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The world's most diminutive teaching assistants have assumed duties in classrooms across Seoul, South Korea.
Measuring a mere 24.5 centimetres in height, the "Alpha Mini" robots are endowed with all manner of skills.
Beyond leading dancing and singalongs, reading stories and demonstrating Kung Fu moves and push-ups, the 4 and 5 year old children may be most fond of Alpha Mini's capacity to follow instructions.
This includes executing children's breaktime requests for it to fart.
The educational objective is all the more serious, involving preparing children to operate alongside AI as its presence grows, explains Han Dong-seog, a Seoul Metropolitan Government Childcare Division team leader.
While the pilot scheme integrates Alpha Mini into the daily learning of students aged between 4 and 6 across 300 nurseries and childcare centres within Seoul, future intentions to expand its use include developing the capacity to engage with 3 year olds.
Yet teachers have no cause for alarm.
These robots are envisaged as supplementary aids to teachers, not their replacements.
