Malaysian scientists have created a barrel-shaped robot on wheels that they hope will make the rounds on hospital wards to check on coronavirus ...
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian scientists have created a barrel-shaped robot on wheels that they hope will make the rounds on hospital wards to check on COVID-19 patients, reducing health workers' risk of infection.
It is aimed at helping nurses and doctors working on the wards with social distancing, Zulkifli Zainal Abidin, a member of the team behind the invention, told AFP.It cost about RM15,000 to develop, and the university plans to trial it soon in their own private hospital, which does not treat virus patients, said Zulkifli.
A temperature screening device is pictured as engineering professors program a prototype of the IIUM Medibot medical robot in Gombak, Kuala Lumpur on Apr 13, 2020.
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