Robot goes to school

Everyday, a robot goes to class to study ... instead of Stepan, 12, in Moscow, Russia, because he can not leave home because of severe leukemia.

The 'Special Student' is equipped with a monitor, a webcam, a microphone and a loudspeaker so you can observe all happenings in the classroom and connect to Stepan's computer at home. Through the robot, the Stepan student can ask questions to the teacher.

The teachers call the robot after Stepan's name and tell Stepan that the robot is 'learning' normally as other students do. During the robot play time very actively 'talk' to everyone.

With fast-paced, rotating, right-handed, robot-assisted features, Stepan feels like he's still in the classroom. 'Stepan' robot officially helped Stepan join the study of subjects such as history, geography, English, French ... from September 2010.

Designed in 2008 at a research institute in Moscow, the robot is priced at $ 3,000. Flexible, flexible robot is used in many fields such as health, education, care for the elderly, the disabled, patients and housework.

Stepan, although very grateful to the robot but I always wished a day will be back to school as many friends of the same age.