The Humanoid Robot, the Headlines, and What Really Happened

Shifting Our Schools - Education : Technology : Leadership by Jeff Utecht

Aug 28, 202657:39Education

When Salamanca City Central School District announced plans to bring a humanoid robot into its robotics program, the story quickly became something else entirely: "A school is replacing teachers with robots." That was ne...

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