See? I don’t make this stuff up.

More robot news from Japan: Students in one Tokyo school are being taught by a robot named — no, not Ms. Roboto — Saya.

From the San Francisco Chronicle:

She — or i t — is multilingual, can organize set tasks for pupils, call the roll and get angry when the kids misbehave. In fact, she can express six basic human emotions: surprise, fear, disgust, anger, sadness and happiness.

The humanoid is the result of 15 years of research by science professor Hiroshi Kobayashi at the University of Tokyo. Kobayashi originally developed Saya to replace office workers�

If you’re not so good at flirting, this ridiculous multiple-choice quiz will give you some tips and determine whether you’re an ice queen, a dominatrix or a minx.

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(Don’t blame me if these weirdos haunt your dreams.)

Check this out: NewYork-based performance artist Momoyo Torimitsu set this battery-powered, crawling robot loose on the streets of Sydney, Australia, to symbolize the crash of Asia’s economy.

This guy has created an android with some pretty amazing — and creepy — capabilities.

On Friday, Honda unveiled a prototype for a ridiculous-looking walking-assistance device. Essentially, it allows the user to walk around while wearing a stair-climber.

Certainly, I can see a few practical uses for it: helping people regain strength after injuries, perhaps. Or helping people who must be on their feet all day at work.

But I also have so many questions!

What happens when the two-hour battery dies? Is the user stranded?

What if you need to actually sit? Like, in a real chair.

What about the people who will mock you endlessly?