China develops robots to disinfect COVID-19 (coronavirus)

Medical workers checking on the robots that will be put on to the streets in China in the fight against the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak in the country. A disinfection robot has been developed by scientists in Soochow University at Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, on Wednesday (Feb 12). - Xinhua/ANN

NANJING: Chinese researchers have developed a robotic sprayer that can help reduce the transmission of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) in heavily populated urban areas.

The new air-blast machine, a vehicle fitted with caterpillar tracks, was used for agricultural spraying in the past.