The research, conducted over a period of four weeks, deployed the QTrobot V2 humanoid social robot that has been developed for studies involving human-AI interactions, and Misty II, which is claimed to be the world’s most lovable robot. The team programmed the robots to exhibit a personality resembling that of a well-being coach, complete with facial expressions and voice quality to make them seem as natural as possible. Study subjects who worked with Misty were able to establish better connections than those engaging with the humanoid QTrobot V2.
“Since QT is more humanoid, they expected it to behave like a human, which may be why participants who worked with QT were slightly underwhelmed,” explained Dr. Micol Spitale from the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge. However, the general consensus was that the human subjects found the robot-led wellness sessions useful and expressed openness to the idea of such wellness-focused interactions in the future. The research team is now trying to further refine the responsiveness of these robot wellness coaches to make them sound more natural during human interactions.
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