Thunderbird School Of Global Management At ASU Innovates With Robotic Commencement

By HRTech News Desk On May 12, 2020

Class of 2020 “walks” using telepresence robots

Thunderbird’s global community celebrated graduates in a reinvented digital commencement featuring mobile telepresence robots that allowed graduates to “walk” virtually. One day these students will tell future generations that they not only successfully graduated during COVID-19 but they were also the first class to do so as avatar robots.

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Thunderbird School of Global Management takes its Fourth Industrial Revolution focus to the next level by allowing the Class of 2020 to participate in a virtual graduation ceremony featuring mobile telepresence “avatar” robots as stand-ins for receiving diplomas and awards from Thunderbird Director General & Dean Dr. Sanjeev Khagram in a unique virtual graduation “walk.” Learn more about Thunderbird by visiting https://thunderbird.asu.edu

“Thunderbird transformed spring graduation ceremonies in order to celebrate our students with a ceremony that honored our historic traditions of bringing the world together – like our parade of flags from around the world. We also designed one that reflected our community’s resilience, compassion and creativity,” said Thunderbird Director General and Dean, Dr. Sanjeev Khagram.

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“We teach our students how to maximize the benefits of the Fourth Industrial Revolution by embracing global ingenuity and innovation, so leveraging transformative technologies like mobile telepresence robots for an unprecedented commencement was a fitting final lesson for the Class of 2020.

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