Principal Investigator
Principal Investigator
Hyunjin Choi, Ph. D.
Hyunjin Choi, Ph. D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Human Intelligence and Robot Engineering (휴먼지능로봇공학과),
Sangmyung University
Assistant Professor,
Department of Human Intelligence and Robot Engineering (휴먼지능로봇공학과),
Sangmyung University
Hyunjin Choi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Human Intelligence and Robot Engineering at Sangmyung University and the Principal Investigator of the HuRI (HUman–Robot Interaction) Lab.
She received her Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Sogang University.
Her research focuses on human–robot interaction, wearable and assistive robotics, and gait analysis, with an emphasis on human-centered system design and real-time motion understanding.
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Sogang University, 2019
Dissertation: Assistance and Rehabilitation of People with Paretic Gait Using a Torque-controlled Wearable Robot
B.S. in Physics and B.A. in Economics (Double Major), Sogang University, 2012 Magna Cum Laude
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Intelligence anc Robot Engineering, Sangmyung University, 2020 - Present
Founding Member / Lead Engineer, Angel Robotics Co., Ltd, 2017 - 2020
Vice Chair, IFAC Technical Committee on Robotics (TC 4.3), 2022–Present
Organizing Committee Member, ICROS(Institute of Control, Robotics, and Systems), 2024–2026
Proceedings Editor, IFAC Symposium on Robotics, 2025
Gold and Bronze Medals, Powered Exoskeleton Race, Cybathlon, 2020 (Team Angel Robotics)
Young Researcher Award, Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, 2019
Top 10 Student Project Worldwide, National Instruments, 2017
Top 10 Finalist, UAE AI & Robotics for Good, 2016 (Project: Angelegs)
Global Ph.D. Fellowship, National Research Foundation of Korea, 2012–2014
(Project: Study on a mechatronic rehabilitation system incorporating functional electrical stimulation and a robotic exoskeleton)
Overshoe-Type Device for Measuring Ground Reaction Force, Korean Patent No. 10-2219037, Feb. 17, 2021
Driving Unit of a Multi-Joint Robot, Korean Patent No. 10-2244673, Apr. 20, 2021
Control Method of a Lower-Body Assistive Robot, Korean Patent No. 10-2162485, Sep. 25, 2020
Ground Reaction Force Sensor Module, Korean Patent No. 10-2095439, Mar. 25, 2020
Multi-Axis Force Sensor and Multi-Axis Force Sensing System, Korean Patent No. 10-2041710, Oct. 31, 2019
Crutch for Wearable Robot System, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0064912, Pending (2022)
Method of Using a Wearable Assistive Device, Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0014421, Pending (2022)