In a primary school in the corridor, the teacher put her second grade to the repository, resulting in a single file in the line, it is very common to boys and girls giggle, until you get a smooth white robot and video screen face smiling face, chubby little boy.
Devon carol life-threatening allergic constitution people can't let him go to school. Wireless video broadcast but 4 feet tall robot to his remote school experience, let him participate in class, strolling in the hallway, hanging in during the break, and even take the stage, a program.
What is the most significant is how of nothing to speak of oh, wizards technology is regarded as his classmates. 7 years old children proposed video game, head and remote control toys category, they did not see a robot. They see only Devon.
The class under a recent one day, a girl leaned robot tell Devon wheel in Winchester elementary school joke: why did the boy eat his homework? The teacher told him, this is a piece of cake.
Devonian had almost didn't admit it. Although he is in hospital for last year and card in the process, his classmates are attracted him as a boy, not a robot.
"In class, the children all like, German, come here, we are doing blocks. Our lego," the teacher said: "the dawn Voelker.
"I want to know how to small children need him, think that they will be very surprised," the principal Brachmann Catherine. "But I think the children are so proficient in technology, now they more than we accept it."
Even if the Devon and not fully get what the fuss. Turn round robot through the schools and spinning around to see the classmate, is just another kind of mouse and keyboard challenge.
"That's really cool, because it is like playing games on the computer, and said:" with a mop curly brown hair, always seems to be smiling boy. "It's like your goal is to survive."
Devon to participate in a year, now, the school use "VGO," robot shape a bit like chess piece, the most famous is its in the Verizon television advertising, what kind of technology may use the company's wireless network.
Since it was introduced in 2011 state Nashua, NH - VGO, a small number of students in the country, including in New Jersey, Wisconsin, Texas and Iowa.
In medical treatment and the business world also aroused people's attention, let doctors and patients and staff consultation, almost pop up into the office, even in the journey.
Devon, this is a chance to go to school, although is remote, for the first time in his life. He has eosinophils esophagitis, cause allergic white blood cells, growth in his stomach and esophagus. He also got the anaphylactic shock syndrome, this will lead to life-threatening allergic reactions, including milk and peanut triggers.
Even though the attack has put him in the intensie care unit twice in the past eighteen months, Devon energetic, outgoing personality is more suitable for his school experience, rather than family education a likes to make jokes.
However, in Devon in buffalo suburbs monica djibril cisse before the school when the teacher in class boycott of the idea of VGO camera, his mother insist, and German OuDeWen stern's task of the kingdom of welcome.
It increases the devonian special education plan, cost - about $6000 a month of the robot and the service charge 100 yuan to pay the school budget.
"We look at it as a good chance," Winchester main Brachmann said. "I think some people will look at what the challenges are, have what problem, we never even the conversation, this is fair, how can we make this work?"
The technology broaden the devonian school outside experience will be through the video chat. The only limitation is physical.
The robot senses stair and stop, but even if they are not overcome, because in and pounds, robot is very light, the teacher mentioned. On before, Devon down scan camera, to ensure that he won't run into students may curled up, to match the shoes. The VGO warned that large objects in the future.
"Walk in the hallway and saw other children," Brachmann said. He said: "you can not to reveal some of the Skype conversational mode. It is just like a television screen. This, he really have a feeling, a feeling, there."
In recent days, Devon in his computer cameras before their positioning in a sun room born classroom in his orchard garden home Voelker lady room, dialed morning next PM start school. His control along the teacher xie wax in voss, every day he to his house to help his task navigation and maintain.
When the class is called sequence, Devon stood in his computer in front of the camera, attentions, held a military salute, his forehead class recite the pledge of allegiance.
Voelker said: "we don't take what he has different,". "He is still in his homework, he still has his mother mark notebook computer, he is still in the classroom has a work - he is the usher.



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