Robo substitutes life in COVID-19: A Review

Robo substitutes life in COVID-19: A Review

Author Name : Dr. T. Suvarna, V. Sumalatha Maddula

ABSTRACT Coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc around the world,pushing people indoors into isolation. Novel Corona Virus disease(COVID-19) is a disease caused by SARS-CoV-2(severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus2)spreads mainly through respiratory droplets produced by an infected person. Treatment strategies include paracetamol, hydroxychloroquine, dexamethasone, favipiravir and remdesivir but no vaccine is currently available. The key preventive measure of COVID-19 is physical distancing. In this battle of COVID-19 the frontline health care warriors are overworking to stem the tide of COVID-19 and doing longshifts in suboptimal conditions, which puts them at highest risk of disease that has sickened and killed in a little over 3months. Furnishing the future and a fast paced shift towards digitalisation one of the best initiative was robotic technology. Robots in laboratory, pharmacy, lifesciences and pharmaceutical applications perform tasks at rates beyond human capability.Robots are slim,quick,flexible and can perform a 96hour project in 10hours with the highest quality. Robots can work 24hours a day,7days a week without stopping or tirirng and work effectively, without wasting movement of time and reduced chances of contamination but can also cause dangers too. Robots can act as an interface between a doctor and a patient where in they can carryout diagnostic and treatment processes, decreased rate of dispensing errors and optimised stock management, reducing human contact and risk of contamination of infection. During the coronavirus pandemic robots can also be advocated in the development of vaccine to cure COVID-19 by examining virus components. Stepping in where humans should not, robots are being used for jobs such as sanitising hospitals, delivering food and medicines to patients and people who are in quarantines and measure their temperature.