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Journal Papers
2025

Jaehwi Seol, Jeonghyeon Pak, and  Hyoung Il Son

An Ordering Optimization for Fruit-Vegetable in High-Density Environment based on Genetic Algorithm 
submitted

Eunji Ju, Jaehwi Seol, Sarang Kim, Sol Kim, Soo-Jung Kim, and  Hyoung Il Son

Comparison of Deep Learning Models for 3D Food Printing Monitoring System 
submitted

Yonghyun Park and  Hyoung Il Son

Visual Scene Understanding-based Task Planning for an Efficient Multipurpose Agricultural Robot System 
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, in revision.

Changjo Kim, Yuseung Jo, and  Hyoung Il Son

A Voronoi-based Isotemporal Task Allocation System for Autonomous Tractor Fleet 
IEEE Access, in revision.

Changjo Kim, Yuseung Jo, Gangmin Kim, and  Hyoung Il Son

Segmentation-based Geometry Feature Estimation Framework for Autonomous Welding Robots in Curved Ship Block Manufacturing 
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, in press.

Jaehwi Seol, Jinhyun Kim, Yeonggeol Hong, Minseok Cha, Sangbae Park, Kyoung-Je Jang, Soo-Jung Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

Toward Intelligent 3D Food Printing: A Review on the Perspective of Materials, Fabrication, Monitoring, and Control 
Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, on-line published.   pdf   (JCR 4.9%)

Sol Kim, Jaehwi Seol, Eunji Ju, Jeonghyeon Pak, Hyoung Il Son, and Soo-Jung Kim

A Novel Quantitative Analysis Method for Printability in 3D Food Printing for Surimi 
Journal of Food Engineering, vol. 403, pp. 112725, 2026.   pdf  

Yuseung Jo, Yonghyun Park, Jaehwi Seol, Jeonghyeon Pak, Bosung Kim, Changjo Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

A Review on Dual-Arm Manipulation in Agriculture 
IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 150379-150399, 2025.   pdf  

Yuseung Jo and Hyoung Il Son

Prioritized Safe Interval Path-Planning Algorithm for Heterogeneous Agricultural Robot Team 
IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 146630-146648, 2025.   pdf  

Yonghyun Park, Jeonghyeon Pak, Changjo Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

3D Point Cloud-based 6D Pose Estimation using the Pedicel Morphological Features of Fruits and Vegetables 
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 194, pp. 105151, 2025.   pdf 

 Jeonghyeon Pak, Bosung Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

RSSI-based Autonomous Tracking System for Radio-tagged Flying Insects using UAV with Rotational Antenna 
IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 72040-72053, 2025.   pdf  

 Jeonghyeon Pak and Hyoung Il Son

3D LiDAR-based Semantic SLAM for Intelligent Irrigation using UAV 
IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 18, pp. 7495-7508, 2025.   pdf   (JCR 9.7%)

Bosung Kim,  Jeonghyeon Pak, and Hyoung Il Son

Wasp-hive Candidate Site Search System using a Small Drone 
Entomological Research, vol. 55, no. 3: e70034, pp. 1-8, 2025.   pdf  

Yonghyun Park, Chanyoung Ju, and Hyoung Il Son

Stiffness Perception Analysis in Haptic Teleoperation with Imperfect Communication Network 
Electronics, vol. 14, no. 4, pp. 1-14, 2025.   pdf  

Jaehwi Seol,  Jeonghyeon Pak, and Hyoung Il Son

Development of Tributary Mapping System Using Multi-UAV with LiDAR 
IEEE Access, vol. 13, pp. 4081-4097, 2025.   pdf  

2024

Yuseung Jo, Yonghyun Park, Changjo Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

Trends and Application of Dual-arm Agricultural Robot for Digital Agriculture

 Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS) Magazine, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 8-20, 2024.   pdf

 Jeonghyeon Pak, Bosung Kim, Chanyoung Ju, and Hyoung Il Son

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-based Autonomous Tracking System for Invasive Flying Insects 
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 227, pp. 109616, 2024.   pdf   (JCR 1.7%)

Dayeon Yang, Hyoung Il Son, and Chanyoung Ju

Performance Comparison Study of Cherry Tomato Ripeness Detection Using Multiple YOLO Models 
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 1214-1220, 2024.   pdf

Changjo Kim and Hyoung Il Son

Optimization of Weighted Voronoi-based Workspace Partitioning for Fleet of Autonomous Tractors: A Simulation Study 
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, vol. 30, no. 11, pp. 1198-1205, 2024.   pdf

Jaehwi Seol, Yonghyun Park, Jeonghyeon Pak, Yuseung Jo, Giwan Lee, Yeongmin Kim, Chanyoung Ju, Ayoung Hong, and Hyoung Il Son

