Bank Ngamarunchot

King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi

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Bank Ngamarunchot is a leading researcher at the intersection of social robotics, STEAM education, and human-centered design in Thailand. Their most influential work, “Understanding the role of arts and humanities in social robotics design: An experiment for STEAM enrichment program in Thailand” (2017, 14 citations), makes a foundational contribution by demonstrating how integrating Arts and Humanities into traditional STEM frameworks enhances creativity and innovation in robotics. This paper argues that STEM alone is insufficient for addressing complex societal challenges, and provides empirical evidence from a Thai enrichment program showing that STEAM-based approaches produce more socially aware and contextually relevant robotic designs. Ngamarunchot’s research is particularly impactful in developing countries, where it offers a practical model for rethinking technology education to foster holistic innovation. By bridging engineering, design, and cultural studies, their work has influenced curriculum development and policy discussions on educational reform in Southeast Asia. Ngamarunchot’s scholarship continues to shape how researchers and educators approach the design of socially intelligent robots, emphasizing that the future of technology lies not just in technical proficiency, but in creative, humanistic thinking.