10-year old American girl uses robot to continue attending school while receiving cancer treatment

YEREVAN, NOVEMBER 6, ARMENPRESS. A Maryland girl who is undergoing cancer treatment will be able to attend school with the help of a robot.

Ten-year-old Peyton Walton of Montgomery County will soon undergo five weeks of treatment at Memorial Sloan Cancer Center in New York, according toWRC-TV. “Armenpress” reports the aforementioned referring to Daily News.

During that time, a robot she calls “Peyton’s Awesome Virtual Self,” or PAVS, will attend school for her at Poolesville Elementary School. The robot features an iPad screen attached to a rolling base.

Walton will see and hear what the robot observes, and she can socialize with friends as her robot stand-in rolls down the halls.

As they see that robot in the hallways, that’s Peyton,” said school principal Douglas Robbins. “She’s here, she’s with us and she’s going to engage in the school day, just like the rest of them.”

Walton’s friends helped her pay the robot’s $3,000 cost.

The robot comes from Double Robotics, a company that has helped other people in situations similar to Walton’s receive an education remotely.

She’ll control the robot with an app and be able to respond to people talking with her. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity tie the remote user to the robot’s iPad and the iPad to the roller.