Technology: Teacher Robot

Japan’s teacher robot ”Saya” expresses her surprise on her face during a demonstration by Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tokyo University of Science professor and Saya’s developer, at his office in Tokyo, Japan, Wednesday, March 11, 2009. First developed as a receptionist robot in 2004, Saya was tested in a real Tokyo classroom earlier this year to a handful of fifth and sixth graders, although it still can’t do much more than call roll and shout orders like ”Be quiet.”