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Robo-teachers
Egg-shaped robots have started teaching English at primary schools in South Korea in 2010 in the context of a four month pilot program sponsored by the Korean government. The machines have a TV panel that displays a female Caucasian face and can wheel around the classroom while speaking to the students. The robots are also able to read books and dance to music moving their head and arms. But despite appearances the robots, developed the Korea Institute of Science of Technology, are not autonomous beings. They are actually controlled remotely by English teachers, who can see and hear the children via a remote control system. Cameras then detect the teachers' facial expressions and reflect them on the avatar's face. Apart from reading books, the robots use pre-programmed software to sing songs and play alphabet games with the children.
Robo-teachers
Egg-shaped robots have started teaching English at primary schools in South Korea in 2010 in the context of a four month pilot program sponsored by the Korean government. The machines have a TV panel that displays a female Caucasian face and can wheel around the classroom while speaking to the students. The robots are also able to read books and dance to music moving their head and arms. But despite appearances the robots, developed the Korea Institute of Science of Technology, are not autonomous beings. They are actually controlled remotely by English teachers, who can see and hear the children via a remote control system. Cameras then detect the teachers' facial expressions and reflect them on the avatar's face. Apart from reading books, the robots use pre-programmed software to sing songs and play alphabet games with the children.