ROBOT - robotic telepresence for schoolchildren

Robots in the classroom.

Jim Fitzgerald from the The Associated Press writes "Lying in his hospital room, on a mattress designed to protect his fragile skin, 13-year-old Achim Nurse poked his bandaged fingers at an orange button on what looked like a souped-up video game console.

Half a second later, in a social studies class discussing the Erie Canal, a 5-foot-tall steel-blue robot raised its hand.

"You have a question, Achim?" said the teacher."

How long before I can send a mechanical Martoon to my office? Entire article here.