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Smart and fluffy storytelling robot to be trialled in US classrooms

By Donna Lu

20 February 2019

Tega the robot with a smiling child

Tega the robot will be trialled in a dozen US classrooms

MIT

ONCE upon a time, researchers dreamed of building a robot storyteller. It would regale young children at a level to help them learn well. The tales wouldn’t be too hard or easy, but just right.

This dream has come true. The robot is called Tega. It is cute, fluffy and appears to boost language skills in young children. Soon it will be trialled in a dozen classrooms in the US.

Developed by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Tega sounds like a child, animates its…

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