Welcome to HUR Group
HUR Group is in the School of Mechanical Engineering at Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST).
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Interested in Research?
Any potential students and post docs who are interested in research in HUR Group are encouraged to contact Dr. Pilwon Hur.
HUR Group News
2025
2025/5/1: A new research project was funded by National Rehabilitation Center (국립재활원), Ministry of Health and Welfare of South Korea (보건복지부) (Title: Translational Study of a Modular Upper Limb Rehabilitation Robot to Improve Upper Limb Function in People with Brain Lesions | 뇌병변 장애인의 상지 기능 향상을 위한 모듈형 상지 재활로봇 중개연구).
2025/4/24: The HUR Group played a team futsal game and then had dinner. [more]
2025/4/2: Dr. Hur gave a keynote speech at the forum for the defense industry and humanoid robots at the City Hall of Gwangju. [more]
2025/3/4: Jehyun Park joined HUR Group as an MS student.
2025/3/1: A new research project was funded by MOTIE (산업부) (Title: Super-Gap Shipbuilding Industry Expert Training Program | 초격차 조선산업 전문인력 양성). Our lab will contribute to robotics and AI research and training.
2025/3/1: A new research project was funded by GIST (Title: Emerging Technologies for Challengesin Extreme Environment Space Exploration | 극한 환경 우주 탐사를 위한 도전 기술 개발). Our lab will conduct research on AI-powered human-robot simulation and interaction modeling for common tasks in extreme environments. A humanoid robot is being developed from this project.
2025/2/24: HUR Group ran a Motor Bootcamp for GIST students. [more]
2025/2/21: Hyun Cho (MS), Sunghwan Bae (BS) and Junhyeok Im (BS) graduated. Congratulations!
2025/1/24: Farewell to Moonyoung: Wishing You All the Best on Your New Journey. [more]
2025/1/21: Wearable Robotics Workshop for High School Students at GIST. [more]
2024
2024/12/26: Hyun Cho successfully defended his MS degree.
2024/12/19: HUR Group Exo Team Workshop Adventure: Exploring Anmyeondo and Bonding Over AI, BBQ, and Beautiful Scenery. [more]
2024/12/18: HUR Group had an end-of-year dinner. [more]
2024/10/11: HUR Group took a hike in Naejangsan. [more]
2024/9/24: Dr. Hur gave a talk at 2024 Workshop on Evaluation and Measurement of Rehabilitation Robots hosted by National Rehabilitation Center (Title: Improving gait and balance through sensory augmentation and its applicability to assistive robotics). [more] [youtube]
2024/9/2: Minseok Kim and Van Thanh Nguyen joined HUR Group as MS and PhD students, respectively.
2024/8/21: Dr. Hur gave a crash course on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) as part of a lecture series on Decision Processes. [more]
2024/8/16: Hyewon (BS), Wooyoung (BS), and Jiyoung (MS) graduated. Congratulations! [more]
2024/8/5: Dr. Hur gave a crash course on Markov Decision Process (MDP) as part of a lecture series on Decision Processes. [more]
2024/7/26: HUR Group Outing to Namchang Valley in Jangseong in the hot summer of 2024! [more]
2024/7/3: Myeongju Cha received an Outstanding Paper Award from ICROS. Congratulations! [more]
2024/7/2: HUR Group attended ICROS (Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems) Annual Conference at Daejeon. [more]
2024/6/25: HUR Group and GIST-Samsung Motor Track Program held a Motor Boot Camp for the GIST undergraduates. [more]
2024/6/25: Dr. Hur attended a IPC meeting at Stockholm, Sweden to prepare IFAC World Congress 2026. [more]
2024/6/21: Jiyoung Jeong successfully defended his MS degree.
2024/6/19: Two of HUR Group's alumni (Drs. Woolim Hong and Jinwon Lee) visited GIST and gave a talk. [more]
2024/6/18: Dr. Hur has been appointed as an advisory committee member for the Ministry of National Defense’s Warrior Platform Program. [more]
2024/6/13: Dr. Hur gave a keynote speech to a Working Group of Translational Rehabilitation Robotics Research hosted by National Rehabilitation Center.
2024/6/4: Dr. Hur gave a lunch talk to promote MRE program to freshmen [youtube].
2024/5/24: Dr. Hur invited a famous youtuber Yak to give a speech at Robotics and AI symposimum at MRE Day. [more]
2024/5/13: Dr. Hur attended ICRA 2024 at Yokohama, Japan.
2024/4/25: Jiyoung Jeong and Hyeon Cho presented at KSME Bioengineering Conference. [more]
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
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.
2023/12/2: Kwonseung Cho received an Outstanding Paper Award from KSB. Congratulations! [more]
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]
2023/6/30: Kwonseung Cho successfully defended his MS degree.
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
2022/11/19: Sunwoong Moon received an Outstanding Paper Award from KSB. Congratulations!
2022/11/18: HUR Group attended KSB (Korean Society of Biomechanics) at Konkuk University Glocal Campus, Chungju.
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
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
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
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
2018/12/12: Yitsen Pan successfully defended for her PhD degree.
2018/12/7: Kenneth Chao successfully defended for his PhD degree.