🏠 Youngjin Kim 👨‍🔬

I am currently working on a book that is based on my Ph.D. research. Stay tuned for more updates!

K. Singh, Y. Kim, Y. Turkar, K. Dantu, CART: Context-Aware Terrain Adaptation for Stable Locomotion, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (Submitted)
Y. Kim, T. Singh, Energy Optimal Path Planning for Wheeled Mobile Robots with Circular Obstacle, Optimal Control Applications and Methods (2024) [LINK]
Y. Kim, T. Singh, Energy-Time Optimal Trajectory Tracking Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots, IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics (2023) [LINK]
Y. Kim, T. Singh, Energy-Time Optimal Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots, Journal of the Franklin Institute (2022) [LINK]
Y. Kim, T. Singh, Minimum Energy Control of a Unicycle Model Robot, Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control (2021) [LINK]

Y. Turkar, Y. Kim, K. Dantu, Active Illumination Control in Low-Light Environments using NightHawk, International Symposium on Experimental Robotics (In-Press) [LINK]
C. Aluckal, R. Lal, S. Courtney, Y. Turkar, Y. Dighe, Y. Kim, J. Gemerek, K. Dantu, TERA: Simulation Environment for Terrain Excavation Robot Autonomy, IEEE International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots (2025) [LINK]
Y. Kim, C. He, T. Singh, Control Barrier Function based Energy Optimal Obstacles Avoidance for Point-to-Point Maneuvers, Modeling, Estimation and Control Conference (2024) [LINK]
Y. Kim, T. Singh, Energy Optimal Obstacle Avoidance Motion Planning for Wheeled Mobile Robots, American Control Conference (2024) [LINK]
Y. Dighe, Y. Kim, S. Rajguru, Y. Turkar, T. Singh, K. Dantu, Kinematics-Only Differential Flatness based Trajectory Tracking for Autonomous Racing, IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2023) [LINK]
Y. Kim, T. Singh, Minimum-Time Energy-Optimal Path Following Control for a Wheeled Mobile Robot subject to Velocity Constraints using Linear Programming, IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (2023) [LINK]
Y. Kim, T. Singh, Minimum Energy-Time Optimal Control of Wheeled Mobile Robots: Application to Parallel Parking, American Control Conference (2022) [LINK]

K. Singh, Y. Turkar, Y. Kim, M. Lengel, K. Dantu, Autonomous Culvert Inspection on the Erie Canal using Legged Robots, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation – Workshop on Field Robotics (2025) [LINK]
Y. Turkar, S. Sreedharan, C. Aluckal, I. Malhotra, R. Lal, J. Jain, Y. Dighe, Y. Kim, J. Gemerek, K. Dantu, Excavation Autonomy with Resilient Traversability and Handling, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation – Workshop on Field Robotics (2025) [LINK]

A. Zeid, H. Xu, P. Adani, Y. Kim, Computer system for detecting and controlling a relative position of two rotating eccentric shafts, vehicle comprising such a computer system, method, and storage medium for performing such a method, European:EP4380037A1,US:US20250050743A1,China:CN119483355A (Pending) [LINK]

Y. Kim, Advanced Motion Planning Strategies for Wheeled Mobile Robots: Performance, Efficiency, and Safety, State University of New York at Buffalo (2024) [LINK]
Y. Kim, Optimal Control of a Differential-Drive Mobile Robot, State University of New York at Buffalo (2020) [LINK]