Dennis Hong was awarded the National Science Foundation’s CAREER Award and was selected as one of the 'Brilliant 10' by the international science journal Popular Science. He is an engineer who developed the first humanoid robot in the United States and the world’s first automobile that can be driven by the sight-impaired. Dennis Hong was named twice in Dong-A Ilbo’s '100 People Who Will Honor Korea in 10 Years' and was selected as 'an Honorable Person' by UCLA. Dennis Hong is a genius scientist who draws attention from all over the world, and was once hailed as the “Leonardo da Vinci of robots.” 

Dennis Hong first dreamed of becoming a robot engineer after watching Star Wars when he was seven years old. Having actually achieved that dream, he is making his imagination come alive and the impossible happen at RoMeLa, a robot research institute called “the factory of dreams.” His colleagues call him a “modern-day wizard” when they see him leveraging his ingenuity and singular creativity in the building of robots. His robots, including Charlie, the first humanoid robot in the U.S.; Darwin-OP, the open-source robot used for educational and research purposes; the disaster-rescue robot Thor; and Baloo, the robot that never falls down, are all products of his pioneering spirit and boundless passion. 

In Dennis Hong, From Imagination to Reality, Dennis Hong’s spirit and passion can be witnessed in full. His entire journey of revolutionary innovation is contained in this volume. At a time when all of us, regardless of which industry we are in, must continuously challenge ourselves and push the envelope, this book will serve as an inspiration and spur us on to harness our own remarkable spirit and creativity.