Artificial intelligence and the rise of the robots in China

Keeko is just 45 centimeters tall, or one-foot seven inches, and weighs only 45 kilograms, roughly 99 pounds. Gliding across the room to the amazement of starry-eyed five-year-olds, it rolls its head and tells the transfixed children "remember to wash your hands before you eat." They all giggle and rush to cuddle the diminutive AI robot with the cutesy, cartoon character voice, and stare with utter bewilderment. In nursery schools across China, Keeko models are being brought in as teaching aids to engage and stimulate young and impressionable minds. With the assistance of her "little helper," Yang Huizhen showed her class the importance of recycling.