{"id":398073,"date":"2022-01-21T22:56:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/avatar-robot-goes-to-school-for-ill-german-boy\/"},"modified":"2022-01-21T22:56:13","modified_gmt":"2022-01-21T19:56:13","slug":"avatar-robot-goes-to-school-for-ill-german-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/avatar-robot-goes-to-school-for-ill-german-boy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Avatar robot goes to school for ill German boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Avatar robot goes to school for ill German boy<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>BERLIN, Jan 14 \u2013 Joshua Martinangeli, 7, is too ill to go to school. But the German student can still interact with his teacher and classmates through an avatar robot that sits in class in his place and sends a blinking signal when he has something to say.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe children talk to him, laugh with him and sometimes even chitchat with him during the lesson. Joshi can do that quite well, too,\u201d Ute Winterberg, headmistress at the Pusteblume-Grundschule in Berlin, told Reuters in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua cannot attend classes because he wears a tube in his neck due to a severe lung disease, said his mother, Simone Martinangeli.<\/p>\n<p>The project is a private initiative paid for by the local council in the Berlin district Marzahn-Hellersdorf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are the only district in Berlin that has bought four avatars for its schools. The impetus was COVID-19, but I think this will be the future well beyond the pandemic,\u201d said district education councilor Torsten Kuehne.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/2022-01-14T130559Z_1745714637_RC2BYR927GQT_RTRMADP_3_GERMANY-ROBOT-SCHOOL.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A seven-year-old schoolboy Joshua attends a school lesson, sitting beside his mother Simone and his brother Martin, via a robot avatar in his classroom, in Berlin, Germany, January 13, 2022.\" class=\"wp-image-20919635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/2022-01-14T130559Z_1745714637_RC2BYR927GQT_RTRMADP_3_GERMANY-ROBOT-SCHOOL.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/2022-01-14T130559Z_1745714637_RC2BYR927GQT_RTRMADP_3_GERMANY-ROBOT-SCHOOL.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A seven-year-old schoolboy Joshua attends a school lesson, sitting beside his mother Simone and his brother Martin, via a robot avatar in his classroom, in Berlin, Germany, January 13, 2022.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Reuters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cIt does h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en from time to time, for various reasons, that a child cannot go to class in person. Then, the avatar can give that child a chance to remain part of the school community,\u201d Kuehne said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that he had already brought up the project in political discussions at a state level.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI like it either way because I like the avatar,\u201d said student Noah Kuessner when asked if he is looking forward to seeing Joshua again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I would like it better if Joshi could really come to school,\u201d said another classmate, Beritan Aslanglu.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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