QTrobot has recently been featured by the BBC’s Click program for its innovative use in mental well-being coaching. Developed as part of PhD research at the University of Cambridge, QTrobot supports users through positive psychology practices designed in collaboration with professional well-being coaches.
Running on the VITA framework — a cutting-edge, multi-modal architecture that uses video, audio, and a Large Language Model (LLM) — QTrobot can autonomously adapt to users over multiple interactions. Researchers explored how a robotic coach should behave, build trust, repair misunderstandings, and ethically support users in their mental well-being journeys.
In trials, QTrobot successfully guided users through simple, evidence-based well-being activities, demonstrating its potential to make mental health support accessible, engaging, and non-judgmental.
The project highlights QTrobot’s versatility beyond education, showing how it can be adapted to deliver personalized emotional support through friendly, consistent interactions.
Reference: BBC Click