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Hye-Kyung Cho is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction (HRI) and educational robotics, with a focus on cross-cultural acceptance, engagement recognition, and the design of socially intelligent robots. Her work bridges technology and pedagogy, particularly through the development of tutoring robots and augmented reality systems that adapt to diverse cultural contexts—as evidenced by her most cited paper (24 citations) comparing perceptions in Korea, Japan, and Spain. Cho has made significant contributions to STEAM education, creating hands-on, multidisciplinary learning content like the SiCi-Campaign, which integrates robotics into formal K-12 curricula beyond traditional engineering contexts. She also advanced automated engagement recognition using video analysis (13 citations), enabling robots to detect and respond to children’s attention states during math quizzes. Her research on robotic gaze-based social cueing (10 citations) addresses real-world challenges like inattentional blindness, while her recent work (2025, 6 citations) explores how episodic memory in social robots influences long-term user engagement. Cho’s impact is reflected in over 100 total citations across her publications, and her innovative “Interaction without Programming” approach has democratized robotics, allowing non-experts to create interactive content. Her work continues to shape the future of socially aware, culturally adaptive robots.