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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 guarantees 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
A journal paper is accepted to IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics.
[November 25, 2025] Wilbert Peter Empleo, Yitaek Kim, Hansoul Kim, Thiusius Rajeeth Savarimuthu, Iñigo Iturrate, Safe Uncertainty-Aware Learning of Robotic Suturing, IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, 2025. ArXiv 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.