Robots are about to enter Australian schools as part of a world-first study

Two schools in South Australia have welcomed a set of NAO robots into their classrooms, in an attempt to figure out how artificial intelligence can be effectively incorporated into the Australian curriculum.

The three-year research project is being run by Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne and aims to identify ways that robots might both help and distract students, so that they can establish guidelines for their educational use in the future.

"Robots are becoming a part of society," lead researcher Therese Keane said in a press release. "It is the responsibility of Australian schools to prepare their students with the skills needed for the future."

While robots have occasionally been used in classrooms before, no research has been conducted on whether or not they actually assist teachers and students .... http://www.sciencealert.com