Inseung Kang

Inseung Kang is an assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research program tackles the grand challenge of enhancing human mobility using robotics, wearables, and artificial intelligence. His team maintains a diverse research portfolio, ranging from designing versatile mechatronic systems to developing generalizable AI-based robot controllers. For example, his group focuses on developing wearable assistive devices such as robotic exoskeletons to assist individuals with motor impairments (e.g., stroke) by integrating a multidisciplinary approach spanning mechatronic design, deep learning, control theory, gait biomechanics, motor control, and motor learning.

Kang is a recipient of the NIH Trailblazer Award and has been named a MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Asia Pacific. His long-term research goal is to develop next-generation wearable robotic systems that have a transformative impact on human mobility through a deep, comprehensive understanding of human-machine systems. Before joining Carnegie Mellon, he was a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences at MIT. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from Georgia Tech.