Portrait
Jiwoo Hwang
Robotics and AI Researcher
Samsung Electronics
About Me
I’m a master’s student at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in the Scalable Graphics, Visions and Robotics (SGVR) lab. I have joined Samsung Electronics and am currently an industry-academia scholarship student.

I'm currently interested in Robotics Foundation Models and Reinforcement Learning. My goal is to contribute to building a future in which robots become an essential part of everyday life.
Experience
  • Samsung Electronics
    Samsung Electronics
    Researcher
    02. 2026 -   Present  
Education
  • Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
    M.S. in The Robotics Program
    02. 2024 - 02. 2026
    Advisor: Sung-Eui Yoon
  • Kyungpook National University
    Kyungpook National University
    B.S. in Mechanical Engineering / Computer Science
    02. 2017 - 02. 2023
Honors & Awards
  • 1st Place & Top Performer, H-Mobility Class Robotics Challenge, Hyundai Motors
    2023
  • Excellence Award, Competency Evaluation for ABEEK Accreditation, Kyungpook National University
    2022
Publications
Uncertainty-Aware Non-Prehensile Manipulation with Mobile Manipulators under Object-Induced Occlusion
Uncertainty-Aware Non-Prehensile Manipulation with Mobile Manipulators under Object-Induced Occlusion

Jiwoo Hwang, Taegeun Yang, Jeil Jeong, Minsung Yoon, Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) 2026

A reinforcement learning framework (CURA-PPO) for safe non-prehensile manipulation using onboard sensing, addressing object-induced occlusion via uncertainty estimation.

[Paper] [Website]

Uncertainty-Aware Non-Prehensile Manipulation with Mobile Manipulators under Object-Induced Occlusion

Jiwoo Hwang, Taegeun Yang, Jeil Jeong, Minsung Yoon, Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE International Conference on Robotics & Automation (ICRA) 2026

A reinforcement learning framework (CURA-PPO) for safe non-prehensile manipulation using onboard sensing, addressing object-induced occlusion via uncertainty estimation.

[Paper] [Website]

Residual Reinforcement Learning for Robust Path Following in Unstructured Terrains
Residual Reinforcement Learning for Robust Path Following in Unstructured Terrains

Taegeun Yang, Jiwoo Hwang, Hyunsik Son, Sung-Eui Yoon

13th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA) 2025

Residual Reinforcement Learning for Robust Path Following in Unstructured Terrains

Taegeun Yang, Jiwoo Hwang, Hyunsik Son, Sung-Eui Yoon

13th International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA) 2025

Efficient Navigation Among Movable Obstacles using a Mobile Manipulator via Hierarchical Policy Learning
Efficient Navigation Among Movable Obstacles using a Mobile Manipulator via Hierarchical Policy Learning

Taegeun Yang, Jiwoo Hwang, Jeil Jeong, Minsung Yoon, Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2025

[Paper] [Website]

Efficient Navigation Among Movable Obstacles using a Mobile Manipulator via Hierarchical Policy Learning

Taegeun Yang, Jiwoo Hwang, Jeil Jeong, Minsung Yoon, Sung-Eui Yoon

IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 2025

[Paper] [Website]