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Lifeline Robotics' robot grabs the swab after the patient has scanned an ID card, then uses its vision system to identify the right points to swab in the patient’s throat. Once the swab is done, the robot places the sample in a jar and screws on the lid. The jar is then sent to a laboratory for analysis.
Read MoreAt Bangkok's Central World, K9 patrols the ground floor with hand sanitiser strapped to his back, ready to provide it to any passing shopper. He is joined by LISA (Live Intelligent Service Assistant), a sleek white machine helping to direct people to the nearest bathroom and to remind them to wear their mandatory face masks. ROC (Robot For Care) uses a thermal scanner to take people's temperatures.
Read MoreWorking with the company Optimus Ride, Brookfield will use self-driving vehicles to deliver boxes of nutritious food and groceries, One-Week Boxes, to families in need, expecting to feed thousands of people in the coming weeks.
Read MoreDishcraft Robotics has created a cleaning service that will drop off all the clean, reusable dishware and cutlery a restaurant could possibly need in the morning and pick up all the dirty dishes, cups and silverware that the diner uses throughout the day, enabling to save tons of plastic, non-compostable takeout containers, dishware and cutlery from ending up in landfills.
Read MoreThe testing of robots is made using Kiwibot, a delivery robot from a Colombian owned company in California, and is part of a pilot in Medellin, with potential to expand. The project aims at limiting contact in times of COVID.
Read MoreBangkok's Seacon Square has swapped elevator buttons for foot pedals in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID as well as help restore normalcy and get shoppers spending again.
The country's Health Ministry announced that five anti-epidemic robots, named Akazuba, Ikirezi, Mwiza, Ngabo, and Urumuri, will be used to administer temperature checks, monitor patient status, and keep medical records of COVID patients.
Read MoreTechbase aims to reduce the need for contact between package delivery personnel and customers. Techbase is currently seeking ideas and participation from the open source and industrial communities, based on its Smart Delivery Box.
Read MoreIn this system, the disinfectant is stored on the ground, and pumped through a hose to the hovering drone, which then spreads it throughout the theater. Meanwhile, another drone drifts underneath it to make sure that the hose doesn't get tangled in any of the seats.
Read MoreThe prototype mask, called Aeri, disinfects itself with UV light and is also see-through to make it easier to communicate or to unlock your phone. It also includes a modular design with an attached ventilation fan to cool down the wearer's face and an Air Quality sensor.
Read MoreUnder the slogan: ‘If your home office is loud, make it count’, Wunderman Thompson transformed everyday decibels into discount coupons for Bose Noise Cancelling Headphones 700, by utilising a Noise-O-Meter algorithm engineered to interpret sound data from ambient noises.
Read MoreThe robot looks like a little hotel luggage cart with a high metal frame attached to a rectangular wheeled bottom and covered with at around 10 ultraviolet tube lights. Amazon built the robot to automatically kill the virus on surfaces in warehouses and at Whole Foods stores.
Read MoreThe device, called the Safedistance, was previously used for monitoring vibration when using power tools. It has been reprogrammed to alert workers if they have broken the two-metre social distancing regulations, using Bluetooth.
Read MoreDixons Carphone launched ShopLive, a personal shopping service that connects customers at home with Currys PC World staff via video chat. The company has also upped its focus on content having found an increase in engagement among consumers keen to better understand the tech they may buy or have already bought.
Read MoreThe fully interactive applications of the 'TouchSource Contactless Suite' allow visitors to see and scan information from digital displays to mobile phones without touching the screen, to deliver information keeping pace with rapid messaging changes in any location at a safe distance, and also let visitors scan that information to their personal mobile device.
Read MoreThe robot 'dog' is used in the Bishan-Ang Mo Kio park in Singapore to encourage social distancing. 'For your own safety, and those around you, please stand at least one meter apart. Thank you', sounds a recording from the robot as it walks by two people relaxing on a park bench.
Read MorePittsburgh Airport is the, so far, only airport in the United States with these specially equipped floor-cleaning machines using ultraviolet light, and will soon also start using UV disinfecting technology in the sterilisations of handrails on escalators and moving walkways, elevator buttons and other high-touch areas.
Read MoreHong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is the first airport to try the live operation of CLeanTech, a full-body disinfection booth. People passing through will first have a temperature check and then enter a small booth for a 40-second disinfection and sanitizing procedure.
Read MoreCustomers that want to shop at Onii can install an application on their phone, enter the store, pick up the products they need and leave, without the need to interact with anyone. The demand for Onii stores grew recently due to social distancing measures.
Read MoreThe airport is focusing on a three-step quarantine, providing disinfection, sterilisation and sanitisation process with close cooperation with the government and other related agencies, including the KCDC (Korea Center for Disease Control and Prevention), as well as several airlines.
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