Japan's most famous novelist is set to return to his alma mater and teach -100 years after his death. Soseki Natsume is being recreated as an android by Nishogakusha University Graduate School, and will be programmed to read material out loud and give lectures. Created in a sitting posture, the robot will be 130 centimeters high and built using 3D scans of a death mask and vintage photos. Soseki Natsume is being recreated into an android by Nishogakusha University Graduate School, which will be programmed to read out material and give lectures. Students from Nishogakusha University Graduate School plan to explore Nastume's life and gather information regarding his physical appearance and size for a closely accurate robot, which they have been granted access to a large college of photos and works by the major newspaper Asahi Shumbun – a former employer of Nastume, reports RocketNews24.