Yian Ling Cheong

Institute for Infocomm Research, Agency for Science, Technology and Research

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Yian Ling Cheong is a researcher whose work lies at the intersection of human-robot interaction (HRI) and social robotics, with a particular focus on how experimental design shapes user perception. Her key research areas include scenario-based evaluation methods, the influence of social context on HRI, and the specific needs of elderly users when interacting with robotic systems. Cheong’s most significant contribution is her systematic investigation of how different scenario media—such as text, video, and live interaction—affect users’ evaluations of social robots. Her 2012 paper on this topic, which has garnered 15 citations, demonstrated that the medium used to present HRI scenarios can significantly alter user perception, a finding that has important implications for the validity and reproducibility of HRI user studies. She further extended this work by examining the role of social context in mediating user experience, as well as by focusing on elder adults, a critical demographic for assistive robotics. Cheong’s research provides methodological foundations for designing more ecologically valid HRI experiments, helping researchers understand that how a robot is presented can be as important as what the robot does.