BLUE, a fluffy robot with cartoon eyes, is telling a little girl a story about a snowman. The tale plays out in pictures on a tablet that sits between the preschooler and Blue’s soft plastic feet. Blue’s eyes look down at the characters as it describes them, then up at the child to check that she’s paying attention. The 5-year-old is one of the first children to learn language skills from a robot, and she is captivated.
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