Woojong Kim

Woojong Kim
Postdoctoral Researcher @ KAIST

About

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the InnoCORE PRISM-AI center & BioRobotics Lab @ KAIST, advised by Prof. Jung Kim.

My research interest spans Vision-based Tactile Sensors, Tactile Intelligence & Manipulation, and Pneumatic Artificial Muscles.

CV / Email / Google Scholar

Professional Experience

PRISM-AI InnoCORE Postdoctoral Fellow, KAIST (Mar. 2026 - Present)

Education

Mar. 2021 - Feb. 2026: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST (Advisor: Prof. Jung Kim)

Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2021: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST (Advisor: Prof. Jung Kim)

Mar. 2014 - Feb. 2019: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, KAIST (Minor: Electrical Engineering)

Publications

	UVDtact: UV Marker-Embedded Fingertip-Like Vision-Based Tactile Sensor for Shape Reconstruction and Force Estimation Woojong Kim, Won Dong Kim, Hyunkyu Park, Joonho Lee, Jeong-Jung Kim, and Jung Kim IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026 (Accepted).
	Field-Programmable Robotic Folding Sheet Hyunkyu Park, Yongrok Jeong, Woojong Kim, Jungrak Choi, Junseong Ahn, Jun-Ho Jeong, Inkyu Park, and Jung Kim Nature Communications, 2025. ( Nature Publisher Highlights, Media Highlights including** CNN) Paper / Video
	Graph-Structured Super-Resolution for Geometry-Generalized Tomographic Tactile Sensing: Application to Humanoid Faces Hyunkyu Park, Woojong Kim, Sangha Jeon, Youngjin Na, and Jung Kim IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2024. (** T-RO Editorial Highlights) Paper / Video presented at ICRA 2025, Atlanta, USA
	Bidirectional Double-Spring Pneumatic Artificial Muscle with Inductive Self-Sensing Yeonha Cho, Woojong Kim, Hyunkyu Park, Jung Kim, and Youngjin Na (* Equally contributed) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023. Paper / Video
	Marker-Embedded Tactile Image Generation via Generative Adversarial Networks Won Dong Kim, Sanghoon Yang, Woojong Kim, Jeong-Jung Kim, and Jung Kim IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023. Paper presented at ICRA 2024, Yokohama, Japan
	UVtac: Switchable UV Marker-Based Tactile Sensing Finger for Effective Force Estimation and Object Localization Woojong Kim, Won Dong Kim, Jeong-Jung Kim, Chang-Hyun Kim, and Jung Kim (* Equally contributed) IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2022. Paper / Video presented at ICRA 2023, London, UK
	Compact Flat Fabric Pneumatic Artificial Muscle (ffPAM) for Soft Wearable Robotic Devices Woojong Kim, Hyunkyu Park, and Jung Kim IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2021. ( IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Service Robotics (Winner) (12/4005)*) Paper / Video presented at ICRA* 2021, Xi'an, China
	Vision-Based Aided-Grasping in Teleoperation with Multiple Unknown Objects Yunjoo Kim, Woojong Kim, Seongwoong Hong, Seulki Kyeong, Jirou Feng, and Jung Kim Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2020. Paper

Awards, Honors, and Fellowships

PRISM-AI InnoCORE Fellowship Mar. 2026 - Current

from Korean Government
Invited Speaker at the KRoC Flagship Conferences 2022

The 17th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC 2022)
- For the contents of the awarded paper at ICRA 2021
IEEE ICRA Best Paper Award in Service Robotics (Winner) (12/4005) 2021

2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2021)
- For the paper entitled "Compact Flat Fabric Pneumatic Artificial Muscle (ffPAM) for Soft Wearable Robotic Devices"
KAIST Support Scholarship Mar. 2019 - Feb. 2025

from KAIST
National Science and Engineering Undergraduate Scholarship Mar. 2016 - Feb. 2019

from Korean Government
Dean's List Fall 2017

from KAIST College of Engineering
Outstanding Achievement Award 2015, 2016

from Department of Mechanical Engineering, KAIST