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Japanese scientists have created the world's first news-reading robots. They really look and act like human beings. The android newscaster even sounded human and had a sense humour. The scientists showed two robots reporters Tokyo. One them is called "Kodomoroid". This word joins the Japanese child, "kodomo," with the English word "android". The other robot is called "Otonoaroid" – the combination the Japanese word adult with "android". The first pieces news read the robots were an imaginary earthquake Tokyo and a raid the FBI. The robots' creator is a leading robotics professor, Hiroshi Ishiguro. He did not say when robots would read the news real.

Robots are big business Japan. Many companies spend a lot money research and development to make robots better and better. The Japanese have a very positive image robots. They think they are both helpful and cute. In the West, people think them as a little scary. They worry that robots will take the world one day and control us. Professor Ishiguro told reporters that robots are very important. He said: "We will have more and more robots our lives the future." He added that robots are now not so expensive and so are increasingly becoming a part everyday life Japan: "Robots are now becoming affordable - no different owning a laptop," he said.