Avatar robot goes to school for ill German boy – The Peninsula Qatar

Avatar robot goes to school for ill German boy – The Peninsula Qatar

A seven-year-old schoolboy Joshua attends his school lesson via a robot avatar, placed in his classroom, in Berlin, Germany January 13, 2022. Picture taken January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

BERLIN: Joshua Martinangeli, 7, is too ill to go to school. But the German student can still interact with his teacher and classmates through an avatar robot that sits in class in his place and sends a blinking signal when he has something to say.