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 &ldquo;Peyton&rsquo;s Awesome Virtual Self," or PAVS, will attend school for her in the state of Maryland.
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The robot features an iPad screen attached to a rolling base. Walton will see and hear what the robot observes, and she can socialise with friends as her robot stand-in rolls down the halls. She&rsquo;ll control the robot with an app and be able to respond to people talking with her. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connectivity tie the remote user to the robot&rsquo;s iPad and the iPad to the roller.
&ldquo;As they see that robot in the hallways, that&rsquo;s Peyton,&rdquo; said school principal Douglas Robbins. &ldquo;She&rsquo;s here, she&rsquo;s with us and she&rsquo;s going to engage in the school day, just like the rest of them.&rdquo; Walton&rsquo;s friends helped her pay the robot&rsquo;s $3,000 (Rs 2 lakh) cost.
The robot comes from Double Robotics, a company that has helped other people in situations similar to Walton&rsquo;s receive an education remotely. Walton is still getting used to her PAVS, &ldquo;I try not to crash into walls,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;The robot is bringing a little excitement into what otherwise would be an unrelentingly anxious and painful time&rdquo;, Lynn Schaeber, 10-year-old&rsquo;s mother said.
&ldquo;Peyton is able to have a little bit more autonomy in her education. She has control over her day-to-day activities in school, whereas cancer takes that from her,&rdquo; Schaeber said.

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

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