A small robot may help children who are recovering from a long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home. These children may feel isolated from their friends and classmates. The robot takes their place at school. Through the robot, the children can hear their teachers and friends. They also can take part in class from wherever they are recovering. Anyone who has had a long-term illness knows that recovering at home can be lonely. This is can be especially true of children. They may feel left out. Now, these children may have a high-tech friend to help feel less alone. That friend is a robot. The robot is called AV1. AV1 goes to school for a child who is homebound while recovering from a long-term illness. And the child’s school friends must help. They carry the robot between classes and place the robot on the child’s desk. A Norwegian company called No Isolation created the robot. The co-founders of No Isolation are Karen Dolva and Marius Aabel.
Title: Robot Helps Sick Children Feel Less Lonely
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1460/sick_children_robot.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Robot Helps Sick Children Feel Less Lonely' data-article-id='1965'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='8563'>A small robot may help children who are recovering from a long-term illnesses in the hospital or at home.</span> <span data-start-time='8563' data-end-time='14146'>These children may feel isolated from their friends and classmates.</span> <span data-start-time='14146' data-end-time='17563'>The robot takes their place at school.</span> <span data-start-time='17563' data-end-time='22375'>Through the robot, the children can hear their teachers and friends.</span> <span data-start-time='22375' data-end-time='28583'>They also can take part in class from wherever they are recovering.</span> <span data-start-time='28583' data-end-time='36646'>Anyone who has had a long-term illness knows that recovering at home can be lonely.</span> <span data-start-time='36646' data-end-time='40208'>This is can be especially true of children.</span> <span data-start-time='40208' data-end-time='43042'>They may feel left out.</span> <span data-start-time='43042' data-end-time='49729'>Now, these children may have a high-tech friend to help feel less alone.</span> <span data-start-time='49729' data-end-time='52333'>That friend is a robot.</span> <span data-start-time='52333' data-end-time='55792'>The robot is called AV1.</span> <span data-start-time='55792' data-end-time='63896'>AV1 goes to school for a child who is homebound while recovering from a long-term illness.</span> <span data-start-time='63896' data-end-time='67396'>And the child’s school friends must help.</span> <span data-start-time='67396' data-end-time='73646'>They carry the robot between classes and place the robot on the child’s desk.</span> <span data-start-time='73646' data-end-time='79729'>A Norwegian company called No Isolation created the robot.</span> <span data-start-time='79729' data-end-time='86167'>The co-founders of No Isolation are Karen Dolva and Marius Aabel.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div 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