South Korea Introducing Robotic Teachers 210
dorkygeek writes "The Korean Advanced Intelligent Robot Association (KAIRA) will have 64 educational robots deployed by the end of 2005. Able to read out English stories and correct pronunciation of English words to children, these robots are going to be supplied to apartment complexes in Seoul, Bucheon and Bundang in Gyeonggi province for testing purposes. After testing is complete, the Ministry of Information and Communication and KAIRA plan to commercialize the robots as early as 2006. If there exists sufficient demand, education robots will sport other subjects (as mathematics, etc.) apart from English, as well as also target older students." Update Link removed when host decided to change it to porn. Sorry.
Re:Sounds Familiar (Score:2, Insightful)
What's wrong with people, people? (Score:3, Insightful)
I'd just guess that it has to do with the facts (Score:3, Insightful)
High School (Score:1, Insightful)
Re:Don't know Japan, but Korea's biggest problem.. (Score:2, Insightful)
NOT HOW YOU LEARN (Score:3, Insightful)
That's always bothered me about ESL programs and people *trying* to learn a different language by going to school and hanging out with a bunch of kids that speak the same foreign language as them. Guess what
next steps: (Score:1, Insightful)
-> replace homeless and welfare receivers by robots