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• Our AVATAR system was introduced to Chosunilbo.
  December 1, 2022.
  
  
• Congratulations!!! TEAM UNIST ranked No. 6 at the $10M ANA Avatar XPRIZE finals held in Long Beach, CA, USA. For more details, see this.
  SUPER PERFECT!!! TEAM UNIST!!!
  November 4~5, 2022.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Congratulations!!! Mr. Dongyoung Lee (M.S./Ph.D. program) won the Grand Prize at SRRC (Soft Robotics Research Center) Workshop.
  August 27, 2022.
  
  
• Congratulations on the (belated) commencement ceremony!!!
  Dr. Inseong Jo (Ph.D. in Aug. 2019), Dr. Yeongyu Park (Ph.D. in Feb. 2020), Dr. Jeongsoo Lee (Ph.D. in Feb. 2021), Dr. Wookeun Park (Ph.D. in Aug. 2021), Dr. Sungman Park (Ph.D. in Feb. 2022), Dr. Minhyuk Lee (Ph.D. in Aug. 2022)
  Mr. Kyutaek Han (M.S. in Aug. 2019), Ms. Jihye Oh (M.S. in Feb. 2022), Mr. Sangyeop Lee (M.S. in Aug. 2022), Ms. Juri Kim (M.S. in Aug. 2022)
  Ms. Soyoung Choi (B.S. in Aug. 2020)
  August 12, 2022.
  
  
  
• BiRC Commencement. Congratulations, Mr. Hoyeon Yeom (Ph.D.), Mr. Minhyuk Lee (Ph.D.), Mr. Sangyeop Lee (M.S.), Ms. Juri Kim (M.S.), and Ms. Jiyeon Maeng (M.S.)!!!
  July 8, 2022.
  
  
  
  
• Group photos of BiRC!!
  June 17, 2022.
  
  
  
  
  
• Congratulations!!! Prof. Bae was awarded the Grand Prize in academic field at Outstanding Faculty Awards 2021.
  May 13, 2022.
  
  
  
• Thank you, BiRC members!!! 10th anniversary of BiRC Lab.
  May 13, 2022.
  
  
• Congratulations!!! Dr. Yeongtae Jung (Ph.D. in 2019) was appointed as an Assistant Professor at Department of Mechanical System Engineering, Jeonbuk National University.
  February 26, 2022.
  
• Mr. Jae-myung Lee, the candidate of the presidency of Democratic Party of Korea, has visited BiRC Lab. The AVATAR robot and soft sensor technologies have been introduced and demonstrated. This news has been reported to Yonhapnews, Hankookilbo, Newsis, News1, HelloDD, and so on.
  February 5, 2022.
  
  
• BiRC Commencement. Congratulations, Mr. Sungman Park (Ph.D.), Ms. Jihye Oh (M.S.), and Mr. Kyeongtaek Kim (M.S.)!!!
  January 26, 2022.
  
  
• Prof. Bae was introduced to The JungAng.
  December 24, 2021.
  
• The soft sensor and heater technology for virtual reality of BiRC Lab was introduced and demonstrated at 2021 대한민국 과학기술대전. Thank you for the great works, Mr. Jinhyeok Oh, Mr. Hun Jang, and Ms. Hayeon Kim!! This news has been reported to JoongAng Sunday.
  December 22-24, 2021.
  
• Congratulations!!! Mr. Jinhyeok Oh's team 'Smart Soft Suit' won the Silver Prize at U-Challenge Festival. For more deails, please see this link.
  December 3, 2021.
• Congratulations!!! The PR video of BiRC Lab. made by Mr. Sihyun Kim (undergraduate intern) won the Grand Prize at Research LAB PR Video Contest. For more deails, please see this link. Thank you for the great work, Mr. Sihyun Kim!!
  December 1, 2021.
   
• Prof. Bae and BiRC research were introduced to Bravo K-Scientist of YTN Science.
  November 29, 2021.
  
• THANK YOU, BiRC members!!!
  November 19, 2021.
  
• Congratulations!!! The paper  "Optimized Design of a Body-powered Finger Prosthesis using Fingertip Trajectories based on Polar Coordinate Analysis" by Mr. Hyeonjun Kim (M.S. in 2019) and Dr. Yeongyu Park (Ph.D. in 2020) won the 2020 JMST Second Best Paper Award from KSME.
  November 4, 2021.
  
• Congratulations!!! Team UNIST has been selected as a Finalist Team in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE! 15 teams from 8 countries have been selected to advance as Finalists in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE. For more deails, please see this link. This great news was introduced to DongaScience, Hankyoreh, Edaily, etc.
  October 24, 2021.
  
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• Congratulations!!! Mr. Oh's paper 'A Liquid Metal Based Multimodal Sensor and Haptic Feedback Device for Thermal and Tactile Sensation Generation in Virtual Reality' was selected as a front cover paper of Advanced Functional Materials. For more deails, please see this link. This great news was introduced to KBS, Ulsan MBC, Chosun Ilbo, Hankook Ilbo, Seoul Newspaper, etc.
  September 24, 2021.
  
  
  
• TEAM UNIST has participated in the semifinal of ANA Avatar XPRIZE held at Miami, FL, USA. TEAM UNIST, we did a great job!!!
  September 11~23, 2021.
  
  
  
  
• BiRC Commencement. Congratulations, Mr. Bokeon Kwak (Ph.D.), Mr. Wookeun Park (Ph.D.), and Mr. Heeyeop Kim (M.S.)!!!
  July 22, 2021.
  
  
• The research of BiRC lab was introduced to MERRIC (Mechanical Engineering & Robotics). For more deails, please see this link.
  July 9, 2021.
• Prof. Bae was introduced for the soft sensor technologies of BiRC Lab and the startup Feel the Same, Inc. For more deails, please see this link.
  May 25, 2021.
  
• Thank you, BiRC members!!!
  May 14, 2021.
  
  
• Prof. Bae had an interview with Robot News to introduct the research of BiRC Lab and the startup Feel the Same, Inc. For more deails, please see this link.
  May 3, 2021.
  
• Congratulations!!! TEAM UNIST has been selected as one of the 38 teams to advance as Semifinalists in ANA Avatar XPRIZE. For more deails, please see this link.
  April 5, 2021.
  
• Prof. Bae was invited to Ulsan MBC News to introduct the research of BiRC Lab. including soft sensor technolgies which were used in MBC VR Documentary Program.
  March 22, 2021.
  
• The soft senor technology of BiRC Lab. was introduced  to 서울경제 as one of the representative technologies of UNIST start-ups.
  February 9, 2021.
  
• The soft senor glove developed by Feel the Same, Inc. (start-up of BiRC lab) was introduced to ubc News.
  February 8, 2021.
  
  
• The soft senor glove developed by Feel the Same, Inc. (start-up of BiRC lab) was used in MBC VR Documentary Program.
  January, 2021.