NY school to introduce first humanoid robot in US classroom — and vows ‘Sally’ will never replace teachers

New York Post ^ | July 20, 2026 | Shane Galvin

[Ciaphas Cain]

Here is "Sally":

[Ciaphas Cain]

Ping!

[ViLaLuz]

Desensitizing children, indoctrinating them. Of course this robot will be programmed with teachers union values, so don’t think this will be any improvement.

[butlerweave]

Until it rips a child’s head off

[butlerweave]

The kids should tell it to put a comma after every word so they can understand what it says , Then periods at the end of a sentence . Then every word with an A in it say it twice ,LOL

[shelterguy]

Will it be able to bitch constantly about not getting paid enough? Does it have protesting skills?

[wally_bert]

Grammar by Arnold Rimmer.

https://youtu.be/707eUuk1fBU?is=XdjAmErFG-Il00Tq

[butlerweave]

YouTube has a video of a guy doing this to an AI scam call and it drove it insane ,LOL

[KarlInOhio]

New York? You really need the ED209 from Robocop.

[Leaning Right]

Retired urban school teacher here. Robots in city classrooms would work. But they had better be able to defend themselves.

[Mark]

Change its’ name to Bob and enjoy the fun.

[Libloather]

Not creepy at all. Will it have the socialist bartender’s accent?

[Billthedrill]

Will she speak Arabic? Chinese? Ebonics?

[sit-rep]

How long before little Johnny takes her top off!??

[LegendHasIt]

"...vows ‘Sally’ will never replace teachers..."

At least until they figure out how to make the Robots pay union dues and vote in schoolboard elections.

[Apparatchik]

…since her legs don’t move.

Sorry, Laz.

[Clay Moore]

They need to make a Dalek model for urban classrooms.

[dayglored]

From Wikipedia article on Salamanca:

In July of 2026, the school district faced criticism after announcing the implementation of an AI based robotic teacher.[13] Part of the controversy was prompted by the manufacturer Realbotix, due to it's ownership of Abyss Creation, manufacturer of the RealDoll brand of sex dolls.[14] Realbotix states that "no employees, technology, or facilities" are shared between their education division and RealDoll.[15]

I wonder how much the kids will offer to get the sex doll robot teacher to uncross her legs....

[Salvavida]

Compulsion.

That is what’s missing in the plan. The military could help with adding non-lethals.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I think chimpanzees would be more appropriate than robots.