A robot priest has been unveiled in Germany, delivering blessings in five different languages.
Although blessing the congregation is one of the duties of church staff, the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau has reassigned that task to a new friend by the name of BlessU-2.
The priest robot is activated by touching a screen on its chest, which prompts it to ask churchgoers whether they would like to receive their blessing from a male or female voice. It also gives worshipers the choice of five languages – German, English, French, Spanish or Polish.