Robot attends school for 10-year-old cancer patient

Updated On: 07 November, 2015 08:32 AM IST | | Agencies

<p>Ten-year-old Peyton Walton will be able to see and hear what the robot observes; she will control the gizmo with an app; the machine has an iPad screen attached to a rolling base</p>

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Poolesville: A girl who is undergoing cancer treatment will be able to attend school with the help of a robot. Ten-year-old Peyton Walton will soon undergo five weeks of treatment at Memorial Sloan Cancer Center in New York. During that time, a robot she calls “Peyton’s Awesome Virtual Self," or PAVS, will attend school for her in the state of Maryland.

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