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Seongmin Seo

Engineering · Purdue University West Lafayette

Early career · publishing since 2018

Publications

13

Citations

223

Est. group size

~5

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

9

Publishing since 2018

Research summary
AI-generated

Seongmin Seo's earlier work focuses on robotics, particularly the design of hybrid grippers that combine soft materials and rigid structures for improved grasping, as well as origami-inspired actuators to support upper-limb movement (relevant to wearable or assistive devices). Some more recent listed publications shift toward media/business topics such as online platforms and subscription video services, which appear unrelated to the robotics work and may reflect a different research direction or a shared name in the bibliographic record. Prospective students interested in soft robotics, gripper design, or mechanical actuation systems would find the robotics-focused publications most relevant.

Soft robotics and hybrid grippersGrasping and manipulation sensingOrigami-inspired mechanical actuatorsWearable/assistive robotic devicesMedia and online platform studies (possibly unrelated)

Publication output has been low and irregular over the last decade, with small yearly counts (0-3) and no clear sustained growth.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.4/year recently
172018: 3 publications3182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 1 publication212022: 2 publications2223242025: 3 publications3252026: 2 publications26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters×3
  • Nature Communications×2
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)×2
  • Nanoscale Horizons×1
  • 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Soft Robotics (RoboSoft)×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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