Scientists have made robots that read the news. They look, sound and act like humans. There are two robots, called "Kodomoroid" and "Otonaroid". Their names use the English word "android" with the Japanese words for child and adult. They read news on an earthquake in Tokyo. One day they might read the news on TV.

Japanese companies spend a lot of money on robots. Japanese people like robots. They think they are helpful and cute. Westerners think robots are a little scary. A professor said: "We will have more and more robots in our lives in the future." He said robots are now cheaper to buy. They are the same price as a laptop computer.