'Ikki' may be small but this highly sophisticated device - with emotional and social intelligence - is exactly what the doctor ordered.
Chelsea Hogan has had to endure far more than most six-year-olds.
The young Sydney girl was diagnosed with leukaemia two years ago and is undergoing chemotherapy, radiation and daily blood tests.
The hospital has become her family’s second home.
"Our whole world was just rocked, and it's never been the same ever since,” her mother, Barbara said.
“The chemotherapy is quite harsh on the body, and sometimes the side effects of that can be extremely hard on her, so the treatment can be harder on her, than the actual cancer itself."
Ikki is a highly intelligent social robot that has helped take Chelsea’s mind off her medical challenges.
The small, penguin-shaped device sings, reads and plays games with her.
It can even speak in its own language when she says hello.
