I am a Ph.D. candidate in Graduate School of Science and Technology Policy at KAIST, advised by Chihyung Jeon. I have a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering (KAIST) and M.S. in Science and Technology Policy (KAIST). My research interests include cultures and politics of robotics development and human-robot interaction from an STS perspective. Currently I am working on how design, development, and use of disaster robots, logistics robots, and care robots are entangled with simulation of the human world.
Field: Social and Cultural Studies of Robotics and AI, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Science and Technology Studies (STS), History of Technology
Heesun Shin and Chihyung Jeon. "The Robotic Multi-Care Network: A Field Study of a “Robot Grandchild” in South Korea." East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal 18, no. 2 (2024): 177-195.
Othelia EunKyoung Lee and Heesun Shin. "Social Workers’ Perspectives on Socially Isolated Older Adults Living with a Robot Companion." Journal of Gerontological Social Work 67, no. 5 (2024): 621-638.
Heesun Shin and Othelia EunKyoung Lee. "Who Is Behind the Robot? The Role of Public Social Workers in Implementing Robotic Eldercare Program in South Korea." Social Work in Health Care 63, no. 4–5 (2024): 311–327.
Miryang Kang, Heesun Shin, and Chihyung Jeon. "The Autonomous Walker: How Humans and Robots Generate and Distribute Autonomy (자율보행체(自律步行體): 인간과 로봇이 함께 생성하고 분배하는 자율성에 대하여)." Korean Journal of Science and Technology Studies 21, no. 3 (2021): 98-138. [in Korean]
Chihyung Jeon, Heesun Shin, Sungeun Kim, and Hanbyul Jeong. "Talking Over the Robot: A Field Study of Strained Collaboration in a Dementia-Prevention Robot Class." Interaction Studies 21, no. 1 (2020): 85-110.
Sungeun Kim, Heesun Shin, Chihyung Jeon. "PyeongChang Olympics and the Crisis of Movement (평창올림픽과 움직임의 위기: 로봇, 5G 네트워크, 가상현실 기술은 인간 움직임의 가치를 위협하는가)." Philosophy of Movement: Journal of Korean Society for Philosophy of Sports, Dance & Martial Arts 26, no. 4 (2018): 67-85. [in Korean]
Heesun Shin and Chihyung Jeon. "When Robots Meet the Elderly: The Contexts of Interaction and the Role of Mediators (노인과 로봇은 어떻게 만나는가: 상호작용의 조건과 매개자의 역할)." Korean Journal of Science and Technology Studies 18, no. 2 (2018): 135-179. [in Korean]
Juan Giusepe Montalván Lume, Heesun Shin, Kun Pyo Lee, and Francisco Cuéllar Córdova. “Adaptation Profiles in First-Time Robot Users: Towards Understanding Adaptation Patterns and Their Implications for Design.” International Journal of Design 11, no. 1 (2017): 1-20.
Heesun Shin and Chihyung Jeon. "Will Robots Save Us? (로봇이 우리를 구원해줄까? 재난 로봇의 기원, 현황, 쟁점)." Proceedings of the 11th Korea Robotics Society Annual Conference (January 2016), 215-217. [in Korean]
“나 죽으면 효돌이 어째”…로봇에 마음 뺏긴 어르신들 (2022.10.29.)
“우리 알바 구했어요” 앞치마 두른 서빙봇 ‘삐약이’ (2022.12.3.)
“사진 찍어드릴까요?”…공항 근무 5년 ‘핵인싸로봇’이 건넨 말 (2022.12.23.)
간호사 손길은 환자에, 약 나르는 일은 로봇에 맡기려면 (2023.01.21.)
“커닝 안돼요, 삐리!” 로봇선생님의 유쾌한 뇌 건강교실 (2023.02.18.)
인간의 손은 거들 뿐…물류창고의 짐꾼 로봇 ‘나르고’ (2023.03.18.)
후쿠시마 투입 로봇은 몇초 만에 멈췄다…재난 로봇의 미래 (2023.04.15.)
하반신 못 쓰는 영석씨는 로봇과 ‘같이’ 걷는다, 재미있게 (2023.05.20.)
고독이 몸부림칠 때…나의 ‘분신 로봇’이 사람을 만난다 (2023.06.17.)
인간·로봇의 관현악 합동 지휘…대결인가, 협업인가 (2023.07.15.)
This video is a record of Team Angel Robotics's exoskeleton race at Cybathlon 2020. I have been recording the team's robot development since 2019 with Miryang Kang and Chihyung Jeon. This video was taken and edited by Youngjin Yoo (255mov).