China working on creating robot to conduct throat testing

A nurse taking the temperature of a woman in the reception area of the First People's Hospital in Yueyang, China, on Jan 28, 2020. Currently, in testing for the coronavirus, a nurse uses a swab to collect secretions from the patient's throat for testing. - Reuters

SHENYANG (Xinhua) - Chinese developers are working on the research and development of a robot that can replace nurses in conducting throat testing to reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus.

The R&D was started more than a week ago by the country's major robot manufacturer Siasun and the Shenyang Institute of Automation of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.