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Sang-ok Seok | |
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석상옥 | |
| Born | 1975 (age 50–51) South Korea |
| Education | Seoul National University (BS, MS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
| Occupations | Roboticist and business executive |
| Title | Chief executive officer of NAVER LABS |
Sangok Seok (Korean: 석상옥; born 1975) is a South Korean roboticist and business executive. He is the chief executive officer of NAVER LABS and NAVER LABS Europe.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Seok was born in South Korea, in 1975. He studied mechanical and aerospace engineering at Seoul National University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in 2002 and a master’s degree in 2004.[2][3] He received a PhD in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2014.[3][2] From 2009 to 2014, Seok studied in MIT’s Biomimetic Robotics Laboratory. [4] He studied robot driving systems and dynamic locomotion, and participated in the development of the MIT Cheetah, a quadrupedal robot, during his doctoral studies in mechanical engineering at MIT.[2] In 2016, Seok and his co-authors received the Best Paper Award from the IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics.[5]
Career
[edit]Early career
[edit]From 2004 to 2009, Seok worked at the Korean division of National Instruments as an applications engineer and marketing engineer.[2] His work involved automation, measurement, and engineering systems.[3]
After completing his doctorate, he joined Samsung Electronics’ Mechatronics Research and Development Center as a principal engineer, working there from 2014 to 2015.[3][2]
NAVER LABS
[edit]In September 2015, Seok joined NAVER’s newly organized robotics research team and led the robotics organization.[3] He became CEO of Naver Labs in 2019, and CEO of Naver Labs Europe in 2020. [6] [3][1]
In 2023, Seok was appointed vice chairman of the Business Executive Council of the National Academy of Engineering of Korea.[7]
Recognition
[edit]In 2019, Seok received the ‘Korea Engineer Award’ from Korea Industrial Technology Association and Ministry of Science and ICT.[8] [9] and received commendation from the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy at the Korea Robot Awards.[10] In 2022, he was awarded the Bronze Tower Order of Industrial Service Merit.[11]
The Seoul AI Policy Conference introduced Seok Sang-ok as leading research on a next-generation technology platform integrating AI, robotics, autonomous driving, and digital twins.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Opening Addresses". Seoul AI Policy Conference 2025. SNU AI Policy Initiative. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Proprioceptive Actuator Design in the MIT Cheetah: Impact Mitigation and High-Bandwidth Physical Interaction for Dynamic Legged Robots" (PDF). MIT. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jeong, Chae-yoon (3 November 2025). "네이버랩스 석상옥 '포털서 로봇으로' 네이버 확 바꾼다" [NAVER LABS' Sangok Seok aims to transform Naver from a portal company into a robotics company]. Korea Financial Times (in Korean). Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "People". Biomimetic Robotics Lab. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ "IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics Best Paper Award". IEEE Robotics and Automation Society. Retrieved 2026-08-03.
- ↑ Lee, Eo-jin (12 February 2019). "[프로필] 석상옥 네이버랩스 신임대표" [[Profile] Seok Sang-ok, new CEO of Naver Labs]. Newsway (in Korean). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "위원회 현황: 최고경영인평의회" [Committee Membership: Business Executive Council]. National Academy of Engineering of Korea (in Korean). Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Science and ICT (13 August 2019). "'대한민국 엔지니어상' 2019년 8월 수상자 선정" [Recipients of the Korea Engineer Award for August 2019 announced]. KDI Economic Information and Education Center (in Korean). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ Yoon Shin-young (12 August 2019). "Naver Labs CEO Seok Sang-ok, Daekyung P&C CEO Park Gyu-su Named August's Engineers of the Year". DongA Science. Retrieved 11 August 2026.
- ↑ Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (9 October 2019). "로봇 전시 14주년, 이제 로봇을 산업으로 완성" [Fourteen years of robot exhibitions: Making robotics a full-fledged industry] (PDF). Korea Policy Briefing (Press release) (in Korean). Retrieved 10 August 2026.
- ↑ "석상옥 네이버랩스 주식회사 대표이사" [Sangok Seok, CEO of Naver Labs Corporation]. Science and Technology Awards Information Service (in Korean). Korean Academy of Science and Technology. 13 August 2025. Retrieved 10 August 2026.