Mei Yii Lim

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Mei Yii Lim is a researcher specializing in human-robot interaction, artificial companions, and social robotics, with particular expertise in memory models, trust, and long-term engagement between humans and robotic systems. Her foundational work on memory architectures for virtual and robot companions — accumulating 42 citations — established frameworks enabling AI companions to retain personally relevant experiences across platforms, a contribution she later refined through an ethical lens in her advocacy for human-centred memory design. Lim has made significant strides in educational robotics, investigating how memory, empathy, and expressiveness shape children's interactions with robotic tutors, demonstrating that socially aware robots meaningfully enhance learning experiences. Her research into robot personality and trust, supported by rigorous psychometric scale development using the Delphi technique (35 citations), provides the field with validated tools for measuring human propensity to trust robotic systems. More recently, her longitudinal "Robo-Barista" studies have brought social robotics into real-world service environments, examining sustained human engagement beyond initial novelty. With over 175 cumulative citations, Lim's interdisciplinary work bridges cognitive science, ethics, and robotics engineering, offering practical and theoretical insights essential for designing robots that integrate meaningfully into everyday human life.

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Top Papers

1. 1
   An initial memory model for virtual and robot companions supporting migration and long-term interaction

   42 citations · 2009
2. 2
   Preliminary psychometric scale development using the mixed methods Delphi technique

   35 citations · 2022
3. 3
   I Remember You!: Interaction with Memory for an Empathic Virtual Robotic Tutor

   22 citations · 2016
4. 4
   We are all Individuals: The Role of Robot Personality and Human Traits in Trustworthy Interaction

   20 citations · 2022
5. 5
   How expressiveness of a robotic tutor is perceived by children in a learning environment

   14 citations · 2016
6. 6
   Advocating an ethical memory model for artificial companions from a human-centred perspective

   13 citations · 2011
7. 7
   Do You Think I Approve of That? Designing Facial Expressions for a Robot

   10 citations · 2017
8. 8
   Feeding the Coffee Habit: A Longitudinal Study of a Robo-Barista

   7 citations · 2023
9. 9
   Demonstration of a Robo- Barista for In the Wild Interactions

   6 citations · 2022
10. 10
    Affective Feedback for a Virtual Robot in a Real-World Treasure Hunt

    6 citations · 2014

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