Estimation, Path Planning, Bézier Curve, PX4-Autopilot
    2023
    Fault Tolerant Control of Quadrotor Decision Making graduate course project, SNU [PDF] Feedback Linearization, Sliding Mode Control, Backstepping Control
    2023
    Thermal camera & Lidar Direct SLAM Robust Perception and Mobile Robotics Lab. SNU Undergraduate Researcher [Code] Direct SLAM, visual-lidar SLAM
    2023
    Modeling and Making Multimodal Sensor system Robust Perception and Mobile Robotics Lab. SNU Undergraduate Researcher CAD, 3D Printer, Power System Design, Multi-sensor Calibration
    2023
    Searchable Dynamic Web Editor Addit, Start-up CTO [Video] [News] [Extension] Web Programming, Web Designing, Buisness Model Design
    2022
    International Autonomous Driving Car Competition SNU ZERO, autonomous driving car club Sensor Technician [Video] EKF-SLAM, Obstacle avoidance, Path Planning
    2021
    Organized Nationwide AI RC-car competition for 200+ Students AI Tech Play, non-profit organization for AI education Tech/Assembly Team Leader [Website] [Youtube] CAD, Laser Cutting, System Design
    2021
    Real-time Flood Monitoring System by Satellite Image Satellite Geophysics Lab. SNU Undergraduate Researcher Supervised Learning, Semantic Segmentation
    2020

Personal Activties

  1. CH-47D Helicopter Flight Attendant Republic of Korea Army [News] Tactical missions, Wild Fire Extinguishment, Helicopter Maintenance
    2021 - 2023
    Street Dancer Hoofers in SNU(H.I.S.) [Video] Locking, Popping Dance
    2019 - 2021