Dong Ho Kang
Robotics PhD Student at the University of Texas at Austin
dongho.robot@gmail.com
I am a Ph.D. student at UT Austin, advised by Dr. Luis Sentis in Human Centered Robotics Lab. My research studies how robot morphology, mechanism design, and control interact in manipulation, especially in contact-rich settings. I am particularly interested in fingertip mechanics, robot hands, and whole-body manipulation systems, with the goal of designing hardware that improves interaction through physically meaningful behavior.
news
| May 12, 2026 | Our paper ARISTO Hand: Sensing-Driven Distal Hyperextension for Fine-Grained Manipulation has been accepted to IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM) 2026! |
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| May 04, 2026 | Our paper PLATO Hand: Shaping Contact Behavior with Fingernails for Precise Manipulation has been accepted to IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)! |
| Feb 12, 2026 | Our paper Soft Vortex Gripper for Dexterous Manipulation using Hand-Like Robots has been accepted to the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)! |
latest posts
| Oct 14, 2024 | [CAN 05] - PCAN Device Driver Installation on Linux |
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| Apr 12, 2024 | Resources for Learning Robotics |
| Dec 05, 2023 | [CAN 04] - Gripper Motor Control with CAN Bus |
selected publications
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ARISTO Hand: Sensing-Driven Distal Hyperextension for Fine-Grained ManipulationIn 2026 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2026Accepted -
Soft Vortex Gripper for Dexterous Manipulation using Hand-Like RobotsIn 2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026Accepted
