team

Members of the Rottoda lab

Principal Investigator

Saekwang Nam

남세광 Saekwang Nam

Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Data Science, Kyungpook National University

Google Scholar CV (PDF)

Education

  • B.E., Human & Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kanazawa University, Japan (2007 – 2011)
  • M.S., Computer Science, University of California, San Diego, USA (2011 – 2013)
  • Dr. rer. nat., Haptic Intelligence dept., Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany (2017 – 2022)

Experience

  • Researcher, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea (2013 – 2017)
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dexterous Robotics Group, University of Bristol, UK (2022 – 2024)
  • Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Data Science, Kyungpook National University (2024 – present)

Academic Services

  • Local Chair, 2026 Asia Haptics Conference (2026)
  • Extended Abstracts Chair, IEEE-RAS RoboSoft 2026 (2026)
  • Organizing Committee, 4th Korean Haptics Society PI Symposium (2026)
  • Director of International Cooperation, Korean Haptics Society (2025 – 2026)
  • Organizing Committee, 3rd Korean Haptics Society PI Symposium (2025)

Researchers

Gunhee Son

손건희 Gunhee SonFull-time

Undergraduate Researcher

Vision-Language-Action, Imitation Learning

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Sungeun Bae

배성은 Sungeun BaeFull-time

Undergraduate Researcher

Haptic Sensing, Big Data Analytics, Robot Perception

M.S. Students

Current graduate students by commencement year

Commencement 2026

Hyeongmo Ku

구형모 Hyeongmo KuFull-time

Big Data, Deep Learning, Collaborative Robot

Jaewoong Choi

최재웅 Jaewoong ChoiFull-time

Imitation Learning, Dexterous Manipulation

Sungjong Lee

이선종 Sunjong LeeFull-time

Multimodal Robot, Manipulation, Haptics

Gyeongsub Lee

이경섭 Gyeongsub LeePart-time

Simulator, ROS, Reinforcement Learning

Commencement 2025

Hyosung Kim

김효성 Hyosung KimFull-time

ROS, 멀티모달 센싱

Junhui Lee

이준희 Junhui LeeFull-time

로봇 빅데이터, ROS

Yoonseok Jeong

정윤석 Yoonseok JeongPart-time

가상환경 기반 로봇 실증, 검증기술

한국로봇산업진흥원

Simyung Lee

이시명 Simyung LeePart-time

프로그래밍

경북대학교 해양과학연구소

Commencement 2024

HuiMyeong Jeong

정희명 HuiMyeong JeongPart-time

소셜 미디어 콘텐츠 참여도 예측을 위한 데이터 분석

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Alumni

Former members and where they are now

Donghyun Ko

고동현 Donghyun Ko

Post-master Researcher · Contract ended Oct 2025

TaeJun Kwon

권태준 TaeJun Kwon

M.S. Feb 2026 · 한국철도기술연구원

Eunjung Lee

이은정 Eunjung Lee

M.S. Feb 2026 · 대구교육대학교 박사과정

Hyungyu Lee

이현규 Hyungyu Lee

M.S. Feb 2026 · POSCO

Jieun Jang

장지은 Jieun Jang

M.S. Feb 2026

JuJu Kim

김은주 JuJu Kim

M.S. Aug 2025 · 한국로봇산업진흥원

Yun Hui Na

나윤희 Yun Hui Na

M.S. Aug 2025 · 경북대학교 첨단정보통신융합산업기술원

Kwang Hyeon Ro

노광현 Kwang Hyeon Ro

M.S. Feb 2026 · NUC전자

Jongmin Park

박종민 Jongmin Park

M.S. Aug 2025 · LinkedIn

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우승준 Seung Jun Woo

M.S. Feb 2024 · 이음기술

Hyeonwoo Cho

조현우 Hyeonwoo Cho

M.S. Feb 2026 · 한국지능정보사회진흥원 (NIA)

EunYeong Tak

탁은영 EunYeong Tak

M.S. Aug 2025

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한영민 Youngmin Han

M.S. Feb 2024 · 에이디엔이노텍