Learn Spanish (Latin America): El robot hará la tarea.

The verb hacer (to do / to make) is irregular in the future tense. Instead of using the full infinitive to build the word like regular verbs do, it uses the special short stem har-. Because el robot acts as a third-person singular subject (like "he" or "it"), we add the ending -á to get hará.

Does tarea always mean "homework"?

Not always! While tarea is the most common word for school "homework," it also means "task" or "chore." Given that we are talking about a robot here, it might be doing a student's math homework, or it might just be doing a household chore!

Could I say El robot va a hacer la tarea instead?

Yes, you absolutely can. Va a hacer translates to "is going to do," while hará translates to "will do." In spoken Latin American Spanish, people use the "going to" form very often, but you will still hear and read the hará form, especially for predictions, guarantees, or promises.

Why is there an accent mark on the end of hará?

In the simple future tense, almost all of the endings carry an accent mark (like -é, -ás, -á, -án). This accent tells you to put the verbal stress on that final syllable when speaking. So you pronounce it ah-RAH.