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

Daily Mail - Sep 20, 2026

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.

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