Robots may help improve mental wellbeing at work if they look right – study

While the robots had identical voices, facial expressions, and scripts for the sessions, their physical appearance affected how people interacted with them.

Robots may help improve mental wellbeing at work if they look right – study (University of Cambridge/PA)

Robots can improve mental wellbeing in the workplace, but they have to look right, research suggests.

The perception of how effective the machines are depends in large part on what the robot looks like, according to the study.