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I am currently working as a postdoctoral researcher in the Christtofer group at SDU Robotics.

I received a Ph.D. in robotics from SDU Robotics in 2024. During the PhD journey, I worked with Universal Robots (UR) to solve the challenges of robotic polishing. In addition, I was a visiting student researcher at the Ames’ group, AMBER LAB, California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in 2023 and worked on safety guaratees in input-delayed systems.

Currently, my research topic revolves around safety-critical systems and in-hand manipulation with a multi-finger robotic hand (Shadow Robot).

News

Two papers are submitted to ICRA 2026.

[September 15, 2025] Frederik Hagelskjær, Yitaek Kim, Casper Hewson Rask, Haegu Lee, and Christoffer Sloth, FT-Pose: In-Hand Object Pose Distribution Estimation with Finger Tip Tactile Sensing, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026.

[September 15, 2025] Haegu Lee, Yitaek Kim, Casper Hewson Rask, and Christoffer Sloth, Manipulation via Force Distribution at Contact, IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2026.

Research Works

RL-based Hand Manipulation,
Dexterous Humanoid Manipulation Workshop, Humanoid 2025, ArXiv
Safe Grasping (Based on CBF),
ECC2025, ArXiv
Qaulity Garrantees for Robotic Polishing
(Based on CBF), ECC2025, ArXiv