Did anybody else find the idea of two doctors speaking with headsets via iRobot guiding their robots out into the hall for a private chat slightly silly? Both d

Did anybody else find the idea of two doctors speaking with headsets via iRobot guiding their robots out into the hall for a private chat slightly silly? Both doctors are already chatting via the Internet, why not just have Skype like chat with each other directly without having to guide the robot into the hall and communicate through the robots. This is one reason why I don't see this as practical.