Eugene Kim (김유진)
Physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI), Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
Autonomous driving and intelligent robotics are interdisciplinary fields that focus on enabling machines to perceive, understand, and interact with complex real-world environments. These fields combine robotics, artificial intelligence, control engineering, computer vision, and machine learning to develop systems capable of making decisions and performing tasks autonomously. Research in autonomous systems plays an important role in the future of mobility and manufacturing, ranging from self-driving vehicles and teleoperation to humanoid robotics and AI-driven industrial automation. It helps us design safer and more adaptive systems that can collaborate with humans, respond to uncertain environments, and continuously improve through data and learning. My research particularly focuses on end-to-end autonomous driving, physical AI for humanoid robots, communication-delay-resilient teleoperation, and AI-based autonomous manufacturing systems. Through integrating real-time control, digital twins, reinforcement learning, and multimodal sensor fusion, I aim to develop intelligent robotic systems capable of operating reliably in both industrial and everyday environments.
About me
I am a researcher working in the fields of autonomous driving, robotics, and AI-based manufacturing systems.
I received my undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan, in 2016, and went on to earn both my MSc and PhD in mechanical systems engineering from Nagoya University in 2021.
During my doctoral studies, I conducted research on human–robot collaboration safety, radar sensing, teleoperation, and communication delay compensation at the Assistive Robotics Group under Prof. Yoji Yamada.
I also participated in the Aichi Next-Generation Robot Project, where I worked on industrial robot control software, safety sensor systems, and battery assembly automation for collaborative robotics environments.
After returning to Korea, I joined the Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH), where I have been involved in national R&D projects on autonomous mobility, AI-driven manufacturing, digital twins, and intelligent robotic systems.
My current research focuses on end-to-end autonomous driving, physical AI for humanoid robotics, AI-based autonomous manufacturing, and real-time control systems integrating robotics, mobility, and industrial AI.
Eugene Kim (김유진)
Physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI)
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology
- (2016) B.S. M.E, NIT
- (2018) M.S. M.S.E, Nagoya University
- (2021) Ph.D M.S.E, Nagoya University