The Russian government has no money for the robot-student

Do not expect to see a student in the classroom. However, this learning is not an android himself. It serves as the eyes and ears for a Russian student who health problems do not allow to attend school. Because heart disease Evgeny Demidov has to stay home, but with the help of an android, says the boy, now he always knows what’s going on in the school № 166.

Evgeny Demidov, a student of the Moscow school № 166: I talk, move around the school, walking through the corridors, in general, nothing has changed. The only difference is that I’m sitting at home, and they are – at school.

Of course, there are certain difficulties: sometimes it is difficult to control the robot, and he has a limited field of view. But in general, an Internet connection via HD-camera, microphone and speaker proved to be quite effective. Progress Eugene sharply went up the hill, and then dive into the school environment can be very useful for children who can not walk to school.

CATHERINE KARININA, school psychologist: A child as if there is a school lesson. He can ask questions to the teacher and the teacher can ask him to check how the student has learned a lesson. So the robot to learn, of course, much better.

Robot makes the Russian company R.Bot. The head of project claims that schools and hospitals are happy to agree to a pilot test of androids, but not a single instance of the company has not yet been sold, because the authorities do not want to pay $ 4,000 apiece.

Caron Sloan, AP.

Released on the air April 30, 2012.

Source: http://inotv.rt.com/2012-05-02/U-rossijskih-vlastej-net-deneg