Chia-How Lin

About

Chia-How Lin is a robotics researcher whose work spans human-robot interaction, autonomous mobile systems, and affective computing. Best known for pioneering contributions to robotic emotional intelligence, Lin developed innovative frameworks that enable robots to autonomously generate and transition between emotional expressions. His most celebrated work, "Robotic Emotional Expression Generation Based on Mood Transition and Personality Model" (2012, 111 citations), introduced a two-dimensional emotional model integrating robot emotion, mood, and personality — a landmark contribution that significantly advanced socially intelligent robotics. Beyond affective systems, Lin has made meaningful strides in mobile robot perception and safety, developing robust vision-based obstacle avoidance techniques using monocular cameras and inverse perspective transformation. His research also extends to multi-robot cooperation, agent-based control architectures, and smart security systems, including Zigbee sensor network-driven intrusion detection integrated with autonomous robotic response. Throughout his career, Lin has demonstrated a consistent ability to bridge theoretical modeling and practical implementation, producing systems deployable in real-world service and domestic environments. With cumulative citations exceeding 220 across his portfolio, his interdisciplinary contributions — spanning fuzzy-neuro networks, computer vision, and multi-agent systems — mark him as a significant voice in intelligent robotics research.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   Robotic Emotional Expression Generation Based on Mood Transition and Personality Model

   111 citations · 2012
2. 2
   Robust ground plane detection for obstacle avoidance of mobile robots using a monocular camera

   29 citations · 2010
3. 3
   Probability-Based Location Aware Design and On-Demand Robotic Intrusion Detection System

   20 citations · 2013
4. 4
   Agent-Based Robot Control Design for Multi-Robot Cooperation

   14 citations · 2006
5. 5
   Mobile robot intruder detection based on a Zigbee sensor network

   13 citations · 2008
6. 6
   Autonomous emotional expression generation of a robotic face

   10 citations · 2009
7. 7
   Robust ground plane region detection using multiple visual cues for obstacle avoidance of a mobile robot

   9 citations · 2014
8. 8
   Flexible real-time control of home robots using a multi-agent based approach

   6 citations · 2005
9. 9
   A new design on multi-modal robotic focus attention

   5 citations · 2008
10. 10
    A design for smooth transition of robotic emotional states

    4 citations · 2010

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