Humanoid robots are increasingly being integrated into learning contexts to assist teaching and learning. However, challenges remain how to design and incorporate such robots in an educational context. As an important part of teaching includes monitoring the motivational and emotional state of the learner and adapting the interaction style and learning content accordingly, in this paper, we discuss the role of gestures displayed by a humanoid robot (i.e., Pepper robot) in a learning and teaching context and present our ongoing research on designing and developing a teacher robot.

These AI powered facilities will make online learning so much easier by technological integrations, and also reforge the style of Physical Learning. The introduction of Robotic teachers will not eliminate human teachers, but will ease their job and/or reduce their number in the Education Facilities. The major job of teachers might shift to improvement of Robot's Intelligence and collection of data for neural module development. Education facilities such as classrooms, examination/assessment halls, laboratories and research facilities could become Massive Artificial Intelligence Powered Edusystems where students can access at their respective convenience. Automation saves time, labor and cost, while delivering utmost efficiency. Robotic Teachers will enhance Online Learning Technology by facilitating better computer-to-computer integration and interoperability. Robotic Teachers will also overcome the problems of the human body such as fatigue, irritation and mood swings.

Robots will replace teachers by 2027. That's the bold claim that Anthony Seldon, a British education expert, made at the British Science Festival in September. Seldon may be the first to set such a specific deadline for the automation of education, but he's not the first to note technology's potential to replace human workers. Whether the "robots" take the form of artificially intelligent (AI) software programs or humanoid machines, research suggests that technology is poised to automate a huge proportion of jobs worldwide, disrupting the global economy and leaving millions unemployed. But just which jobs are on the chopping block is still a subject of debate.

Teachers are often stretched thin. As classroom sizes get larger and resources dwindle, it can be a significant challenge for even the most qualified teacher to provide individual attention to every single child, especially those with special challenges or learning difficulties. As part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Expeditions in Computing, researchers from Yale University are developing socially assistive robotics-- a new field of robotics that focuses on assisting users through social rather than physical interaction. A core part of their research is to design these robots to work with children, including those with challenges such as autism, hearing impairment, or those whose first language is one other than English. The goal is not to replace teachers, but to assist them, said Brian Scassellati, a professor of computer science, cognitive science, and mechanical engineering at Yale University and director of the NSF Expedition on Socially Assistive Robotics.