Human-centered Robotic System for Agricultural Applications: Design, Development, and Field Evaluation

Agriculture, vol. 14, no. 11: 1985, pp. 1-17, 2024.   pdf

Yonghyun Park, Myeong-Sin Kim, Ju Won Shin, Yongjin Cho, Hyuck-Joo Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

Autonomous Self-propelled Napa Cabbage Harvester: Cutting, Attitude Control, and Loading Modules

Agriculture, vol. 14, no. 11: 1869, pp. 1-22, 2024.   pdf

Sunho Park, Mahpara Safdar, Woochan Kim, Jaehwi Seol, Dream Kim, Kyeong-Hwan Lee, Hyoung Il Son, and Jangho Kim

Gelatin Nanoparticles can Improve Pesticide Delivery Performance to Plants

Small, vol. 20, no. 42, pp. 2402899, 2024.   pdf   (JCR 7.0%)

Jaehwi Seol, Changjo Kim, Eunji Ju, and Hyoung Il Son

STPAS: Spatial-Temporal Filtering-based Perception and Analysis System for Precision Aerial Spraying 
IEEE Access, vol. 12, pp. 145997-146008, 2024.   pdf  

Yuseung Jo and Hyoung Il Son

A Prioritized Path Planning Algorithm for Heterogeneous Agricultural Robot Team

Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 634-642, 2024.   pdf

Yonghyun Park, Changjo Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

Fast and Stable Pedicel Detection for Robust Visual Servoing to Harvest Shaking Fruits

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 220, pp. 108863, 2024.   pdf   (JCR 0.9%)

Yuseung Jo, Yonghyun Park, and Hyoung Il Son

A Suction Cup-based Soft Robotic Gripper for Cucumber Harvesting: Design and Validation

Biosystems Engineering, vol. 238, pp. 143-156, 2024.   pdf   (JCR 12.9%)

2023

Jaehwi Seol, Chanyoung Ju, and Hyoung Il Son

Leader-Follower Control of Multi-UAV based on Supervisory  Control Theory for A Broad Tributary Area Mapping Scenario

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I:  Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, vol. 237, no. 10, pp. 1765-1776, 2023.   pdf

Yonghyun Park, Jaehwi Seol, Jeonghyeon Pak, Yuseung Jo, Changjo Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

Human-centered Approach for an Efficient Cucumber Harvesting Robot System: Harvest Ordering, Visual Servoing, and End-effector

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 212, pp. 108116, 2023.   pdf   (JCR 0.9%)

Yonghyun Park, Jongpyo Jun, Jaehwi Seol, Jeonghyeon Pak, Yuseung Jo, and Hyoung Il Son

A Novel End-Effector for Fruit and Vegetable Harvesting Robot: Mechanism and Field Evaluation

Precision Agriculture, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 948-970, 2023.   pdf   (JCR 7.80%)

Yonghyun Park, Hyuk-Joo Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

A Novel Attitude Control of Korean Cabbage Harvester using Backstepping Control

Precision Agriculture, vol. 24, no. 2, pp. 744-763, 2023.   pdf   (JCR 7.80%)

Chanyoung Ju and Hyoung Il Son

A Hybrid Systems-based Hierarchical Control Architecture for Heterogeneous Field Robot Teams

IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 1802-1815, 2023.   pdf   (JCR 0.77%)

2022
2021

Yuseung Jo and Hyoung Il Son

Performance Evaluation of Path Planning and Coordination Algorithms for Multi-UGV in Smart Farm
Journal of Biosystems Engineering, vol. 47, no. 4, pp. 439-447, 2022.   pdf

Yonghyun Park, Jongpyo Jun, and Hyoung Il Son

A Sensor Fusion-based Cutting Device Attitude Control to Improve the Accuracy of Korean Cabbage Harvesting

Journal of the ASABE, vol. 65, no. 6, pp. 1387-1397, 2022.   pdf

Chanyoung Ju and Hyoung Il Son

Human-centered Evaluation of Shared Teleoperation System for Maintenance and Repair Tasks in Nuclear Power Plants

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, vol. 20, no. 10, pp. 3418-3432, 2022.   pdf

Chanyoung Ju, Jeongeun Kim, Jaehwi Seol, and Hyoung Il Son

A Review on Multirobot Systems in Agriculture

Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol. 202, pp. 107336, 2022.   pdf   (JCR 5.93%)

Jeonghyeon Pak, Jeongeun Kim, Yonghyun Park, and Hyoung Il Son

Field Evaluation of Path Planning Algorithms for Autonomous Mobile Robot in Smart Farms
IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 60253-60266, 2022.   pdf

