News

Our paper "A Hybrid Magnetic Actuation System for Single-Input Multistates Stabilization: Application to pH-Responsive Drug Delivery" has been published in Advanced Intelligent Systems.Link ↗

Congratulations to our graduate student on graduating and joining DRB!

Our joint work with Prof. ChangKyu Yoon's group (Sookmyung Women's University), "Ecoflex-hydrogel bilayer soft robot for pH-controlled drug protection and delivery", has been published in Materials Today Bio.Link ↗

The lab attended the Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC 2026).

We started a new project, "Magnetic microrobotic surgery system for precision treatment of congenital glaucoma" (2026–2030), funded by the Lee Kun-hee Pediatric Cancer & Rare Disease Program.

We started a new NAVER-funded project on real-time intraocular pressure monitoring and adaptive glaucoma therapy via micro-robotic tube implantation in the anterior chamber (2026–2028).

An M.S. student presented a poster on 4-DoF control with hybrid magnet arrays at SICE FES 2025.

Congratulations to our M.S. student and undergraduate researcher on their graduation!

Lab retreat (MT) — go MPRL!

Prof. Son attended the Young Eminent Scientist (YES) meeting.

An M.S. student presented "Four-Degree-of-Freedom Magnetic Control of a Miniature Permanent Magnet for Intravascular Navigation Using Hybrid Magnet Arrays" at the KSME Bioengineering Division Spring Conference.

Our paper "Layer-jamming soft gripper for improved stiffness control and underwater adhesion" has been published in Extreme Mechanics Letters.Link ↗

Spring outing under the cherry blossoms.

Lab group photo.

Congratulations to three undergraduate researchers on their graduation!

Celebrating Prof. Son's birthday together.

New-semester lab dinner.

Joint workshop with Prof. ChangKyu Yoon's group (Sookmyung Women's University).

Lab tour.

Welcome dinner for new members.

The Samsung Heavy Industries robotics business team visited our lab for a recruiting session and lab tour.

Kick-off meeting for joint microrobotics research with Prof. ChangKyu Yoon's group (Sookmyung Women's University).

Two undergraduate research projects were published in the Journal of Korea Robotics Society.

The lab attended the Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (KRoC 2024).

Two posters from our lab were presented at the 2024 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII).

Lab hiking trip.

Graduation day.

Teachers' Day.

Our KUKA LBR Med medical robot arm has arrived!

Our department — including Prof. Son's Robot Kinematics class — was featured on the YouTube channel "전과자".Link ↗

At KROS 2023, two undergraduate posters were presented and the lab's research was introduced in the Young Investigators session.Link ↗

Prof. Son received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award at ICROS 2022 and presented in its Young Researchers session.Link ↗

Our proposal was selected for the NRF Early-Career Researcher Program (KRW 120M/year).

An undergraduate researcher graduated summa cum laude from the School of Mechanical Engineering. Congratulations!

Prof. Son received the PNU College of Engineering Excellent Researcher Award.

"A tissue adhesion-controllable and biocompatible small-scale hydrogel adhesive robot" has been published in Advanced Materials.Link ↗