SMART Hearing Robot (IMAGE) NYU Tandon School of Engineering Caption NYU Tandon School of Engineering graduate fellows work alongside high school teachers each summer in the Mechatronics Lab to develop STEM curriculum and kid-friendly teaching tools like this robot that responds to sound through "ears" made of plastic cups. Left, grad student David Lopez, and right, Seth Guiñals-Kupperman, physics and engineering teacher at the High School for Math, Science and Engineering at City College of New York in Harlem. Credit NYU Usage Restrictions for editorial use only, when illustrating research of David Lopez and Seth Guiñals-Kupperman License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.