Q&A with Wearable Technologies Associate Editor: Professor Hyung-Soon Park

Professor Hyung-Soon Park of KAIST, South Korea, answers our questions about their work and Cambridge University Press’s Open Access journal Wearable Technologies.

What first attracted you to the field of wearable technologies?

Wearable technologies can enhance the physical ability of human – this is exciting!

What are you currently working on that you’d like to tell us about?

I am working on the interface between a user and a wearable device and how this can be improved by the devices ability to recognise a user’s intention. 

What are some of the challenges facing the field today?

The degrees of freedom (DOFs) of wearable robots are increasing to allow a higher dexterity and versatility with regards to assisting tasks.  However, this brings additional challenges, for example the ability to achieve seamless intention recognition in high DOF systems.   

Why should authors publish in Wearable Technologies?

Wearable technology is an important technical solution for a future aging society. 

What do you think are the top 3 papers that were published in the journal last year?

A novel neck brace to characterize neck mobility impairments following neck dissection in head and neck cancer patients By Biing-Chwen Chang, Haohan Zhang, et al.

Passive knee exoskeletons in functional tasks: Biomechanical effects of a SpringExo coil-spring on squats

Part of the special issue: Exoskeletons for Workers By Rand Hidayah, Dongbao Sui, et al.

Smart sensor tights: Movement tracking of the lower limbs in football By Annemarijn Steijlen, Bastiaan Burgers, et al.

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