last updates… 2024-11-13


About

Sukho Song is an assistant professor at DGIST (Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology) in Daegu, South Korea. His research interests lie at the intersection of design and manufacturing of multi-scale soft robots, combining microscale features with larger-scale soft robotic architectures to achieve new functionalities. His diverse research experience at several world-renowned research institutions, including Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, Seoul National University in South Korea, EPFL and EMPA in Switzerland, and the Max-Planck Institute in Germany, has led him to multidisciplinary research projects. These include the development of gecko-inspired adhesive grippers, electronics-free soft robots, and minimally invasive soft robotic brain implants, which have been published in prestigious journals such as Advanced Materials, PNAS, Advanced Science, and Science Robotics.


Recent News

I recently transitioned from Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) to DGIST, where I have joined the Department of Robotics and Mechatronics Engineering as an assistant professor to establish my own research group, the Adaptable Soft Machines Laboratory (Adapt-Lab). I am excited to collaborate with passionate robotic enthusiasts who are eager to join me in pursuing my vision of revolutionizing soft robotics to address a variety of real-world challenges in fields such as robotics, manufacturing, environmental monitoring, electronic medicine, and beyond!


Education

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2017 May. Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, US

2007 Mar. M.S. in Nanomechanics, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

2005 Mar. B.S. in Aeronautics and Space Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

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Experiences

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2024 Oct. - present. Dept. of Robotics and Mechatronics Eng., DGIST in Daegu, South Korea

Assistant Professor, Dept. Robotics & Mechatronics Eng., DGIST

2022 Jun. - 2024 Sep. Laboratory of Sustainability Robotics, Empa in Dübendorf, Switzerland

Scientific Group Leader

2022 Jan. - 2022 May. Center for SoFT meta-Human, Seoul National University in Seoul, South Korea

Researcher

2020 Apr. - 2021 Jun. Laboratory for Soft Bioelectronic Interfaces, EPFL in Geneva, Switzerland

Postdoctoral Researcher (Advisor : Prof. Stéphanie P. Lacour)

2017 Oct. - 2020 Mar. Reconfigurable Robotics Lab., EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland

Postdoctoral Researcher (Advisor : Prof. Jamie Paik)

2014 Jun. - 2017 Jul. Physical Intelligence Dpt., Max-Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, Germany

Research Assistant (Ph.D. Program, Advisor : Prof. Metin Sitti)

2012 Aug. - 2014 May. Nanorobotics Lab., Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, United States

Research Assistant (Ph.D. Program, Advisor : Prof. Metin Sitti)

2007 May. - 2011 Apr. Samsung Electro-Mechanics, Co., Ltd. in Suwon, Republic of Korea

Research Engineer

2005 Apr. - 2007 Mar. Esashi, Ono, and Tanaka Lab., Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan

Research Assistant (M.S. Program, Advisor : Prof. Masayoshi Esashi)

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