Are Robots helping to fight against the outbreak of Corona virus?

While the human touch remains essential in times of crisis, robots are stepping in where people cannot.

Around the world, robots are being used to minimize the spread of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel corona virus, by taking on cleaning and food preparation jobs that are considered dangerous for humans.

The corona virus disease that originated in Wuhan, China, has now killed more than 50,000 people and infected more than 980,000 people worldwide. On March 11, the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declared it a pandemic. The virus has disrupted travel worldwide, leading to flight cancellations, quarantines, and other breakdowns in movement and supply chains.

Take a look at some of the clever ways robots are used around the world to slow the spread of the corona virus and help healthcare workers.Countries around the world are looking at all sorts of technologies to help contain the corona virus and an army of robots is helping to relieve the pressure on health workers treating corona virus victims. A patrol robot in a Shenyang, China, hospital checks temperatures and disinfects people and spaces.These robots are used at hospitals to cut down on demands on medical staff.

Robots can go a long way toward assisting humans in a hospital, but they’re particularly tricky to design. Consider an autonomous robot named Tug, which wheels through the corridors delivering drugs to nurses and food to patients. Its creators went to great lengths to make it helpful yet polite. It gently beeps so humans know it’s nearby, and when it waits for elevators, it tells you so: “Waiting for doors to open.” Some hospitals dress it up in costumes to amuse kids. It’s a tool, not an employee in and of itself. By helping deliver supplies, it frees up nurses to do what they do best as humans: interact with patients.

                                   "Robots doesn't steal our job it just saving us now"