Shinkyu Park

November 2025

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  Saudi Food Futures Forum: KAUST making desert agriculture sustainable

  1 min read · Wed, Nov 12 2025

  News Clip News

  KAUST’s Saudi Food Futures Forum brings together scientists, industry and policymakers to drive sustainable desert agriculture and food security in Saudi Arabia.

October 2025

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  Advancing robotics for a safer, smarter future

  4 min read · Sun, Oct 19 2025

  Spotlight News Research in Focus

  robotics Autonomous system agricultural robotics Marine Robotics

  From smart manufacturing to marine monitoring, KAUST Assistant Professor Shinkyu Park is powering Saudi Arabia’s robotics and automation ambitions

March 2025

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  KAUST developing robotic system to improve date palm harvesting

  1 min read · Mon, Mar 10 2025

  News Clip News

  AI robotics Vision2030

  Combination of AI and robotics positions Saudi Arabia to transform date farming.

January 2024

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  The KAUST SENTRY team cracks the code of success at CSAW'23

  4 min read · Thu, Jan 18 2024

  Awards News

  KAUST SENTRY team dominate CSAW'23 with back-to-back wins in hardware security and robotics challenges.

October 2022

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  Professor Feron receives two best paper awards at DASC 2022

  4 min read · Tue, Oct 11 2022

  Awards News

  KAUST Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering Eric Feron received two best paper awards at this year’s 41st American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)/Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Digital Avionics Systems Conference (DASC 2022).

June 2022

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  Professor Park receives O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award at the 2022 American Control Conference

  3 min read · Sun, Jun 26 2022

  News

  robotics intelligent systems

  Professor Shinkyu Park has been awarded the 2022 O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award (Theory) from the American Automatic Control Council (AACC) for his paper investigating a new mathematical framework to study decision making in multi-agent systems.

May 2022

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  Renzo Caballero: Ph.D. Research Proposal Defense

  1 min read · Mon, May 23 2022

  News

  PH.D. RESEARCH PROPOSAL DEFENSE Wednesday, May 25, 2022, at 08:30 a.m. Building 2, Level 5, Room 5220; Join Zoom Meeting "Theory and Dynamics of Self-Repair Systems" Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Shinkyu Park, Prof. Diogo Gomez, Prof. David Keyes, Prof. Taous-Meriem Laleg Abstract We propose approaching the self-repair concept in robots from a control theory and mathematical modeling point of view by understanding the self-repair dynamics and finding conditions for stability in the repair process. We utilize a 3D printer as a proof of concept. Through experimentation and
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  Nawaf Alotaibi: Master's Thesis Defense

  1 min read · Tue, May 17 2022

  News

  MASTER'S THESIS DEFENSE Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Building 4, Level 5, Room 5220; Join Zoom Meeting "Vision Approach for Position Estimation Using Moiré Patterns and Convolutional Neural Networks" Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Gaetano Magnotti, Prof. Shinkyu Park Abstract In order for a robot to operate autonomously in an environment, it must be able to locate itself within it. A robot's position and orientation cannot be directly measured by physical sensors, so estimating it is a non-trivial problem. There are sensors that provide this information, such as the Global
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  Bilal Maassarani: Ph.D. Research Proposal Defense

  1 min read · Sun, May 15 2022

  News

  PH.D. RESEARCH PROPOSAL DEFENSE Sunday, May 15, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. Building 3, Level 5, Room 5220 “The TetraheDrone: A Modular Fractal Vertical Take Off and Landing Unmanned Aerial System" Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Shinkyu Park, Prof. Gilles Lubineau Abstract We introduce the TetraheDrone, a hover-capable module in the shape of a tetrahedron that can be assembled in larger tetrahedral configurations and can transition to winged flight. Inspired by earlier designs by Alexander Graham Bell, the TetraheDrone can become a large vehicle while keeping an inherent ability for
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  Abdulaziz Yaslam: Master's Thesis Defense

  1 min read · Tue, May 10 2022

  News

  Master's Thesis Defense Wednesday, May 11, 2022, at 9:00 AM Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209; Join Zoom Meeting: https://kaust.zoom.us/j/4852668297; Meeting ID: 485 266 8297 "Exploration of Mandibular Input for Human Machine Interfaces." Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Stefan Arold, and Prof. Shinkyu Park Abstract The direct connection of the jaw to the brain allows it to retain its motor and sensory capabilities even after severe spinal cord injuries. As such, it can be an accessible means of providing inputs for people with paralysis to manipulate their environment. This paper

April 2022

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  Safa Saber: Ph.D. Research Proposal Defense

  1 min read · Mon, Apr 25 2022

  News

  PH.D. RESEARCH PROPOSAL DEFENSE Monday, April 25, 2022, at 3:00 p.m. Building 2, Level 5, Room 5220 “Contingency Planning for Commercial Aircraft Formations" Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Deanna Lacoste, Prof. Shinkyu Park Abstract It has long been proven that flying aircraft in formations that utilize wake vortex energy reduces fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and airspace congestion. Though military transport class aircraft utilize formation flight, the commercial air transportation industry has yet to take advantage of its benefits in favor of maintaining traditional individual

March 2022

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  Juman AlAbdullatif: Master's Thesis Defense

  1 min read · Tue, Mar 29 2022

  News

  MASTER'S THESIS DEFENSE Thursday, March 29, 2022, at 2:00 PM Building 3, Level 5, Room 5209 "A Decentralized Approach for Human-Robot Object Transportation Through the Control of a Catenary Cable." Committee Members Prof. Eric Feron, Prof. Shinkyu Park, and Prof. Omar Knio Abstract An important challenge for human-robot interaction is for both the human and the robot to agree on a model of motion. However, most applications require machine learning and heavy communication for the robot to be an active member in executing a joint task and adapt to human behavior. In this work, we develop a

November 2021

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  The KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2022 #RobotoKAUST

  1 min read · Tue, Nov 2 2021

  News

  robotics research conference

  Building upon our successful online conference in spring 2021, the KAUST Robotics, Intelligent Systems, and Control Lab (RISC Lab) will host the KAUST Research Conference on Robotics and Autonomy 2022 (#RobotoKAUST2022) from February 28 until March 2, 2022. The conference will address the most recent trends of robotics application in a range of disciplines.

August 2021

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  Congratulation, Razan Andigani!

  1 min read · Thu, Aug 19 2021

  News

  We are happy to announce that Razan Andigani, a student of Prof. Shinkyu Park, won the first prize in the SSI 2021 E-poster Competition run by the Saudi Summer Internship (SSI) 2021 Program. 1 st Place Winners (It's a Tie!): Razan Andigani Robotics and Mechanical Engineering student at Worcester Polytechnic Institute E-poster: "Simultaneous Multi-Camera Localization and Mapping with AprilTags (TagSLAM) and Trajectory Planning for Underwater ROV" Faculty Advisor: Prof. Shinkyu Park Mohammed Alabdullah Physics student at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals E-poster: "Supporting the

March 2021

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  CEMSE New Faculty: Shinkyu Park, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

  2 min read · Mon, Mar 8 2021

  News

  KAUST Assistant Professor Shinkyu Park joined the University in January 2021 to take up his new role as the principal investigator of Distributed Robotics and Autonomy Group. Before joining KAUST, Park was an associate research scholar at Princeton University, U.S., where he engaged in cross-departmental robotics projects.