ROBOTS are set to be used in the fight against COVID-19 in Japan, with authorities in the city of Kobe announcing planned deployment of anti-coronavirus automatons.
Announced earlier this month, the initiative is a collaboration between the city and medical robot maker Medicaroid.
Robots (pictured) will conduct tests for COVID-19, with the project not only reducing the risk of infection for medical personnel but also increasing Kobe's testing capacity by a multiple of four or more.
"The use of robots for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) testing will be the first of its kind in Japan, and will allow doctors to control the robots remotely to collect saliva samples while communicating with patients via the attached monitor," said an official release from city officials.
Medicaroid President, Yasuhiko Hashimoto said with Japan's expertise in robotics, the testing system "has the potential to benefit the rest of the world".
The automatons will also be capable of delivering meals and taking body temperature readings - let's hope that perhaps one day we might also be able to ask them to clean the car or do the washing up.
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