Robots recruited to help kindergarten teachers nationwide

XIAMEN - "Good morning everyone! I am Keeko. Nice to meet you!" In the classroom, a robot introduces itself before asking a question: "Why are there four differently colored garbage bins in our kindergarten?"

Keeko, a humanoid robot standing 45 centimeters tall and weighing 4.5 kilograms, is the newest recruit at Xingguo Kindergarten in Xiamen, Fujian province.

With help of the robot's artificial intelligence, teacher Yang Huizhen is telling children about the importance of garbage sorting. Before the class started, she worked for several days collecting information and uploading it to Keeko's "brain".