Weijane Lin
Papers
10
Total Citations
185
H-Index
7
About
Dr. Weijane Lin is a pioneering researcher at the intersection of human-robot interaction, library science, and educational technology, with a focus on developing socially assistive robots for children and older adults. Her most significant contributions lie in demonstrating the feasibility of using social robots as reading companions in library literacy activities, where her landmark 2020 study (50 citations) compared robot and human companions, showing robots can effectively support children’s reading performance. She has also advanced understanding of how children interact with robots through her work on social presence and familiarity (27 citations), and developed innovative error-handling strategies to help older users learn ICTs through chatbots (20 citations). Her design-based research approach to creating service robots for children’s libraries (42 citations) has been particularly influential, establishing frameworks for understanding book-locating behaviors. With over 185 total citations across her publications, Dr. Lin has also explored mood estimation algorithms for emotional support robots and project-based learning approaches for mechatronics education. Her work bridges engineering, psychology, and library science, making her a leading voice in creating accessible, engaging robotic systems for diverse user populations in informal learning environments.
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- 6Electronic pet robots for mechatronics engineering education: a project-based learning approach9 citations · 2014
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