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Overview

Kheng Lee Koay is affiliated with the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the fields of Psychology and Computer Science, with a notable focus on Social Psychology and Artificial Intelligence. Their work intersects several subfields, including Human-Computer Interaction, Control and Systems Engineering, and Safety Research.

The central topics in Kheng Lee Koay's research cover a range of areas related to human and robot interaction, specifically:

  • Social Robot Interaction and HRI
  • AI in Service Interactions
  • Human-Automation Interaction and Safety
  • Persona Design and Applications
  • Robot Manipulation and Learning
  • Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

Their recent publications reflect this interdisciplinary approach, featuring work in journals related to behavioral robotics and interaction studies:

  • A narrative approach to human-robot interaction prototyping for companion robots, 2020, Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics
  • Use and usability of software verification methods to detect behaviour interference when teaching an assistive home companion robot: A proof-of-concept study, 2021, Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics
  • A matter of consequences, 2023, Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems
  • Does Expression of Grounded Affect in a Hexapod Robot Elicit More Prosocial Responses?, 2020, Journal of robotics & autonomous systems

Kheng Lee Koay frequently collaborates with other researchers in the field. Their notable coauthors include:

  • Kerstin Dautenhahn
  • Michael L. Walters
  • Alessandra Rossi
  • Patrick Holthaus
  • Dag Sverre Syrdal

Publication venues where Kheng Lee Koay has frequently contributed include:

  • Paladyn Journal of Behavioral Robotics
  • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems
  • Journal of robotics & autonomous systems

Best Publications

  • What is a robot companion - friend, assistant or butler?

    K. Dautenhahn;S. Woods;C. Kaouri;M.L. Walters

  • Avoiding the uncanny valley: robot appearance, personality and consistency of behavior in an attention-seeking home scenario for a robot companion

    Michael L. Walters;Dag S. Syrdal;Kerstin Dautenhahn;René Te Boekhorst

  • How may I serve you?: a robot companion approaching a seated person in a helping context

    K. Dautenhahn;M. Walters;S. Woods;K. L. Koay

  • The influence of subjects' personality traits on personal spatial zones in a human-robot interaction experiment

    M.L. Walters;K. Dautenhahn;R. te Boekhorst;Kheng Lee Koay

  • Comparing human robot interaction scenarios using live and video based methods: towards a novel methodological approach

    S.N. Woods;M.L. Walters;K.L. Koay;K. Dautenhahn

  • Methodological Issues in HRI: A Comparison of Live and Video-Based Methods in Robot to Human Approach Direction Trials

    Sarah Woods;Michael Walters;Kheng Koay;Kerstin Dautenhahn

  • Human approach distances to a mechanical-looking robot with different robot voice styles

    M.L. Walters;D.S. Syrdal;K.L. Koay;K. Dautenhahn

  • Living with Robots: Investigating the Habituation Effect in Participants' Preferences During a Longitudinal Human-Robot Interaction Study

    Kheng Lee Koay;D.S. Syrdal;M.L. Walters;K. Dautenhahn

  • An empirical framework for human-robot proxemics

    M.L. Walters;K. Dautenhahn;R. Te Boekhorst;K.L. Koay

  • Close encounters: spatial distances between people and a robot of mechanistic appearance

    M.L. Walters;K. Dautenhahn;K.L. Koay;C. Kaouri

  • Robotic etiquette: results from user studies involving a fetch and carry task

    Michael L. Walters;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Sarah N. Woods;Kheng Lee Koay

  • Exploratory Study of a Robot Approaching a Person in the Context of Handing Over an Object.

    Kheng Lee Koay;Emrah Akin Sisbot;Dag Sverre Syrdal;Mick L. Walters

  • “Teach Me–Show Me”—End-User Personalization of a Smart Home and Companion Robot

    Joe Saunders;Dag Sverre Syrdal;Kheng Lee Koay;Nathan Burke

  • Is this robot like me? Links between human and robot personality traits

    S. Woods;K. Dautenhahn;C. Kaouri;R. Boekhorst

  • 'Doing the right thing wrong' - Personality and tolerance to uncomfortable robot approaches

    D.S. Syrdal;K. Dautenhahn;S. Woods;M.L. Walters

  • Social Roles and Baseline Proxemic Preferences for a Domestic Service Robot

    Kheng Lee Koay;Dag Sverre Syrdal;Mohammadreza Ashgari-Oskoei;Mohammadreza Ashgari-Oskoei;Michael L. Walters

  • Looking Good? Appearance Preferences and Robot Personality Inferences at Zero Acquaintance.

    Dag Sverre Syrdal;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Sarah N. Woods;Michael L. Walters

  • Preferences and perceptions of robot appearance and embodiment in human-robot interaction trials

    M.L. Walters;K.L. Koay;D.S. Syrdal;K. Dautenhahn

  • Exploratory studies on social spaces between humans and a mechanical-looking robot

    M. L. Walters;K. Dautenhahn;S. N. Woods;K. L. Koay

  • Toward Reliable Autonomous Robotic Assistants Through Formal Verification: A Case Study

    Matt Webster;Clare Dixon;Michael Fisher;Maha Salem

  • Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

    Farshid Amirabdollahian;Kerstin Dautenhahn;Clare Dixon;Kerstin I Eder

Frequent Co-Authors

Kerstin Dautenhahn
Kerstin Dautenhahn University of Waterloo
Michael L. Walters
Michael L. Walters University of Hertfordshire
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv
Chrystopher L. Nehaniv University of Waterloo
Michael Fisher
Michael Fisher University of Manchester
Gerhard Sagerer
Gerhard Sagerer Bielefeld University
Márta Gácsi
Márta Gácsi Eötvös Loránd University
Ádám Miklósi
Ádám Miklósi Eötvös Loránd University
Jim Torresen
Jim Torresen University of Oslo
Rachid Alami
Rachid Alami Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems
Ben Kröse
Ben Kröse Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences

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