Kumoh National Institute of Technology Achieves Outstanding Results at the 2025 3rd 2nd Operational Commander's Cup Drone Bot Combat Competition

Kumoh National Institute of Technology Students Achieve Top Honors in Drone and Robot Competitions
Sweeping Multiple Awards at the 2025 2nd Operational Commander's Cup Drone Bot Combat Competition

Students from Kumoh National Institute of Technology (President: Kwak Hosang) won the grand prize (1st place) in both categories-Drone Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and Robot Challenge-in the General Division at the 2025 3rd 2nd Operational Commander's Cup Drone Bot Combat Competition.

In the Robot Challenge category, they swept all awards, including 1st place, 2nd place (Excellence Award), 3rd place, and the Special Award, and also secured 3rd place in the Drone Bomb Drop category.

2025 3rd 2nd Operational Commander's Cup Drone Bot Combat Competition Awards Ceremony
General Division 2 Categories (▲Drone Surveillance and Reconnaissance ▲Robot Challenge)
Grand Prize (1st Place) in each category / Photo by Kim Eehwan

The 1st place winners in the Drone Surveillance and Reconnaissance category were master's students Kim Donghyun and Na Wooyeop, and doctoral students Taufiqurrahman Akbar and Wicaksono Muhammad, all affiliated with the Hyperconnected Cooperative Autonomous Mobile Systems Research Center (Director: Shin Sooyong).

Kim Hyunmin, a master's student (advisor: Son Jeongwoo) who took 3rd place in the Robot Challenge category, is also participating as a student researcher in the Autonomous and Non-Autonomous Mixed Situation Support Platform Foundation Project, which is supported by the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology.

Professor Shin Sooyong of the Department of Electronic Engineering, who leads the Hyperconnected Cooperative Autonomous Mobile Systems Research Center, is actively conducting research in autonomous driving, next-generation wireless communication, and quantum computing.

He is also serving as the project manager for the University ICT Research Center (ITRC) and ICT Innovation Talent 4.0, both supported by the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Institute of Information & Communications Technology Planning & Evaluation (IITP), and as the head of the BK21FOUR Smart Manufacturing MERIT Convergence Project Group. Additionally, as a participating researcher in the Regional Intelligence Innovation Talent Development Project, he is dedicated to nurturing high-level talent.

The 1st place winners in the Robot Challenge category were Park Hyojun, a third-year student majoring in Mechanical Systems Engineering, Nam Gayoung, a fourth-year student, Kim Sueun, and Jang Taehee, a third-year student majoring in Mechanical Engineering, all from the Systems and Vision Laboratory (advisor: Shin Dongwon).

The Systems and Vision Laboratory (SVL) conducts research on robot design and analysis, intelligent control, and image processing, which serves as the foundation for actual robot production and simulation. In particular, the lab is strengthening its research capabilities through practical projects such as stair and rough terrain traversal robots and vision-based recognition systems. In 2025, the lab achieved notable results, including the Popularity Award in the Intelligent Robot category at the Korea Intelligent Robot Competition, and 1st, 2nd, and Special Awards in the Robot Challenge category at the 2025 Drone Bot Combat Competition.

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