Robot Ke Sekolah..ganti pelajar!

Robo-swot!

£3,000 virtual schoolboy is ill pupil’s high-tech stand-in

Study aid ... high-tech robot in school

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By ANDY CRICK

Published: 01st October 2012

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A BOY too ill to go to school still attends every class — by sending a ROBOT in his place.

Devon Carrow-Sperduti, seven, answers teachers’ questions and chats to classmates using a £3,000 interactive “Roboswot”.
His face appears via webcam on the VGo robot, which is linked to his home computer.
Devon suffers from a host of allergies so severe that mixing with other children could kill him. He spends most of his time in isolation and can eat only apples, corn and potato.

Study ... Devon Carrow-Sperduti at his computer

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He sits at a desk at home in Buffalo, US, and uses his computer to control the VGo, which lets him see his teacher, the blackboard and the rest of the class. It also has wheels so it can travel along school corridors and let Devon join in the playground gossip.

Virtual pupil ... robot in classroom

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Mum Rene said: “The VGo is basically a virtual Devon. “He does exactly the same schoolwork as any other child. The only difference is that Devon is not in the classroom.”

Allergic to school ... Devon Carrow-Sperduti

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Read more: http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4564777/Robo-swot.html#ixzz286eCCMTw