The Japanese government has announced plans to use robots in school classrooms as part of a new approach to improve its population’s English proficiency, and take advantage of an expected increase in ...

Meet Saya, a robot "teacher" in Japan. She can express the six emotions most commonly displayed by human teachers: surprise, fear, disgust, anger, happiness, and sadness. She can call out the ...

Japan claimed the world's first robot teacher back in 2009; called Saya, the robot was tested in a classroom of fifth and sixth graders in Tokyo, the Guardian reported at the time. Institutions in ...

In Japan, the robots are already here – what’s more, many are actively embracing the robot age, from suburban nursing homes to the highest levels of government, which announced an investment ...

English-speaking AI robots will be helping out in some 500 Japanese classrooms from next year as the country seeks to improve its English skills among both children and teachers.

Technology News & Innovation in K-12 EducationIn May, students at a Japanese elementary school had a parallel experience when they came to class one day and found Saya, the face robot, sitting at the ...

Robots are also dominating Japan's service industry. The service robot industry is expected to grow to about 4.9 trillion yen ($43.1 billion) in 2035, reports the Nikkei Asian Review.