Councils buy thousands of £3,500 ROBOTS which 'represent' anxious schoolchildren in classrooms so they can join lessons from home

Councils buy thousands of £3,500 ROBOTS which 'represent' anxious schoolchildren in classrooms so they can join lessons from home

The AV1 robot, pictured below, has a camera, microphone and speaker enabling a child at home to see, hear and speak to classmates via an app.