Dear MEL Topic Readers,
This little robot is helping sick children attend school
In a remote class, the teacher and the students meet online. At school,
they are all in a classroom. However, students who have physical difficulty due
to illness or injury cannot join classes at school. So, a Norwegian company
came up with a small desktop robot that can attend classes for such students.
The AV1 robot has two eyes, a microphone, a camera, and a speaker to allow the
student to see, hear, and speak in the classroom. When the student wants to
raise a hand, the robot can flash the light on its head. Since the robot weighs
only a kilogram, teachers or other students can move it from the classroom to other
places in school, like the laboratory or cafeteria so that the student can take
part in other in-school activities. It could be used for students who have emotional
difficulties to attend school, too. Avatar robots seem to help students feel
engaged and connected in the classroom.
Read the article and learn about a mini-robot that attends for
students.
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