Children swear fealty to their new robot master at Wat Tha Ka Rong in Ayutthaya province. Photo: Khaosod
When children visit Wat Tha Ka Rong in Ayutthaya province, they walk past the exhibitions detailing local fish and cultural displays of ASEAN partners. They walk straight to the robot.
Although it’s not clear what was the intended educational value of the robot, which is indeed pretty sweet looking, he’s become a popular draw to local youth.
The monks have even nicknamed it “transformer,” though it’s pieced together from bits of metal and unlikely to reconfigure into anything more exciting than a robot made from bits of metal.
Children haven’t been coming to the temple, said Abbot Phra Kru Sutthipanyasophon, who hope the robot and exhibition will pull them back in, Khaosod reported.
