[Helloooooooo future! -egg]

When eight-year-old Grady Hoffman went into the hospital for a bone-marrow transplant and a two month recovery, he stayed in touch with his family by means of a telepresence robot that rolled around the house, feeding him video and audio from home and his siblings, and letting him talk to them.

via Hospitalized kid’s telepresence bot roams at home – Boing Boing.