Jaehwi Seol, Jeongeun Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

Spray Drift Segmentation for Intelligent Spraying System Using 3D Point Cloud Deep Learning Framework

IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 77263-77271, 2022.   pdf

Bosung Kim, Chanyoung Ju, Sung Hyun You, and Hyoung Il Son

Design of UAV-based Multi-Antenna System for Localization of Asian Hornet and Its Simulation Study

Journal of Apiculture, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 15-24, 2022.   pdf

Bosung Kim, Chanyoung Ju, and Hyoung Il Son

Field Evaluation of UAV -Based Tracking Method for Localization of Small Insects

Entomological Research, vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 135-147, 2022.   pdf

Jaehwi Seol, Jeongeun Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

Field Evaluations of A Deep Learning-based Intelligent Spraying Robot with Flow Control for Pear Orchards

Precision Agriculture, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 712-732, 2022.   pdf   (JCR 11.02%)

Chanyoung Ju and Hyoung Il Son

Investigation of an Autonomous Tracking System for Localization of Radio-Tagged Flying Insects

IEEE Access, vol. 10, pp. 4048-4062, 2022.   pdf

2021

Chanyoung Ju and Hyoung Il Son

Modeling and Control of Heterogeneous Field Robots under Partial Observation

Information Sciences, vol. 580, pp. 419-435, 2021.   pdf   (JCR 9.45%)

Yong Hyun Park, Jongpyo Jun, and Hyoung Il Son

Three-axis Attitude Control of Korean Cabbage Harvester Cutting Device Based on Sensor Fusion

 Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 277-284, 2021.   pdf

Jongpyo Jun, Jeongin Kim, Jaehwi Seol, Jeongeun Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

Towards An Efficient Tomato Harvesting Robot: 3D Perception, Manipulation, and End-Effector

IEEE Access, vol. 9, pp. 17631-17640, 2021.   pdf

2020

JiWoong Han, Kyunghwan Cho, In-Hun Jang, Chanyoung Ju, Hyoung Il Son, and Gi-Hun Yang

Development of a Shared Controller for Obstacle Avoidance in a Teleoperation System

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, vol. 18, no. 11, pp. 2974-2982, 2020.   pdf

Jeongeun Kim, Chanyoung Ju, and Hyoung Il Son

A Multiplicatively Weighted Voronoi-Based Workspace Partition for Heterogeneous Seeding Robots

Electronics, vol. 9, no. 11: 1813, pp. 1-15, 2020.    pdf

Jaehwi Seol and Hyoung Il Son

Bargaining Model-Based Coverage Area Subdivision of Multiple UAVs in Remote Sensing

Journal of Biosystems Engineering, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 133-144, 2020.   pdf

Jaehwi Seol, Sechang Lee, and Hyoung Il Son

A Review of End-effector for Fruit and Vegetable Harvesting Robot

Journal of Korea Robotics Society, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 91-99, 2020.   pdf

Chanyoung Ju and Hyoung Il Son

Autonomous Tracking of Micro-Sized Flying Insects Using UAV: A Preliminary Results

Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 125-137, 2020.   pdf

Jeongeun Kim and Hyoung Il Son

A Voronoi Diagram-Based Workspace Partition for Weak Cooperation of Multi-Robot System in Orchard

IEEE Access, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 20676-20686, 2020.   pdf

Jeongeun Kim, Jaehwi Seol, and Hyoung Il Son

Preliminary Experimental Results of a Deep Learning-Based Intelligent Spraying System for Pear Orchard

 Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 23-28, 2020.   pdf 

Chanyoung Ju and Hyoung Il Son

Modeling and Control of Heterogeneous Agricultural Field Robots Based on Ramadge–Wonham Theory

IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 48-55, 2020.   pdf

2019

Hyoung Il Son

The Contribution of Force Feedback to Human Performance in the Teleoperation of Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

Journal on Multimodal User Interface, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 335-342, 2019.   pdf

Chanyoung Ju and Hyoung Il Son

A Distributed Swarm Control for an Agricultural Multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I:  Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, vol. 233, no. 10, pp. 1298-1308, 2019.   pdf

Jeongeun Kim*, Seungwon Kim*, Chanyoung Ju*, and Hyoung Il Son (*equal contribution)

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Agriculture: A Review of Perspective of Platform, Control, and Applications

IEEE Access, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 105100-105115, 2019.   pdf

Chanyoung Ju and Hyoung Il Son

Evaluation of Haptic Feedback in the Performance of a Teleoperated Unmanned Ground Vehicle in an Obstacle Avoidance Scenario

International Journal of Control, Automation and Systems, vol. 17, no. 1, pp. 168-180, 2019.   pdf

