A Robot 'Avatar' attends school for III German boy
A Robot named ‘Avatar’ is attending the school and reporting the presence of an II German boy who is suffering from a deadly disease.
The robot helps to interact with the boy with his class students and teachers or his class.
Highlighted Facts
- In place of Joshua Martinangeli, the robot used to send a blinking signal whenever she used to talk with teachers and classmates.
- Joshua Martinangeli, nowadays attending class with the help of the Avatar robot.
- The project of such use of technology is a part of a private initiative.
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A seven-year-old student Joshua Martinangeli is so ill that he can’t attend school. With the help of ‘Avatar’ a robot in the name of the private initiation making the interaction with Joshua and the class teacher and classmates and whenever Joshua wants to say something the robot blink a signal.
In an interview, the headmistress at Pusteblume-Grundschule told Reuters as “The children talks to him, laugh with him and sometimes even chit-chat with him during the lesson. Joshi can’t do that quite well, too,” he used to live in Berlin.
As Joshua can’t able to attend school and his class. He wears a tube in his neck because he is suffering from a severe disease of the lungs, the information was told by Simone Martinangeli to Reuters.
This amazing project is the initiative by the private local council paid in Berlin district Marzahn-Hellersdorf.
“We are the only district in Berlin that has bought four Avatars for its schools. The impetus was COVID-19, but I think this is the future well beyond the pandemic,” the statement was narrated by district education councilor Torsten Kuehne.
Also added “it does happen from time to time, for various reasons that a child can’t go to class in person then, the Avatar can give that child a chance to remain part of the school community,” told by Kuehne.
He also told that he had also bought concern in the political issues of the state level.
“I like it either way because I like the Avatar,” a comment was added by his classmate in the school whose name is Noah Kuessner when he was asked if he want to see Joshua again.
Another classmate of Joshua's class said “and I would like it better if Joshi could come to school,” told Beritan Aslanglu.
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