Joonhee Jo Robotics Researcher & Engineer

Research

Control problems where contact and uncertainty matter.

This page replaces category-driven archive navigation with a narrative around the actual robotics questions the work addresses.

Humanoid locomotion

Robust walking, landing stabilization, and impedance or admittance control for humanoids on uneven terrain.

Whole-body balance control

Task-space and momentum-based methods for balancing articulated robots with physical constraints and uncertain contact.

Interactive manipulation

Dual-arm teaching, robotic hands, and physically interactive systems that transfer contact intent into reliable motion.

Themes

How the research areas connect

The recurring question is how to make physically coupled, high-dimensional systems behave robustly when contact is uncertain, terrain varies, or the task is underconstrained.

Locomotion and landing

Humanoid work focuses on swing-foot stabilization, impedance or admittance control, and whole-body formulations that remain feasible under uneven or unexpected contact.

Manipulation and teaching

Earlier work on robotic hands, dual-arm systems, and direct teaching informs how contact sensing and balancing can be used to make interaction safer and more useful.

Selected references

Publications that anchor the themes

The current site headline, Robotics Researcher & Engineer, is grounded in published work rather than portfolio filler.