Now, a robot to teach school kids!

Here's some good news for kids -- mathematics and science will soon look more like fun and games in schools, for scientists claim to have developed the world's first robot teacher.
 
Yes, in one of the most radical uses so far of android technology, a team in Japan has created the robot teacher that can take registry and get angry, apart from teaching students -- the device is being trialled at a primary school in Tokyo.
 
According to the scientists, named Saya, she can speak different languages, carry out roll calls, set tasks and make facial expressions, including anger, thanks to some 18 motors hidden behind her latex face, leading British newspaper 'The Daily Telegraph' reported.
 
In fact, 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 University of Tokyo, had been working on a robot for 15 years. She is the latest example of robots spreading to every aspect of life in Japan.
 
They already guide traffic, attempt to lure university graduates to sign up to courses and one's even being developed to provide company to Alzheimer's sufferers.
 
The Japanese government has said that by 2015 it wants a robot in every home and is pouring nearly 23 million pounds into robotic intelligence to make it happen. The push actually is due to Japan's ageing population because in seven years one in four will be over 65.