Yeongmi Kim

Yeongmi Kim is a Professor at MCI Management Center Innsbruck, Austria, specializing in rehabilitation engineering, medical robotics, and haptics. Her work focuses on developing assistive technologies for neurological rehabilitation, sensory-motor training, and surgical training systems. She has led multiple projects involving portable rehabilitation devices, haptic interfaces, and robotic systems for stroke survivors and individuals with visual impairments.

• Education: Advanced training in biomedical engineering and robotics, with postdoctoral research at ETH Zurich.
• Research Interests:
  • Rehabilitation robotics for upper limb recovery
  • Haptic feedback systems for medical training
  • Assistive technologies for mobility-impaired individuals

Her research trends emphasize low-cost, user-centric solutions for home-based rehabilitation and surgical training systems. Recent work includes solar-tracking robotics and wearable haptic devices for gait balance.

• Awards: Best Fellow Paper Award (Physiatry '24), IEEE WorldHaptics Best Poster Finalist (2017).
• Advising: Supervised 50+ theses on topics like robotic exoskeletons, VR training systems, and sensor integration for rehabilitation.
• Labs/Teams: Active in robotics and biomedical engineering groups at MCI, collaborating on EU-funded projects.