JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS

[1]     K. KONG, H. Moon, D. Jeon, and M. Tomizuka, “Control of an Exoskeleton for Realization of Aquatic Therapy Effects,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, To be appeared in April, 2010

[2]     K. KONG and M. Tomizuka, “Control of Exoskeletons Inspired by Fictitious Gain in Human,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 689-698, 2009

[3]     K. KONG and M. Tomizuka, “A Gait Monitoring System Based on Air Pressure Sensors Embedded in a Shoe,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 13, No. 3, pp. 358-370, 2009

[4]     K. KONG, H. Moon, B. Hwang, D. Jeon, and M. Tomizuka, “Impedance Compensation of SUBAR for Back-Drivable Force Mode Actuation,” IEEE Transactions on Robotics, Vol. 25, No. 3, pp. 512-521, 2009

[5]     K. KONG, J. Bae, and M. Tomizuka, “Control of Rotary Series Elastic Actuator for Ideal Force Mode Actuation in Human-Robot Interaction Applications,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 105-118, 2009

[6]     K. KONG and D. Jeon, “Design and Control of an Exoskeleton for the Elderly and Patients,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, Vol.11, No.4, pp. 936-942, 2006

[7]     K. KONG and D. Jeon, “Design and Control of a Novel Tendon-Driven Exoskeletal Power Assistive Device,” Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems Engineering, Vol.11, No.11, 2005

[8]     K. KONG and D. Jeon, “Fuzzy Control of the Seat Suspension System Considering the Acceleration of a Driver's Head,” Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems Engineering, Vol.11, No.7, pp. 572-577, 2005

[9]     K. KONG, H. C. Kniep, and M. Tomizuka, “Output Saturation in Electric Motor Systems: Identification and Controller Design,” ASME Journal of Dynamic Systems, Measurement, and Control, under review

[10]    J. Bae, K. KONG, and M. Tomizuka, “A Mobile Gait Monitoring System for Abnormal Gait Diagnosis and Rehabilitation,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, under review

[11]    K. KONG, J. Bae, and M. Tomizuka, “A Compact Series Elastic Actuator for Knee Joint Assistive System,” IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, under review

[12]    C.-H. Han, K. KONG, and M. Tomizuka, “Sensor-based Controller Tuning of Indirect Drive Trains by Real-time Optimization,” Control Engineering Practice, under review

REFREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

On Design and Control of Human Assistive and Rehabilitation Systems

[13]    K. KONG and M. Tomizuka, “Realization of Fictitious Gain in Human: Experimental Verification on an Elbow Joint,” in Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 439-444, 2009

[14]    K. KONG, H. Moon, D. Jeon, and M. Tomizuka, “Robotic Rehabilitation Treatments: Realization of Aquatic Therapy Effects in Exoskeleton Systems,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 1923-1928, 2009

[15]    K. KONG, C. Baek, and M. Tomizuka, “Design of a Rehabilitation Device Based on Mechanical Links,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 2306-2311, 2009

[16]    K. KONG and M. Tomizuka, “Control of Exoskeletons Inspired by Fictitious Variable Gain in Human,” in Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), No. 2116, 2008

[17]    K. KONG and D. Jeon, “Fuzzy Control of a New Tendon-Driven Exoskeletal Power Assistive Device,” in Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 146-151, 2005 [Best Student Paper Finalist]

[18]    K. KONG and D. Jeon, “Design and Control of a New Tendon-Driven Exoskeletal Lower Body Power Assistive Device,” in Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 2005

On Sensors, Health Monitoring, and Human Motion Detection

[19]    J. Bae, K. KONG, and M. Tomizuka, “Design of a Mobile Gait Monitoring System,” in Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), 2010, under review

[20]    J. Bae, K. KONG, and M. Tomizuka, “Real-time Estimation of Lower Extremity Joint Torques in Normal Gait,” in Proceedings of the International IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO), pp. 577-582, 2009

[21]    J. Bae, K. KONG, and M. Tomizuka, “A Mobile Gait Monitoring System for Gait Analysis,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR), pp. 73-79, 2009

[22]    K. KONG and M. Tomizuka, “Estimation of Abnormalities in a Human Gait Using Sensor-Embedded Shoes,” in Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 1331-1336, 2008

[23]    K. KONG and M. Tomizuka, “Smooth and Continuous Human Gait Phase Detection Based on Foot Pressure Patterns,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), pp. 3678-3683, 2008

On Impedance Compensation of Actuators

[24]    K. KONG, J. Bae, and M. Tomizuka, “A Compact Rotary Series Elastic Actuator for Knee Joint Assistive System,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Accepted

[25]    J. Bae, K. KONG, and M. Tomizuka, “Gait Phase-Based Sliding Mode Control for Rotary Series Elastic Actuator,” in Proceedings of the American Control Conference (ACC), Accepted

[26]    K. KONG, M. Tomizuka, H. Moon, B. Hwang and D. Jeon, “Mechanical Design and Impedance Compensation of SUBAR (Sogang University’s Biomedical Assist Robot),” in Proceedings of the IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM), pp. 377-382, 2008 [Best Student Paper Award]

[27]    K. KONG, J. Bae and M. Tomizuka, “Impedance Compensation of Flexible Joint Actuator for Ideal Force Mode Control,” in Proceedings of the17th IFAC World Congress, 2008 [Best Poster Finalist]

[28]    K. KONG, J. Bae and M. Tomizuka, “Biologically Inspired Actuator for Human-Robot Interaction,” in Proceedings of the International Symposium on Flexible Automation, pp. 2442-2447, 2008

