Papers
20
Total Citations
112
H-Index
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About
Yoonseob Lim is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of human-robot interaction, assistive robotics, and socially intelligent systems. With a research portfolio spanning over a decade, Lim has made notable contributions to designing robots that can navigate complex social and cultural contexts, particularly in caregiving and everyday human environments. Among his most influential work is the development of ontology-based robotic systems for dementia care, enabling personalized, knowledge-driven support for patients at home or in care facilities — research that has collectively attracted over 20 citations. His investigations into social behavior, politeness, and cross-cultural communication in human-robot interaction — including a cross-linguistic study of English and Korean speakers — reveal a nuanced understanding of how robots must adapt to human social norms. Lim has also explored innovative applications such as origami-based transformable robotic spaces for children, robot-assisted language assessment for cognitive health, and robotic support systems for hospital isolation wards. With work presented at leading venues like HRI and accumulating citations across diverse domains, Lim's research reflects a commitment to building robots that are not only technically capable but genuinely responsive to human social and emotional needs.
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Top Papers
- 1Effects of Social Behaviors of Robots in Privacy-Sensitive Situations23 citations · 2021
- 2An Ontology-based Home Care Service Robot for Persons with Dementia13 citations · 2018
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- 4Social Human-Robot Interaction of Human-care Service Robots9 citations · 2018
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- 6Ontology-based Dementia Care Support System7 citations · 2018
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