A New York High School Is Getting an AI-Powered Robot Assistant. Parents and Teachers Have Concerns
Tech > Services & Software > AI A New York High School Is Getting an AI-Powered Robot Assistant. Parents and Teachers Have Concerns Realbotix is supplying a humanoid robot and at-home AI homework support. The teachers union says students are not lab rats.
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- ▪Parents and Teachers Have Concerns Realbotix is supplying a humanoid robot and at-home AI homework support.
- ▪The teachers union says students are not lab rats.
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- ▪ ‘Really inappropriate’: teachers decry plan for humanoid robot in New York high school — /r/Technology
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Tech > Services & Software > AI A New York High School Is Getting an AI-Powered Robot Assistant. Parents and Teachers Have Concerns Realbotix is supplying a humanoid robot and at-home AI homework support. The teachers union says students are not lab rats. Tyler Graham Writer Tyler is a writer for CNET covering laptops and video games.… Read full bio Tyler Graham Writer Read full bio July 24, 2026, 12:44 am ET 5 min read Realbotix's latest M-series robot, called Sally, is being trialed as a teaching assistant. Realbotix Some New York students and teachers will be returning to classrooms outfitted with an uncanny-looking — and potentially unwelcome — AI-powered assistant come September.
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