Sewon Kim

Dexterous Manipulation with Reinforcement Learning

I am Sewon Kim (pronunciation: "seh-won"), an undergraduate student in electrical and computer engineering at the University of Seoul. I am interested in developing scalable learning and control methods and their theoretical foundations for robotics.

Projects

Autonomous Dual Arm Gearbox Assembly

TL;DR: Developed an autonomous Galaxea R1 dual-arm system for planetary gearbox assembly.

NAMUH X A1: Autonomous Air Purification Agent

🏆 4th Place (/200) ($2,200) — SK NAMUH X A1: Autonomous Navigation and Path Optimization 2025

TL;DR: Independently developed a full-stack autonomous air-purifying agent for NAMUH X A1

F1TENTH: Autonomous Racing

5th Place (/12) — 22nd F1TENTH Autonomous Grand Prix at the Conference on Decision and Control 2024, Milan

TL;DR: Built a full-stack autonomous navigation system for racing and applied MPPI

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Cart Pole System Design and Control with NMPC

🏆 3rd Place (/25) ($220) — UOS ECE Innovation Fair 2024

TL;DR: Independently built a physical Cart-Pole system with $272 and applied NMPC.

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InBody AI Scale

Consumer Electronic Show 2025, Las Vegas

TL;DR: InBody AI Scale: A near-production-ready, fully automated body composition analyzer that cuts measurement time by 67%.

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