Robot school attendance

We’re familiar with remote instruction, technology that lets a distant student see and hear what’s going on in the classroom.  Now we’ve got a robot that takes it one step further.  The distant student can control the behavior of a small ‘bot, moving around the school by remote control, aiming its camera, raising its hand, and influencing the classroom in ways we can’t even guess yet.
Robotics lets a girl be part of the class – The Boston Globe