Research
Publications
Peer-reviewed publications, workshop papers, and preprints.
2026
2026
PLATO Hand: Shaping Contact Behavior With Fingernails for Precise Manipulation
Dong Ho Kang, Aaron Kim, Mingyo Seo, Kazuto Yokoyama, Tetsuya Narita, Luis Sentis
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters
Media coverage: Science News ↗
My contribution
Led the project from core concept to manuscript, with contributions in hardware implementation, experimental design, result interpretation, and writing.
2026 · Accepted
Contact Morphology Design: Shaping Contact Sensitivity and Repeatability
Dong Ho Kang, Luis Sentis
3rd Workshop on Dexterous Manipulation: Full-Stack Robotics on Learning and Design, CoRL 2026
2026
LUMO: Designing Luminous Contact Morphology for Repeatable Whole-Finger Contact Observation
Dong Ho Kang, Youngsu Ko, Luis Sentis
My contribution
Led the project from contact-morphology design and simulation through experimental evaluation and manuscript preparation.
2026
ARISTO Hand: Sensing-Driven Distal Hyperextension for Fine-Grained Manipulation
Aaron Kim, Dong Ho Kang, Mark Helwig, Mingyo Seo, Kazuto Yokoyama, Tetsuya Narita, Luis Sentis
2026 IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM)
Media coverage: IEEE Spectrum ↗
My contribution
Embedded system, low-level control, and system integration.
2026
A Bilateral Teleoperation Framework for Dexterous Manipulation
Stefano Dalla Gasperina†, Dong Ho Kang†, Haiyun Zhang†, Aldo Galvan†, Job D. Ramirez, Aaron Kim, Mark Helwig, Kazuto Yokoyama, Takahisa Ueno, Tetsuya Narita, Ann Majewicz Fey, Ashish D. Deshpande, Luis Sentis
2026
Soft Vortex Gripper for Dexterous Manipulation using Hand-Like Robots
Martin Kojouharov, Dong Ho Kang, Drake Rowland, Roman Mykhailyshyn, Luis Sentis, Ann Majewicz Fey
2026 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
My contribution
Manipulator and hand controller integration for experiments.
2025
2025
RPC: A Modular Framework for Robot Planning, Control, and Deployment
Seung Hyeon Bang, Carlos Gonzalez, Gabriel Moore, Dong Ho Kang, Mingyo Seo, Ryan Gupta, Luis Sentis
2025 IEEE/SICE International Symposium on System Integration (SII)
My contribution
Fixed-base manipulator whole body control software integration.
2023
2023
Design of a Person-Carrying Robot for Contact Compliant Navigation
Carlos Gonzalez, Samantha Lee, Francisco Montano, Steven Ortega, Dong Ho Kang, Mehar Jaiswal, Junfeng Jiao, Luis Sentis
My contribution
Low-level controller, SLAM, and autonomous navigation.