[29]    K. KONG and M. Tomizuka, “Flexible Joint Actuator for Patient’s Rehabilitation Devices,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), pp. 1179-1184, 2007

On Dynamic Systems and Control

[30]    W. Chen, K. KONG, and M. Tomizuka, “Hybrid Adaptive Friction Compensation of Indirect Drive Trains,” in Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), No. 2736, 2009

[31]    K. KONG, H. Kniep, and M. Tomizuka, “Control of Electronically Commutated Motors Considering Input/Output Saturation,” in Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), No. 2513, 2009

[32]    C.-H. Han, K. KONG, and M. Tomizuka, “Sensor-based Controller Tuning of Robot Manipulators by Real-time Optimization,” in Proceedings of the International IFAC Symposium on Robot Control (SYROCO), pp. 715-720, 2009

[33]    K. KONG, K. Inaba and M. Tomizuka, “Real-Time Nonlinear Programming by Amplitude Modulation,” in Proceedings of the ASME Dynamic Systems and Control Conference (DSCC), No. 2160, 2008

[34]    K. KONG and D. Jeon, “A Study on the Control of a Linear Motor System of the Universal Machining Center,” in Proceedings of the KSPE (Korean Society of Precision Engineering) Annual Conference, 2005

[35]    D. Jeon and K. KONG, “Fuzzy Control of a Seat Suspension System with an MR Damper,” in Proceedings of the KSME (Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering) Fall Conference, pp. 619-624, 2004 [Best Paper Award]

Micro Medical Devices for Capsule Endoscopes

[36]    K. KONG, J. Cha, D. Jeon, and D. Cho, “A Rotational Micro Biopsy Device for the Capsule Endoscope,” in Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems (IROS), pp. 3057-3061, 2005

[37]    K. KONG and D. Jeon, “Design of a Biopsy Module for the Capsule Type Endoscope,” in Proceedings of the ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), 2005

NON-RFREED CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

[38]    J. Bae , K. KONG, and M. Tomizuka, “Design of a Mobile Gait Monitoring System and Its Experimental Results,” in Proceedings of the SPIE Structures/NDE, 2010, under review

[39]    Tomizuka, K. KONG, and J. Bae “Smart Shoes and Smart Socks for Abnormal Gait Diagnosis and Assistance,” in Proceedings of the NSF Engineering Research and Innovation Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, 2009

[40]    L.M. Castano, J. Bae , K. KONG, M. Tomizuka, and A.B. Flatau, “Fusion of Air Pressure Sensors and Conductive Polymer Sensors for a Multi-Functional Gait Monitoring System,” in Proceedings of Asian-Pacific Network of Centers for Research in Smart Structure Technology (ANCRiSST), 2009

[41]    K. KONG, J. Bae, and M. Tomizuka, “Detection of Abnormalities in a Human Gait Using Smart Shoes,” in Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures/NDE, 2008

[42]    K. KONG, “Human Motion Phase Detection Based on Ground Contact Force Measurement,” in Proceedings of the US-Japan Workshop on Advanced Integrated Sensor Technologies for Safe and Secure Societies and Better Quality of Life, Japan, 2007

[43]    K. KONG and D. Jeon, “New Design of Tendon-Driven Exoskeletal Assistive Device,” in Proceedings of the KSME (Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering) Spring Conference, 2005

[44]    K. KONG and D. Jeon, “A Study on the Control of a New Tendon-Driven Exoskeletal Power Assistive Device,” in Proceedings of the KSME (Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering) Spring Conference, 2005

[45]    K. KONG, J. Cha, D. Jeon, and D. Cho, “A Micro Biopsy Device for the Capsule Endoscope,” in Proceedings of the KSME (Korean Society of Mechanical Engineering) Spring Conference, pp. 1244-1248, 2005

[46]    K. KONG, S. Lee, and D. Jeon, “Exoskeleton Systems for Assisting Elderly,” in Proceedings of the 3rd CIR (Center of Intelligent Robot) Workshop, 2005

[47]    T. Jeong, K. KONG, and D. Jeon, “Hardware Development of Exoskeleton Systems,” in Proceedings of the 2nd CIR (Center of Intelligent Robot) Workshop, 2004

[48]    K. KONG, G. Lee, and D. Jeon, “Fuzzy Control of a Seat Suspension System with an MR Damper,” in Proceedings of the 9th International Conference of ER and MR Fluids, 2004

PATENTS

[49]    K. KONG, J. Bae, and M. Tomizuka, “Smart Shoes for Abnormal Gait Diagnosis and Assistance,” USA Patent Pending

[50]    K. KONG and D. Jeon, “A Walking Aid for Patients’ Power Augmentation and its Control Method,” Patent No: 10-0612031, Korea, 2006

[51]    K. KONG and D. Jeon, “A Rotational Biopsy Device for Capsule Endoscopes,” Patent No: 10-0649543, Korea, 2006

[52]    K. KONG, H. Seo, and D. Jeon, “An Intelligent Human-Power Assistive Robot,” Patent No: 10-0651637, Korea, 2006

[53]    K. KONG, H. Seo, and D. Jeon, “A Thigh Muscle Sensor for Human-Power Assistive Devices,” Patent No: 10-0651638, Korea, 2006

[54]    K. KONG, H. Seo, and D. Jeon, “A Foot Pressure Sensor for Human-Power Assistive Devices,” Patent No: 10-0651639, Korea, 2006