Signs of the Times: Robot ‘preacher’ can beam light from its hands and give automated blessings to worshippers
show in the old town of Wittenberg is called “BlessU-2” and was developed by the Evangelical Church in Hesse and Nassau. It consists of a metal box with a touch screen, two arms on the side, a head with eyes and a digital mouth at the top. After the robot wishes users a “warm welcome”, it asks them if they want to be blessed by a male or female voice. It then asks the believer “what blessing do you want”, which results in the robot making a mechanical sound as it raises its arms to the heavens and starts to smile. READ MORE