"Good Morning America" to Feature GRACE

GRACE

Snow, rain and storm fronts won't be the only focus of Tony Perkins' national weather reports on ABC-TV's "Good Morning America" tomorrow (Dec. 1.)

The popular television weather forecaster, broadcasting live from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, will file his reports while interacting with GRACE, the socially adept robot developed at Carnegie Mellon's Robotics Institute.

Perkins will communicate with "Good Morning America" hosts Diane Sawyer and Charlie Gibson via satellite. Originally, Perkins was scheduled to report from the Robotics Institute on campus, but the location was changed to the Carnegie Science Center.

"Good Morning America" airs from 7 to 9 a.m., weekdays on ABC-TV.