# Dennis Hong

PROFESSOR
MECHANICAL AND AEROSPACE ENGINEERING

37-144, Eng IV

Email: dennishong@ucla.edu
Phone: (310) 825-9471
Fax:

Websites

- RoMeLa: Robotics & Mechanisms Laboratory

##### RESEARCH AND INTERESTS

Humanoids & Bipedal Robots, Robot Locomotion & Manipulation, Soft Actuators, Robotic Platforms, Autonomous Vehicles, Machine Design, Kinematics & Mechanisms.

##### NOTABLE PUBLICATIONS

- Dennis Hong, “Making a car for blind drivers”, TED2011 | Long Beach, 2011
- Dennis Hong, “My seven species of robot”, TEDxNASA | Newport News, 2009
- Kanabe, C., Hopkins, M., Hong, D., “Team CHARLI: RoboCup 2012 Humanoid AdultSize League Winner,” RoboCup 2012, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Berlin Heidelberg
- Reinholtz, C., Hong, D., Wicks, A., et. Al., “Odin: Team VictorTango’s Entry in the DARPA Urban Challenge”, Journal of Field Robotics, 25: 467–492
- Ren, P. and Hong, D. W., “Mobility Analysis of a Spoked Walking Machine with Variable Topologies”, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 3, 041005 (2011)
- Hong, D. W., Ingram, M. and Lahr, D., “Whole Skin Locomotion Inspired by Amoeboid Motility Mechanisms”, ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 1, 011015 (2009)
- Hong, D. W. and Cipra, R. J., “Optimal Contact Force Distribution for Multi-limbed Robots”, ASME Journal of Mechanical Design, Vol. 128, No. 3, May, 2006, pp. 566-573 128, 566 (2006)
- Hong, D., et. Al., “Development of a Semi-Autonomous Vehicle Operable by the Visually Impaired”, Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems, Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering (LNEE), Springer-Verlag, Vol. 35, 2009, pp. 455-467

##### IN THE NEWS

- AI is Not a Cure-All: Professor Dennis Hong | Pulse, December 2023
- Magic, Cooking and Droids Inspire This Roboticist | Science News Explores, September 2023
- Rise of the Machines (photo gallery) | Reuters, July 2023
- We’re Designing Robots to Look Like Us. What Could Go Wrong? | PBS, June 2023
- Robot to Compete in Summer Competition | Spectrum News 1, May 2023
- UCLA’s Robotic Footballer is Going to the RoboCup | WIRED Middle East, May 2023
- This Robot Can Walk Upright, Play Soccer and Potentially Save Lives in Disaster Zones | Independent Tribune, April 2023
- UCLA Prof. Dennis Hong on KFI News | KFI News, March 2023
- Kick Off: Robot That Can Run and Jump to Comet in Football Tournament - and Creators Say it Could be ‘Better’ Than Messi | The Sun (U.S.), March 2023
- Robot Helpers Could be Coming Sooner Than You Think | CBS News Sacramento, March 2023
- Morning News at 4:30 | KTLA 5, March 2023
- UCLA Unveils New ARTEMIS Robot for Soccer Tournament | Teslarati, March 2023
- 7 News Species of Robot That Dance, Jump - and Walk on Water | TED, January 2023
- Bipedal Balloon Robot Charms at California Tech Fair | Yahoo! News Malaysia, November 2022
- Cars, Tugs—and Elevators? Big Changes Coming for Transportation in the Future | Wall Street Journal, November 2022
- From a four-legged robot goalkeeper to a Google AI ping-pong champion: Meet the robots taking the world of sports by storm | Daily Mail, October 2022
- Tesla's Optimus bot: 'High school science project' or robotics gamechanger? | MarketWatch, October 2022
- What Do Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot? | Cleantechnica, October 2022
- Introducing ARTEMIS: The Next-generation Humanoid Robot Platform to Serve us for the Next 10 years | IEEE Spectrum, July 2022
- Dr. Dennis Hong on Achieving the Impossible With Robotic Inventions | Spectrum News 1, February 2021

##### EDUCATION

Purdue University, 2002

##### AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

- 2016 URAI Best Paper Award
- 2015 Hyupsung Social Contribution Award
- 2015 RoboCup Winner