SNU ME Ph.D. Student Byeong Hyun Kang of professor Kyu-Jin Cho’s bio-robotics lab claimed the Bronze Award in the 22^nd Samsung Electronics Human Tech Paper Awards held last 3^rd February 2016, with the paper titled “Exo-Glove Poly: Soft Polymer-based Tendon-driven Wearable Robotic Hand for Spinal Cord Injury”<?xml:namespace prefix = "o" ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />

The above paper was the first to reveal the Exo-Glove Poly and its capabilities for patients with spinal cord injury and hand paralysis aimed to recover some hand related abilities using the flexible, wearable hand robot. The Exo-Glove Poly was presented at the AAAS annual meeting (American Association for the Advancement of Science) on the 15^th of February 2016, in Washington DC and was later featured in media such as
 IEEE Spectrum, Science News for Students, 동아 사이언스, ETH Zurich, Engadget, iREAL, Wired and more.
 

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