Soobum Kim

I am a Robotics Education Lab Manager at Georgia Tech, where I build and operate robotics infrastructure that connects research, education, and real-world robotic systems.

My work sits at the intersection of robotics, controls, AI, hardware integration, and educational platform development. I focus on designing reliable, scalable robot systems that allow students and researchers to move from algorithms to physical deployment. This includes multi-robot systems, robot arm platforms, perception pipelines, calibration, safety systems, ROS-based software stacks, and fleet-level lab infrastructure.

I received my Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Georgia Tech, advised by Dr. Samuel Coogan and Dr. Magnus Egerstedt. My doctoral research focused on multi-robot systems and control, particularly coverage control algorithms for heterogeneous robot teams operating under practical constraints.

Across both research and lab development, I pursue full-stack robotic system development: from mathematical algorithm design to software architecture, hardware implementation, actual deployment, and long-term system maintainability. My goal is to make advanced robotics more reproducible, accessible, and useful for education and research at scale.