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Robots replacing teachers? Not exactly. But if you can't bring the teacher to the classroom, the robot might help. "The robots stand around 3.3 feet high. The aforementioned human face--that of a Caucasian woman--is located on a small TV panel. The robots are controlled by be English teachers in the Philippines who are monitoring the kids' reactions remotely. The teachers' expressions, meanwhile, are detected by cameras and displayed on the robot teacher's face." More here, here and here.

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