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Telepresence robots to help sick kids across Australia 'attend' school in new pilot project

Telepresence robots are helping sick children maintain a presence in the classroom. (Supplied: MissingSchool)

Year five student Fred McGuigan couldn't go to school for more than a year after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. 

But that changed when he met a robot named Steve.

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