Researchers have mainstreamed a Sony Qrio robot in a California nursery school. The robot, which is assisted at all times by an assistant, dances with the children but rarely drinks juice or has to go to the potty. I think the best, and most telling, quote follows:
“The children think of Qrio as a feeble younger brother,” researcher Fumihide Tanaka said.
Just wait until these things aren’t so feeble anymore.
Sony’s Qrio robot attending nursery school in California [JapanToday]
