Monday, March 9, 2009

Coming soon to Haultain Memorial? The Robot Teacher.

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.

4 comments:

  1. ... but can it play floor hockey?

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  2. Wouldn't you be tempted to see how long you could make it do the 'anger' face?... I used to do that with real teachers.

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  3. I can see it now....all the kids decide to get up and leave class..then what will she do?

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