Transfer of knowledge: Robot turns tutor to apprentice ants

Extrapolating the experiment on ants to children, robots can one day replace humans as teachers
By Kiran N. Kumar
Scientists from the University of Bristol have developed a small robot to teach ants and in turn the ants were able to teach others in a unique experiment with potential to replace one day the way humans are taught.
The team built the robot to emulate the behavior of rock ants that use one-to-one tuition. Whenever an ant finds a much better nest, it teaches the route to another and the transfer of knowledge goes on to the entire ant community.