BongGyeong Park

1. Master's Degree Student

Robotics Program

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

2. Student Researcher

Department of 3D Printing

Research Institute of Autonomous Manufacturing

Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM)

Educations

(2023 - present) M.S. in Robotics, KAIST

• (2025 – present) Smart Manufacturing Systems Lab, Mechanical Engineering

• (2023 – 2025) Robust Ingelligence and Robotics Lab, School of Computing

(2015 - 2021) B.E. in Mechanical Engineering, Kyeong Hee University

• (2019 – 2020) Multiscale Energy Lab, Mechanical Engineering | Currently at KAIST

Research Experiences

(2025 - present) Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials (KIMM)

(2025 - present) Student Researcher | Department of 3D Printing, Institute of Autonomous Manufacturing

• Principal Investigator: Dr. Segon Heo

• Topics: Robotic Additive Manufacturing

(2022 - present) Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)

(2025 - present) Master's Student | Smart Manufacturing Systems Lab, Mechanical Engineering

• Advisor: Prof. Huitaek Yun

• Topics: Robotic Additive Manufacturing, Cladding

(2023 - 2025) Master's Student | Robust Intelligence and Robotics Lab, School of Computing

• Advisor: Prof. Daehyung Park

• Topics: Imitation learning, Recovery from failure, Deformable object manipulation, Skill Learning

(2022 - 2023) Research Assistant | Robust Intelligence and Robotics Lab, School of Computing

• Advisor: Prof. Daehyung Park

• Topics: Teleoperation, Data collection, Reinforcement Learning

(2015 - 2021) Kyung Hee University

(2019 - 2020) Thesis Project Participant | Multiscale Energy Lab. | Currently at KAIST

• Advisor: Prof. Yongsuk Nam

• Topics: Fabrication for anti-reflection & super-hydrophobic spray coating

(2019) Summer Vacation Intern | Computational Particle Fluid Dynamics Lab.

• Advisor: Prof. Junemo Koo

• Topics: Air-conditioning energy optimization using time-series neural networks

Awards

(2015) Academic Scholarship, KyeongHee University

• Awarded a 2-year scholarship for outstanding admission performance (top-ranked entrance score)

Engaged Research Projects & Collaborations

(2023-2025) DRB-KAIST Sketch the Future Research Center

• University-funded project, led by Prof. Seok-Hyung Bae, Department of Industrial Design, KAIST.

• Part of a multi-institutional collaboration involving five research laboratories

• Keywords: Data Collection, Human Expert Motion, Digital Twin

(2023-2024) Research Collaboration with Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien)

• Non-funded joint research project with Prof. Dongheui Lee’s Lab. (TU Wien).

• Keywords: Recovery from Failure, Skill Adaptation, Movement Primitives, Constraint Learning

(2022 - 2024) Institute for Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP)

• Government-funded research project led by Prof. Ki-Eung Kim, School of Computing, KAIST.

• Keywords: Deformable Object Manipulation, Reinforcement Learning, State Representation Learning

(2022 - 2024) Samsung Electronics

• Industry-funded research project by the Device Solutions Division, Samsung Electronics.

• Keywords: Deformable Object Manipulation, Reinforcement Learning, State Representation Learning

Volunteering & Mentoring Experiences

(2025) GearsBot

• Translated a non-commercial educational robotics simulator from English into Korean.

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(2023) Bachelor's Student Mentoring

• Mentored undergraduate students at the School of Computing, KAIST.

• Topics: Understanding and Application of Reinforcement Learning through Robot Task Examples

Skills

• Programming Languages: Python, Matlab, C#, C, C++

• Machine Learning Libraries: Scikit-Learn, Tensorflow, Keras, Pytorch, Warp, Jax

• Robotics Tools: ROS, NVIDIA Omniverse, Mujoco, Pybullet, Genesis(Beginner)

• Language Abilities: Korean(Native), English(Fluent), German(Beginner)

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