Roving robot lets UCI student attend classes virtually while on bed rest - PRISCELLA VEGA, Los Angeles Times

The robot is self-balancing, with six- to eight-hour battery life. It sells for about $3,000. Members of UCI's class of 2016 used their senior class gift to buy four telepresence robots for the university. Law and political science professor Rick Hasen described the experience with the Double 2 as unusual, but said it helped instill camaraderie in his class. In past years, Hasen said, classes would be recorded and students would watch later and email him with questions. "It wasn't bad, but this was much better," Hasen said. http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-uci-robot-20180330-story.html