Robot teacher
Monday, March 9, 2009

It has started. Today they teach your kids in school, tomorrow they take over the world. Robot teacher that can take the register and get angry:
The device, created by scientists after 15 years of research, is being trialled at a primary school in Tokyo.via
Named Saya, she can speak different languages, carry out roll calls, set tasks and make facial expressions – including anger – thanks to 18 motors hidden behind her latex face.
The humanoid was originally developed to replace a variety of workers, including secretaries, in a bid to allow firms to cut costs while still retaining some kind of human interaction.
Her creator, science professor Hiroshi Kobayashi at the University of Tokyo, had been working on a robot for 15 years.
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