{"id":2431,"date":"2020-09-07T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T13:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/within-seconds-the-robot-becomes-luuk"},"modified":"2021-10-22T09:04:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T08:04:50","slug":"within-seconds-the-robot-becomes-luuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/news\/within-seconds-the-robot-becomes-luuk","title":{"rendered":"&quot;Within seconds, the robot becomes Luuk&quot;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wonderful to see Luuk and our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.specialeffect.org.uk\/how-we-can-help\/help-with-medical-isolation\">BubbleBusters<\/a> project in the news courtesy of <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2020\/09\/07\/meet-woman-who-makes-robots-sick-children-can-participate-school-lessons-home-13203110\/?fbclid=IwAR2gnDg6R5tmnpv14iBQV6--BbhEfl4HPUoWUTiAZQ8hYqFPdcoGsouHsZM\">an article and video (below) in the Metro<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The article features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.noisolation.com\/\">No Isolation<\/a>, who make the AV1 robots that we use, and contains short interviews with No Isolation Co-Founder and CEO Karen Dolva, and our Founder and CEO Mick Donegan.<\/p>\n<p>Our BubbleBusters pilot project tackles the isolation and loneliness of\u00a0children with immunodeficiency who can\u2019t go to school because of a high infection risk due to their severely weakened immune system. A\u00a0desktop robot takes the child\u2019s place in the classroom and playground and through it the child is able to hear, see and speak to their friends and teacher from their home or hospital bed using a mobile phone or tablet. The robots are also keeping our BubbleBuster children connected to their families and friends in different ways outside of the school setting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-container\" style=\"margin-bottom: 20px;\"><iframe title=\"Metro Embed Video Player\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/video\/embed\/2243586\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wonderful to see Luuk and our BubbleBusters project in the news courtesy of the Metro.\u00a0The article features No Isolation, who make the AV1 robots that we use, and contains short interviews with No Isolation Co-Founder and CEO Karen Dolva, and SpecialEffect Founder and CEO Mick Donegan.nOur BubbleBusters pilot project tackles the isolation and loneliness of\u00a0children with immunodeficiency who can\u2019t go to school because of a high infection risk due to their severely weakened immune system. A\u00a0desktop robot takes the child\u2019s place in the classroom and playground and through it the child is able to hear, see and speak to their friends and teacher from their home or hospital bed using a mobile phone or tablet. The robots are also keeping our BubbleBuster children connected to their families and friends in different ways outside of the school setting. 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