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11.26.07

Tiro the Moonlighting Robot

Ziya Tong by Ziya Tong     Department: Science & Society

I guess this is what it's come to now...even robot teachers are on the lookout for extra cash. Here's Tiro (a project developed by Hanool Robotics) teaching English to elementary school kids in South Korea:

tiro_english.jpg

And yup, here he is again; this time acting as the Master of Ceremonies at a wedding in Daejeon:

tiro_wedding.jpgAt least Tiro looks happy and has a job. That's a far cry better than suffering from robot unemployment, and worse still, robot suicide.

Tags: elementary, english, robot, school, suicide, teacher, teaching, technology, tiro, unemployment, wedding, weird

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