Papers
18
Total Citations
472
H-Index
8
About
Joseph E. Michaelis is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction, educational technology, and child development, whose work has fundamentally advanced our understanding of how social robots can support learning in everyday environments. His most influential contribution, a landmark 2018 in-home field study on reading with a learning-companion robot (98 citations), demonstrated that robots could serve as meaningful literacy partners for children outside the classroom. Building on this foundation, Michaelis has systematically explored how families perceive and integrate social robots into domestic life, with participatory design studies (71 citations) that center the voices of children and parents in shaping robot design. His research extends beyond the home: a widely cited 2020 study (90 citations) examined how collaborative robots reshape workflows in industrial settings, showcasing the breadth of his HRI expertise. Across his body of work, Michaelis consistently investigates long-term engagement, interest development in science and literacy, embodied cognition through robot gesture, and child-robot caretaking dynamics. With over 450 cumulative citations, his scholarship provides both theoretical grounding and practical design guidance for researchers, educators, and technologists working to make robots genuine learning companions.
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- 3Investigating family perceptions and design preferences for an in-home robot71 citations · 2020
- 4Supporting Interest in Science Learning with a Social Robot63 citations · 2019
- 5Someone to Read with46 citations · 2017
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- 8Exploring Children’s Preferences for Taking Care of a Social Robot13 citations · 2022
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