discussion keeps the world turning this is roundtable we send kids to school to learn reading
math and maybe how to stay awake in history class if you were me back in my school
days but what if the students rolling into class were made of circuits
and steel In Hangzhou, a school just held a welcome ceremony for its newest pupils, humanoid robots.
As machines get smarter, building them is only half the battle.
They might need a bit of curriculum as well.
Coming to you live from our studios in Beijing, this is Roundtable.
I'm Steve Hatherly.
Thank you so much for being with us today.
And for the show, I'm with Yushan and Dinghun.
First up.
For most of us, school is where we learn to read and solve some problems and hopefully get along well with others.
But what happens when the students aren't human at all?
What if the next generation of freshmen arrive with metal arms and camera eyes and rechargeable batteries?
Well, recently in Hangzhou, often regarded, by the way, as one of China's leading tech hubs,
a school held an opening ceremony for a new class of humanoid robot students.
As robots become more capable, simply...
Building them may no longer be enough.
It turns out they might need a little bit of an education as well.
But what does it actually look like when you send robots to school?