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Robot Teacher Makes Debut at Japanese School
Wednesday, March 11, 2009

In what could be a harbinger of the future, elementary-school students in Tokyo are being taught by a robot.

Saya is the result of 15 years of research and is being tested as a teacher after working as a receptionist.

She — or it — is multilingual, can organize set tasks for pupils, call the roll and get angry when the kids misbehave.

Saya is just one example of Japan's determination to put a robot in every home by 2015.

The robot was originally developed for companies who want to cut costs by replacing office workers such as secretaries and receptionists with an android that had a range of human expressions.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,508184,00.html


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strat1117

strat1117

Do they incorporate the "Three Laws of Robotics" in their positronic circuits?

Seriously, I saw a demonstration of robotic technology at Disneyland a few years ago that scared the :9898: out of me.
 
Seraphim

Seraphim

Fnord5 said:
http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/aiko-worlds-first-sexually-harassed-disabled-fembot/
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OK, so that guy who created that robot needs to be locked up. First he hurts her, then grabs her boob?

I musy say, I enjoyed the Dr. Strangelove glove on that robot's right hand. That was class.


All this stuff is SO ridiculous! They always say they want robots to be there to help the elderly, etc. HELLO?! Instead of spending 100's of hours in your basement grabbing your robot ladies boobs, how about spending some time over at grandma's, visiting and seeing if you can be of some actual assistance?
 
Fnord5

Fnord5

Seraphim said:
OK, so that guy who created that robot needs to be locked up. First he hurts her, then grabs her boob?

I musy say, I enjoyed the Dr. Strangelove glove on that robot's right hand. That was class.


All this stuff is SO ridiculous! They always say they want robots to be there to help the elderly, etc. HELLO?! Instead of spending 100's of hours in your basement grabbing your robot ladies boobs, how about spending some time over at grandma's, visiting and seeing if you can be of some actual assistance?
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All I have to say is, I hope they are not waterproof, because if these things become common, I will start carrying a bucket of water everywhere.

Assuming they ever come out of the scary peoples basements.
 
TorzJohnson

TorzJohnson

I don't even know why the scientists make them!

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The Fish

OH GOD! KILL IT WITH FIRE!

Seriously, how long do they think it will be before that robot is covered in graffiti and wearing some kind of ridiculous hat? These ARE school children, after all..
 
strat1117

strat1117

mmack66 said:
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The "three laws" are from Asimov's robot books. Dr. Susan Calvin, the inventor of the positronic brain, wired them so that (this is from memory so forgive me if it is inexact): 1. A robot shall never harm a human. 2. A robot shall never harm itself, except if to do so would violate the first law. 3. A robot shall never disobey an order given to it by a human, except if to do so would violate the first or second law. The positronic matrix was inoperable without those laws imprinted into it.

The thing I saw at Disney (Epcot, to be exact) was a robot the size of a 10 year old, that could obey voice commands, walk, talk, interact with its environment and perform simple tasks. It appeared as if there was a kid inside a costume, but it was really real. Very eerie, to say the least. Being both a natural born cynic and an Issac Asimov fan, I was constrained to see it as nothing less than the beginning of the end.

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