As someone who spent a very solid chunk of time as hospital patient as an older kid getting to witness a lot of younger kids in the same board, anything social-

As someone who spent a very solid chunk of time as hospital patient as an older kid getting to witness a lot of younger kids in the same board, anything social-ish improves things for hospitalized kids. A robot is more like a pet or teddy bear than a tablet, so not that shocking a result unless the tablet was locked to some kind of fancy tamagotchi analog.