considering they said that robots are employed in areas where they're understaffed, she might be the only type of labor they have available. there's school events, home visits, cleaning and kids that young haven't developed a strong sense for themselves.
there's no doubt she might have bumped into things while interacting with them.
20 years is a long time, even the best of PC computers (and they're stationary) drop in performance by 3 years.
wait a minute... A.I gain emotions would lead to gaining sentience... sentience machine would lead to... MACHINE REBELLION IS UPON US!!! destroy this one before matrix reality come to pass!
Dayum, the feelings conveyed so easily. It has potential, really. Hope there's more chapter about he Engineer boy and his daily work fixing an android, and his sensei also.