A Chinese temple built a robot monk to spread the teachings of Buddhism

This tiny robot monk could teach you something about Buddhism. Its name is Xian'er and it can perform a range of tasks, shown in the video above. Built over 1,000 years ago, this ancient sanctuary has grown into the most tech-savvy Buddhist temple in China. It promotes the collaboration of religion and technology--contrary to the traditional belief that Buddhists should be very secluded. Some of its study rooms even have fingerprint recognition systems (link in Chinese).