A college in Japan has found a high-tech way to ensure its students can still walk across the stage at graduation.
Business BreakThrough University, like many other schools, risked having their ceremony canceled due to the current global pandemic.
However, BBT found a solution.
The college arranged to have several students receive their diplomas as digital “avatars” of themselves... complete with screens for faces and caps and gowns on robot “bodies”.
The students navigated the ceremony from home while their avatars received certificates from the school’s president.
The graduation, which took place at the Hotel Grand Palace in Tokyo, actually only featured four robots.
Other students experienced the ceremony by dialing into a Zoom call