21 elementary schools in South Korea will participate in a government pilot program which the students will be taught English by 29 robot teachers. There will also be 150 government officials watching. This robot is an one-metre egg-shaped which has a TV display panel that shows an avatar face of a caucasian women. This robot is developed by Korea Institute of Science Of Technology (KIST). Korean is also aiming to allow robots to take over the role of English teacher by 2015. This will also cause unemployment to those English teachers in the country.
Comment:
It is an great achievement of inventing robots that could teach. This is an great leap in technology f these days. However, robots is not able to be the substitute of those human teacher. Human have 5 sense, robots are just metals. Their emotions is within controlled. Human are able to sense if the students is coping well. They will know if the pace of learning is suitable for all. If a student is in doubt, they can always approach the teacher for help. Robots are not function by the organ heart. This means that robot is not always available. When they run out of energy, they will shut off. Furthermore, if robots were to take over the role as English teachers, there'll be high unemployment in this sector. Robots taking over in this sector is not a wise choice, however they can be the assistant to the teachers.
No comments:
Post a Comment