Team Leader

Biography

I am an Assistant Professor in the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering at DGIST, where I lead the Autonomy and Perceptual Robotics Lab (APRL). I also hold joint appointments in the Department of Artificial Intelligence and the Mechanical Engineering Track at DGIST.

Before joining DGIST, I was a Research Scientist at NAVER LABS (2021-2024), working on autonomous driving and 3D vision. I received my PhD, MS, and BS from KAIST, all in Civil and Environmental Engineering, under the guidance of Prof. Ayoung Kim.

My research focuses on enabling robots to perceive and navigate the real world robustly and efficiently through SLAM, 3D reconstruction, sensor fusion, and spatial AI.

Research Interests

  • Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM)
  • Mobile Robot Navigation
  • Spatial AI & Physical AI

Education

  • PhD in Civil & Env. Eng., 2022, KAIST
  • MS in Civil & Env. Eng., 2019, KAIST
  • BS in Civil & Env. Eng., 2017, KAIST

Current Lab Members

Full-time Researchers

Yumin Lee

Yumin Lee

MS student (2025F-)

Beomsu Kim

Beomsu Kim

MS student (2026S-)

Hoyun Kim

Hoyun Kim

MS student (2026S-)

Incoming student

Incoming Student

MS student (2026F-)

Incoming student

Incoming Student

MS student (2027S-)

Undergraduate Interns

2026 Spring Ayun Lee (DGIST, Topic: VLN for exploration), HyunWoo Kim (DGIST, Topic: Heterogeneous Multi-robot Collaboration)

2026 Winter Hyeonwoo Jeong (DGIST), Yewon Kim (DGIST), Ayun Lee (DGIST) (Topics: DGIST 4D Mapping and Intelligent Robot Exploration)

Research Collaborators