Youngsun Kwon [CV]

Senior 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

2025. 03. -- present.     Senior Researcher at Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
2023. 01. -- 2025. 02.   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

Online Terrain Mapping for Exploring Dense Forests on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Youngsun Kwon, Suseong Kim, Youkyung Hong, Sanghyouk Choi, and Jihun Cha

International Conference on Information and Communication Technology Convergence (ICTC) 2024

Safe and Efficient Exploration Path Planning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle in Forest Environments

Youkyung Hong, Suseong Kim, Youngsun Kwon, Sanghyouk Choi, and Jihun Cha

Aerospace 2024

CCTV-Informed Human-Aware Robot Navigation in Crowded Indoor Environments

Mincheul Kim, Youngsun Kwon, Sebin Lee, and Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) 2024

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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

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

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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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PTZ Camera Control on Robot Telemedicine Service for Infectious Diseases

Seongah Park, Youngsun Kwon, and Yoonseob Lim

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

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 facilities

2022 Outstanding Technical Achievement in Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Institute, KIST

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

2021 Outstanding PhD Thesis in School of Computing, KAIST

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