An online robot lawyer designed to help people represent themselves in court state their case to the sentencing magistrate will be launched by a Melbourne law firm this week. Robot lawyer provides service for people unable to access legal aid Produces a template for people to read out as their statement when they go to court Only works if the person's answers to program's questions are'relatively predictable' Only works if the person's answers to program's questions are'relatively predictable' Bill Doogue, a partner at Doogue O'Brien George, said he had seen too many people -- up to 30 per cent -- going through the court system unrepresented. "You see people constantly come out of court and they're quite distressed, because they haven't told their story, they just haven't been able to," he said. Mr Doogue said while the template produced by the robot lawyer was only a starting point and not the whole process, it would help those people who turn up to court unprepared. "[Some people] are visibly distressed and uncomfortable talking and give monosyllabic answers to the magistrate, when they have a story they should be telling," he said.