Bongsu Kim

Bongsu Kim is currently the CEO of Roboligent. Previously, they worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at The University of Texas at Austin from August 2011 to May 2016. There, they dedicated their Ph.D to developing an upper-body exoskeleton robot for rehabilitation named HARMONY. This required him to develop the mechanical design and transfer it to manufacturing, formulate the robot's kinematics and dynamics model, compensate for the robot's dynamics, and develop control strategies for upper-limb rehabilitation including shoulder's coordinated movements.

Before their time at The University of Texas at Austin, Bongsu Kim was a Research Engineer at Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) from January 2006 to July 2011. There, they participated in research projects and managed the subcontractor companies. Bongsu was also responsible for system design, manufacturing management, experiment, and operation of large-scale flywheel energy storage systems with electromagnetic levitating bearings as well as research on reliability assessment for fossil fuel plants.

Bongsu Kim has also served as a Sergeant in the Korean Army from July 1998 to September 2000.

Bongsu Kim earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Hanyang University. Bongsu then went on to earn a Master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Finally, they earned their Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Robotics, Rehabilitative Robotics from The University of Texas at Austin.

Some individuals on their team include Jovita Ezeokafor - Senior Software Engineer, James Debacker - Senior Robotics Engineer, and Yi Herng Ong - Mechanical Engineer.