2018

Chanyoung Ju and Hyoung Il Son

Design of Supervisors for the Control of Agricultural Multiple UAV System: A Preliminary Result

 Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, vol. 24, no. 11, pp. 1005-1013, 2018.   pdf

2017

Sungjun Park, Chanyoung Ju, and Hyoung Il Son

농업용 로봇 및 자동화 기술 분석과 국내외 동향

Magazine of the Korean Society of Agricultural Engineers (KSAE), vol. 59, no. 3, pp. 17-29, 2017.   pdf

2016

Chanyoung Ju, Sunho Park, Youngju Park, Dohyeon Lee, Jangho Kim, and Hyoung Il Son

미래 농업을 위한 바이오시스템공학

Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems (ICROS) Magazine, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 43-57, 2016.   pdf 

Hyoung Il Son and Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee

A Passivity Criterion for Real-Time Haptic Simulation of Viscoelastic Soft Tissues

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part I:  Journal of Systems and Control Engineering, vol. 23, no. 9, pp. 1062-1071, 2016.   pdf

Dong Gun Lee, Sehoon Oh, and Hyoung Il Son

Maintenance Robot for 5-MW Offshore Wind Turbines and its Control

IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, vol. 21, no. 5, pp. 2272-2283, 2016.   pdf   (JCR 1.14%)

Youngju Park*, Hyunjin Lee*, Chanyoung Ju*, and Hyoung Il Son (*equal contribution)

Development of Multi-drone System for Smart Agriculture: A Work-in-progress Report

 Journal of Institute of Convergence Technology, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 43-47, 2016.

2000-2014

Hyoung Il Son, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee, and Hideki Hashimoto

Effect of Impedance-Shaping on Perception of Soft Tissues in Macro-Micro Teleoperation

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 59, no. 8, pp. 3273-3285, 2012.   pdf   (JCR 1.44%)

Hyoung Il Son and Myung-Hwan Oh

Real-Time Automatic Inspection of Macro Defects in In-line TFT Fabrication Process

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part E: Journal of Process Mechanical Engineering, vol. 226, no. 2, pp. 178-183, 2012.   pdf

Hyoung Il Son

Design and Implementation of Decentralised Supervisory Control for Manufacturing System Automation

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 242-256, 2011.   pdf

Hyoung Il Son*, Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee*, and Doo Yong Lee (*equal contribution)

Estimation of Environmental Force for the Haptic Interface of Robotic Surgery

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 221-230, 2010.   pdf

Hyoung Il Son and Suk Lee

A Comparison of Decentralized and Partially Observed Supervisors: Application to a CIM Testbed

Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, vol. 14, no. 11, pp. 1155-1164, 2008.   pdf

Hyoung Il Son and Suk Lee

Failure Diagnosis and Recovery based on DES Framework

 Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 249-260, 2007.   pdf

Hyoung Il Son, Ki Woong Kim, and Suk Lee

Failure Diagnosis of Discrete Event System

Journal of Control, Automation and Systems Engineering, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 375-383, 2001.

Hyoung Il Son and Suk Lee

Design and Implementation of Supervisors to Control of a CIM Testbed

Journal of Control, Automation and Systems Engineering, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 478-485, 2000.

Thesis/Dissertations

Yonghyun Park

Human-centered Control Framework for Dual-arm Agricultural Robots

Ph.D. Thesis, Chonnam National University, February, 2025.

Yuseung Jo

A Prioritized Path Planning Algorithm for Heterogeneous Agricultural Tasks of Multiple UGVs

M.S. Thesis, Chonnam National University, February 2024.

Jeonghyeon Pak

3D LIDAR-based Semantic SLAM for Surface Water Mapping using UAV

M.S. Thesis, Chonnam National University, February 2024.

Jaehwi Seol

Modeling and Control of Multi-UAV for Tributary Mapping based on Supervisory Control Theory

M.S. Thesis, Chonnam National University, February 2023.

Chanyoung Ju

Hybrid Control System for Cooperation of Heterogeneous Field Robots

Ph.D. Thesis, Chonnam National University, August 2022.

Jeongeun Kim

Workspace Partition of Heterogeneous Agricultural Multi-Robot Systems based on Voronoi Diagram

M.S. Thesis, Chonnam National University, February 2021.

Chanyoung Ju

Hierarchical Control of Heterogeneous Agricultural Multiple Robots

M.S. Thesis, Chonnam National University, August 2019.

Hyoung Il Son

Control for Optimized Kinesthetic Perception in Scaled Teleoperation of Soft Tissues

Ph.D. Thesis, KAIST, January 2010.

Hyoung Il Son

Failure Diagnosis and Recovery of Discrete Event Systems

M.S. Thesis, Pusan National University, August 2000.

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