Students use a language trainer robot Ellias during their lesson at the school in Tampere, Finland March 27, 2017. REUTERS/Attila Cser
TAMPERE, Finland: Elias, the new language teacher at a Finnish primary school, has endless patience for repetition, never makes a pupil feel embarrassed for asking a question and can even do the Gangnam Style dance. Elias is also a robot.
The language-teaching machine comprises a humanoid robot and mobile application, one of four robots in a pilot programme at primary schools in the southern city of Tampere.
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