Drones and self-driving robots used to fight coronavirus in China
China is deploying robots and drones to remotely disinfect hospitals, deliver food and enforce quarantine restrictions as part of the effort to fight coronavirus.
Chinese state media has reported that drones and robots are being used by the government to cut the risk of person-to-person transmission of the disease.
There are 780 million people that are on some form of residential lockdown in China. Wuhan, the city where the viral outbreak began, has been sealed off from the outside world for weeks.
The global death toll from coronavirus topped 2,100 people this week, with over 74,000 infected.
Drones used to enforce quarantine
Global Times reported on viral videos showing drones with loudspeakers directing individuals in rural areas to go back inside. Officials are allegedly using the technology to supervise and give orders remotely to civilians. There have also been reports of drones using thermal imaging to detect people with fevers from the air.
Drones have joined fight against novel #coronavirus (COVID-19) in China. Equipped with thermal imaging technology, they can detect those with a fever up in the air. Check out drone patrol in central China's Hunan pic.twitter.com/BP6ZTYTdkA
? China Xinhua News (@XHNews) February 16, 2020
These viral videos could "absolutely be real" said drone expert Andy Miah, author of Drones: The Brilliant, the Bad and the Beautiful.
"I think they're an incredibly appealing tool for the law enforcement industry," Miah ...
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