On November 14, 2024, Professor Keehoon Kim was honored with the prestigious Minister’s Award at the Future Convergence Forum. This recognition highlights his outstanding contributions to the advancement of convergence technology. The award, presented as a certificate of commendation, acknowledges Professor Kim’s significant achievements in driving innovation and development in the field.

POSTECH alumnus (’91) Kwan-Sik Yoon (now CEO of Changin Partners) has generously donated funds to support research in the field of bionics and medical rehabilitation robotics, including robotic hand prostheses within the Department of Mechanical Engineering. He also visited our lab to share insights and encouragement.

MARCH alumnus Gucheol Jeong won the Best Paper Award at IROS 2024 and presented his work in a seminar on October 28. Jeong, Gu-Cheol, et al. “BaRiFlex: A Robotic Gripper with Versatility and Collision Robustness for Robot Learning.” 2024 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS). IEEE, 2024.