Youngsun Kwon [CV]

Researcher at ETRI

Email: youngsun.kwon 'at' etri.re.kr
Address: 7-201, Autonomous UAV Research Section, ETRI, Daejeon, Korea
[GitHub] [Scholar]

Research Interests

Real-time occupancy mapping
Deep learning for 3-D reconstruction
Sensor-based motion/path planning

Experience

2023. 01. -- present     Researcher at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
2022. 03. -- 2022. 12.   Postdoc at Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST)

Education

2016. 03. -- 2022. 02.   PhD., School of Computing, KAIST (advisor: Sung-Eui Yoon)
2014. 03. -- 2016. 02.   M.S., Robotics Program, KAIST (advisor: Sung-Eui Yoon)
2010. 03. -- 2014. 02.   B.S., Electronic & Electrical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan Univ.
2010. 03. -- 2014. 02.   B.S., Computer Engineering (double major), Sungkyunkwan Univ.

Publications

User Perception of the Robot’s Error in Heterogeneous Multi-Robot System Performing Sequential Cooperative Task

Soyeon Shin, Youngsun Kwon, Yoonseob Lim, and Sonya S. Kwak

The 15th International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) 2023 (accepted)

Heterogeneous Robot-assisted Services in Isolation Wards: A System Development and Usability Study

Youngsun Kwon, Soyeon Shin, Kyonmo Yang, Seongah Park, Soomin Shin, Hwawoo Jeon, Kijung Kim, Guhnoo Yun, Sangyong Park, Jeewon Byun, Sang Hoon Kang, Kyoung-Ho Song, Doik Kim, Dong Hwan Kim, Kapho Seo, Sonya S. Kwak, and Yoonseob Lim

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2023

Group Estimation for Social Robot Navigation in Crowded Environments

Mincheul Kim, Youngsun Kwon, and Sung-Eui Yoon

International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems (ICCAS) 2022

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Implicit LiDAR Network: LiDAR Super-Resolution via Interpolation Weight Prediction

Youngsun Kwon, Minhyuk Sung, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2022

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Real-time Dense Occupancy Mapping using Spatial Correlation of Point Clouds

Youngsun Kwon (advider: Sung-Eui Yoon)

Ph.D. Thesis (School of Computing, KAIST) 2022

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Diffraction- and Reflection-Aware Multiple Sound Source Localization

Inkyu An, Youngsun Kwon, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) 2021

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Dynamic Humanoid Locomotion over Rough Terrain with Streamlined Perception-Control Pipeline

Moonyoung Lee, Youngsun Kwon, Sebin Lee, JongHun Choe, Junyong Park, Hyobin Jeong, Yujin Heo, Min-su Kim, Jo Sungho, Sung-Eui Yoon, and Jun-Ho Oh

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2021

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Adaptive Kernel Inference for Dense and Sharp Occupancy Grids

Youngsun Kwon, Bochang Moon, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2020

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Robust Sound Source Localization considering Similarity of Back-Propagation Signals

Inkyu An, Byeongho-Jo, Youngsun Kwon, Jung-woo Choi, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2020

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Real-time 3-D Mapping with Estimating Acoustic Materials

Taeyoung Kim, Youngsun Kwon, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE/SICE International Syposium of System Integration (SII) 2019

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An Objectness Score for Accurate and Fast Detection during Navigation

Hongsun Choi, Mincheul Kang, Youngsun Kwon, and Sung-Eui Yoon

The World Congress on Advances in Nano, Bio, Robotics and Energy (ANBRE) 2019

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Super Rays and Culling Region for Real-Time Updates on Grid-based Occupancy Maps

Youngsun Kwon, Donghyuk Kim, Inkyu An, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO) 2019

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Adaptive Lazy Collision Checking for Optimal Sampling-based Motion Planning

Donghyuk Kim, Youngsun Kwon, and Sung-Eui Yoon

International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR) 2018

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Automated Task Planning using Object Arrangement Optimization

Mincheul Kang, Youngsun Kwon, and Sung-Eui Yoon

International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots (UR) 2018

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Dancing PRM* : Simultaneous Planning of Sampling and Optimization with Configuration Free Space Approximation

Donghyuk Kim, Youngsun Kwon, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2018

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Ray Distribution to Parallel Batching-based Updates

Youngsun Kwon and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2017 Workshop on Robotics and Vehicular Technologies for Self-driving Cars

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Super Ray-based Updates for Occupancy Maps

Youngsun Kwon, Donghyuk Kim, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2016

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Activities / Awards

Development and integration of robot system for isolation treatment facility

Outstanding Technology in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Institute for Year 2022

Real-time Dense Occupancy Mapping using Spatial Correlation of Point Clouds

Outstanding PhD Thesis in School of Computing of for Year 2021

Real-Time Updates for Occupancy Maps

2017 KCC SW Contest 1st (Microsoft Research Awards)

Robot Soccer: Mirosot

2010 FIRA Challenge Cup 1st
2011 FIRA RoboWorld Cup 3rd
2011 FIRA Korea Cup 1st
2012 FIRA RoboWorld 4th
2013 FIRA Challenge Cup 1st

Robot Soccer: Teen-size

2013 RoboCup participation

Speech-To-Text Chess

2013 Samsung SW Club Championship 2nd