ROBOTIC PRIEST TO GIVE SERMONS IN DIGITAL LANGUAGE

• Kyoto where a 400 year-old temple lies in serenity is trying to rekindle interest in Buddhism with the help of a robotic priest.
• The priest will change the religious ways of the native Japanese folks.

This in spite of ugly comparisons being drawn between the android and a Frankenstein monster.

The android Kannon as the digital deity is called, is based on the Buddhist deity of mercy, rants in the ....