US teens develop sanitising drone to help clean school during pandemic

Dublin High students Karen Zhao, 16, bottom left, and sisters Nirupama Suravarjjala, 16, top left, and Niharika Suravarjjala, 17, all members of the Gael Force Robotics Team, look at the design of the special sanitising drone the robotics team is building in Dublin, California. The sanitising drone is designed to help clean the school's football field and bleachers. The group of 10 students from the team hopes to have the drone up and running in December. — Bay Area News Group/TNS

DUBLIN, California: Dublin High School’s robotics team has come up with a creative solution to help clean parts of the school outside during the pandemic – a sanitising drone.

They call it the TERSUS Project – meaning “clean” in Latin, and also an acronym for Technologically Effective Rapid Smart Unmanned Sanitiser. The drone was designed by the Gael Force Robotics Team, and the project has 10 students working to design, construct and eventually fly the sanitising drone.