PBS39 will air the limited series, “The Robot Doctor,” a program created through RobotWits.

The series extends robotics and mathematics lessons to students without Internet access.

The Robot Doctor will air on PBS39 Extra (Channel 35.1), beginning 3 p.m. May 14 with subsequent episodes airing every Thursday through July 2.

These 30-minute episodes will serve as supplemental education content for the Lehigh Valley Learns initiative.

“Airing this special bolsters our education lineup, which helps to provide more remote resources for our viewers - especially those with children who fall in kindergarten through fifth grade,” said Yoni Greenbaum, chief content officer with Lehigh Valley Public Media.

The goal of this limited series is to teach the basics of Robotics and to provide take-home problems to solve.

Additionally, RobotWits LLC is partnering with PA Rural Robotics to assist educators in planning and customizing content to complement their school district, students, and community needs.

“The Robot Doctor” is hosted by Dr. Jonathan Butzke, lead robotics researcher at RobotWits, a Pittsburgh-based company that develops state-of-the-art technologies for a diverse set of autonomous decision making tasks.

Dr. Butzke obtained his Ph.D. in Robotics from Carnegie Mellon University, where he worked in the Search-Based Planning Lab.

His research activities include aerial and ground vehicle coordination, exploration of unknown environments and the hardware design of numerous robots.

The series will be available to all public television stations in Pennsylvania so that the programs can reach rural and urban audiences.