Robot priest grants auto-blessings Germany Martin Luther

A robot priest that beams lights from its hands is giving'auto-blessings' in the same German city where Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation. Five hundred years after Luther published the 95 Theses in the town of Wittenberg, in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, an evangelical church unveiled an automatic blessing robot for the special celebrations. The robot on show is called'BlessU-2' and was developed by the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau. It consists of a metal box with a touch screen, two arms, a head with electronic eyes and a digital mouth. A robot priest that beams lights from its hands is giving'auto-blessings' in the same German city where Martin Luther launched the Protestant Reformation After the robot wishes users a'warm welcome', it asks if they want to be blessed by a male or female voice.