A research team, led by Professor Joonbum Bae of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering has recently been honored to receive the Prime Minister’s Certificate of Merit from the 2016 Korea Disaster Safety Technology Award contest.
Professor Bae and his team received the award from the Minister of Public Administration and Security in recognition of their groundbreaking project to develop robotic technologies for disaster response. Their introduced disaster-response robot is comprised with a teleoperating robotic system with a wearable interface.
A tele-operation robot with a wearable intetrface.
Professor Bae is currently working on the development of next-generation robotic systems for disaster environments with emphasis on control. The research team hopes to find ways to apply fundamental robotic technologies to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief tasks in the three categories of robot platforms, human-robot interaction and control, and modeling of a disaster environment.
They expect that their tele-operation robot will play a big role in carrying out relief operations in case of natural disasters, such as nuclear accidents, conflagrations, and building collapse.
“Robotic technologies are used in various fields including the manufacturing and service sectors,” Professor Bae said. “We hope to contribute to further developing and expanding bilateral cooperation in the robotics area by developing robot technologies that is capable of handling disasters that restrict human access.”