social Human-Robot Interaction Laboratory in KIST

Dahyun Kang

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Commissioned Researchers
Korea Institute of Science and Technology
Center for Robotics Research

Contact

Email: dahyun@kist.re.kr
Office: L8401, International Cooperation Building, KIST(Korea Institute of Science and Technology)
Phone: (02)958-4864

Research Interests

  • Human-centered Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) design
    • Social robot design
    • Intelligent product design

Career

  • B.A. in Industrial Design and Consumer Science at Ewha Womans University (2013)
  • M.A. in Industrial Design at Ewha Womans University (2016)
    - Thesis : “The Effect of Interaction Design Types of Intelligent Products on User’s Perception”
    - Advisor : Sonya S. Kwak
  • Ph.D. Candidate in Industrial Design at Ewha Womans University

Publications

  • Journal paper
    1. D. Kang, Y. Kim (2018) Color Maketh Robot: Classification of Roles for RobotsAccording to Colors, International Journal of Control and Automation (IJCA), vol.11, no.5.
    2. SK Kim, G. W.Kim, D. Kang, S. S. Kwak (2018) Users’ Perception based onEngagement Strategies of a Social Robot in a Conversation, Design Convergence Study, (In progress).
    3. D. Kang, MG Kim, S. S. Kwak (2017) Positive and Negative ReinforcementStrategy for Behavior Inducement Type Intelligent Product, Information, vol.20, no.11, pp. 8109-8115.
    4. D. Kang, S. S. Kwak (2017) Evaluating Impressions of Robots According to theRobot’s Embodiment Level and Response Speed, Design Convergence Study, vol.16, no.6, pp.153-167.
    5. H. Kang, H. Lee, MG Kim, S. S. Kwak (2016) The Effect of Intelligent Product Types on Users’ Perception According to Usage Contexts, International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications (IJSEA), vol.10, no.7, pp. 81-92.
    6. H. Lee, H. Kang, MG Kim, J. Lee, S. S. Kwak (2016) Pepper or Roomba?: Effective Robot Design Type Based on Cultural Analysis between Koreanand Japanese Users, International Journal of Software Engineering and Its Applications (IJSEA), vol.10, no.8, pp. 37-46.
    7. H. Kang, J. J. Choi, S. S. Kwak (2015) The Effect of Synchronized Movements of a Telepresence Robot with Sender’s Movements on the Presence of a Sender and Enjoyment of Interaction, Archives of Design Research (ADR), vol.28, no.3, pp. 119-129.
  • Conference Paper
    1. D. Kang, S. Kim, S. S. Kwak (2018) The Effects of the Physical Contact in the Functional Intimate Distance on User’s Acceptance toward Robots, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Chicago, IL, USA.
    2. D. Kang, MG Kim, S. S. Kwak (2017) The Effects of the Robot’s Information Delivery Types on Users’ Perception toward the Robot, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Lisbon, Portugal.
    3. D. Kang, S. S. Kwak (2017) Feel Me If You Can: The Effect of Robot Types and Robot’s Tactility Types on Users’ Perception toward a Robot, ACM/IEEEInternational Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Vienna, Austria. Best Late Breaking Report Award (Top2 in 144 submissions)
    4. S. S. Kwak, D. Kang (2017) FacePartBot: The Interactive Face Components, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Vienna, Austria. Best Demonstration Award (Top2 in 11 submissions)
    5. J. J. Choi, H. Kang, S. Song, J. S. Yun, S. S. Kwak (2016) How Much Do I Look Like a Human?: The Impact of the Response Types on People’s Perception of a Robot, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Daejeon, Korea.
    6. H. Kang, MG Kim, S. S. Kwak (2016) How Much Should I Be Intelligent?: The Impact of Autonomy Level of Intelligent Product, IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), NewYork, NY, USA. Best Interactive Session Award (#1 in 371 submissions)
    7. S. S. Kwak, H. Kang, H. Lee, C. Wu (2016) PaperBot: The intelligent paper toy, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Christchurch, New Zealand.
  • Workshop paper
    1. D. Kang, S. Kim, S. S. Kwak (2018) Social Human-Robot Interaction Design Toolkit, ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Chicago, IL, USA.
    2. S. Kim, D. Kang, G. W. Kim, S. S. Kwak (2017) Verbal and Nonverbal Greetings as a Unit of Social Interaction between Human and Robot, International Conference of Social Robot (ICSR), Tsukuba, Japan.
    3. H. Kang, J. Y. Lee, M. G. Kim, S. S. Kwak (2015) The Effect of Synchronized Movement of the Tele-presence Robot on User’s Perception, IEEE RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), Seoul, Korea.

Patent

  1. S. S. Kwak, D. Kang, H. Kim, J. Kim (2016) Smart Educational Tool Kit Using Paper Folding, Electric Module Kit for The Same, and Method of Making Article Using The same, Korea Patent 10-2016-0092943.