The university's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory worked with Ava Robotics -- a company that focuses on creating telepresence robots -- and the Greater Boston Food Bank to develop a robot that uses a custom UV-C light to disinfect surfaces and neutralize aerosolized forms of the coronavirus.
While household cleaning solutions are able to reduce the spread of the virus, an autonomous robot capable of quickly and efficiently cleaning large areas such as warehouses or grocery stores could prove to be essential. The researchers used the base of one of Ava Robotics' mobile robots and modified it with a custom UV-C light fixture.Read MoreUV-C light has proven effective at killing bacteria and viruses on surfaces, the researchers said. However, it is harmful to humans.
Uv light to disinfect? Whoever heard of such a thing? Lol
Nice idea but how long and at what power output do you need to shine UV on a single surface to destroy bugs?
A new industry.
kennahughess
What company? I’m buying stock. Make money off the foolish!
I don’t know what’s worse MIT or Hopkins university 😂
Is it using UV. One of the things Trump supported and you laughed at him for saying.
Cool story bro. BLM supporters shot a young white mother in the head last week in Indianapolis. Haven't seen CNN cover that yet....waiting...
Creepy af
Wonderful,just like the movies ,jobs will be lost & the work be done by robots. No sick days,no lunch times,no super or holidays etc.... Just the start.....
for what?
And the answer is, 'No, Trump, it cannot be used to disinfect humans!'
Se parece al de UvRbot (?
Great, another avenue for low skilled workers ends. Eventually there will be no one working, to buy the stuff, that fills the places, the stock is
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Communist China is a rogue, triad government. The Communist Party likes to say one thing and do another.
If only CNN can provide more news like this.
Goodbye Janitors
So...the Terminator will be running around in a French made uniform and dusting the endless dead bodies.
But how will that react with the bleach I ingested upon “expert” suggestion!?!? sarcasm
No free ads for MIT, CNN. !!!!
It would spoil the meat in grocery stores and be dangerous around people, unless they use a narrow band UV-C in development that appears to be human-safe. Next they need to make it smart to understand traffic patterns, high-touch areas, what produce to avoid, etc.
Or my apartment, in like 4 seconds!!!
we should organize a national day of kicking these MFers overs and throwing giant magnets on them. slingshot and magnets+drones w/great stuff foam.
This will be my new go to travel buddy sasfzn
'However, it is harmful to humans.'
Great, but how does it keep you from getting the virus from the selfish prick, who won’t wear a mask but the store allows them in anyways?
this would be best used in california. you know, where they are crapping on the streets but you know, covid is the problem, not the plethora of viruses floating around every pile of democrat, i mean sh!t thats in the street.
You can already get these been around for a number of years
Amazon is using a series of LED C lights attached to a grocery store rack to disenfect.
Let’s do this sooner instead of later.
I see future disinfection tech everywhere from homes to streets & huge lamps on the flours even in airports as gates now
Wonder how long it will take for Donald to take credit for this one......
I'm excited to see what multi-robot solutions come in the future. Ingenious!
The answer is clear and was suggested by our dear leader. Stop the testing and then the numbers will fall
AndrewYang
Fomites are not driving transmission of covid, so while this is great, it won’t really help in a classroom where kids are sneezing, coughing, puking (gastro symptoms big in younger kids). Unless you run it continuously.
Hospitals have been using this technology for 15 years CNN. Lol.
Good. Send it to Congress and Pelosi
How fast can they make a gazillion of these?
COVID-19 infections by surfaces is almost non-existent!!!! What a waste of time!!! Give workers masks and gloves!
Why it got lightsabers doe
Wow 😮 that’s great
It's a UV light on top of a fuckin' Roomba. What a marvel of a machine.
Topple these like those statues if you see one.. Job killers
I invented this!
Why won’t you report the black on black crime that occurred in Atlanta
Now we have Star Wars Cleaning Droids. Star Trek Data Pads and Communicators now we need warp and Blasters.
So the poor janitor is ass out huh?
RobNorrisSK 5 second rule out the window!
Taking more jobs.
Great, take more jobs away.
Only the floor?
More people of colour unemployed. More causes for the liberal elite to espouse and yet happily wallow in their privilege.
Bring it on
NYorNothing mikeNYC10
My friend Pedro can do it in 20 minutes !!! Your robot suck
Thank god . Now the workers can roll around and lick the floor without fear! 😆
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