It has started!Today, they teach your kids in school, tomorrow they take over the world.
Meet a Robot Teacher that can take the register and get angry: The device, created by scientists after fifteen years of research, is being trialled at a primary school in Tokyo.
Named Saya, she can speak different languages, carry out roll calls, set tasks and make facial expressions – including anger – thanks to eighteen motors hidden behind her latex face.
The replica humanoid was originally developed to replace a variety of workers, including secretaries, in a bid to allow firms to cut costs while retaining some kind of human interaction.
Her creator, science professor Hiroshi Kobayashi at the University of Tokyo, had been working on a robot for fifteen years.
... but can it play floor hockey?
ReplyDeleteI think she's creepy.
ReplyDeleteWouldn't you be tempted to see how long you could make it do the 'anger' face?... I used to do that with real teachers.
ReplyDeleteI can see it now....all the kids decide to get up and leave class..then what will she do?
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