Robots helping coronavirus patients

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to spread in India and across the world, Kochi-based startup Asimov Robotics has developed a robot that can be deployed in hospitals to ease pressure on the medical staff.

Background

The three-wheeled robot can carry food, medical and clinical consumables and navigate freely in the hospitals. The robot has been developed in 15 days by a team of seven people.

Details

Ø The robot is mainly designed to be used inside isolation wards. The robot, dubbed “KARMI-BOT”, has lower and upper trays that can be loaded with food or sterile containers.

Ø Additionally, the robot also disinfects the used items as it comes out of the quarantine zone. The robot also lets doctors or relatives interact with the patients through video calling.

Ø The robot has autonomous navigation and can be used remotely as well. The advantage of deploying a robot in this scenario is to cut down on human to human contact. This will help both health workers and visitors.

Ø The robots are connected to the distributed sensor network and use AI and MI to come to a decision and based on that decision, they respond.

Ø Earlier the had team deployed two humanoid robots at the entrance of Maker Village at the Kinfra Hi-Tech Park to create awareness about coronavirus outbreak and distribute masks and sanitisers to people who work in the Integrated Startup Complex.

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➥Times of India

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