Robots get friendly
Robots are getting friendly now. I can see a big advantage in the teaching robots, especially if they are programmed with different ways of teaching the same thing. Look at how kids learn in a Rudolf Steiner school, compared to ones in a primary school in a large city, and compared to ones in a small rural school. With robots, in a social school environment, kids can learn at a good pace. No need for separate remedial reading classes. One thing to be wary of is the way working in groups could be taught. There are advantages to working on a project with your social peers, and there are advantages to working on a project with your academic peers.
Correspondence schools would benefit from this style of teaching, and home schooling becomes simpler, but kids learning this way need the opportunity for learning appropriate social schools, and the microcosm of a school environment gives this.
Reception areas will see a growth of robot usage, with some companies going for the prestige look of a robot. When robots settle down and become everyday things, the same companies will have human receptionists as a prestige look. (Yes, I read a lot of SF.)
