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My name is Raviteja Burugu, I am from India, and I am studying for an M.Sc. in Robotics at Cranfield University. I hope you have read my previous blog about How often do we use Robots. If not have a look here and here
COVID-19 has changed the lifestyle of most of the humans in the world. Many are working from home or have lost their jobs. Health and Nursing departments are working hard to bring us out of this pandemic. I would like to thank all the doctors and health care workers who are putting their efforts in treating the patients around the world. In this blog, I would like to discuss how robots are helping us to fight against COVID-19.
Many routine activities of health care workers are checking the temperature, changing the bedsheets, disinfecting the rooms, delivering food or medicine to patients, and checking the condition of patients. These activities involve interaction between the patient and healthcare workers and there is a great probability of spreading the virus during these tasks.
Countries around the world have approached COVID-19 by using Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) and physical distance initially but it is becoming very difficult as the number of cases being registered is increasing drastically day by day. The use of PPE also has increased rapidly which led to the scarcity of PPE.
