2020
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abb5589
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Abstract: COVID-19 may drive sustained research in robotics to address risks of infectious diseases.

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“…Patient monitoring technologies that track pulse oximetry and vital signs and medical robots allow doctors and nurses to remotely assess and treat infected patients, can enhance patient care and decrease risks to health care workers. At present robots that take temperatures, deliver food and supplies, and disinfect rooms have been described [24]. However, in countries without resources for even gloves or masks, robots are wishful thinking.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Patient monitoring technologies that track pulse oximetry and vital signs and medical robots allow doctors and nurses to remotely assess and treat infected patients, can enhance patient care and decrease risks to health care workers. At present robots that take temperatures, deliver food and supplies, and disinfect rooms have been described [24]. However, in countries without resources for even gloves or masks, robots are wishful thinking.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The assistance can free up human resources to prioritize workload, and decrease contact with patients with COVID-19. Telerobotics can be potentially deployed for combating COVID-19 in four aspects [217]: i) disease prevention, e.g., autonomous disinfection [215], ii) diagnosis and screening, such as automated temperature measurement in public area or hospital [218], and automated or robot-assisted nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabbing for the test of COVID-19 [219], iii) patient care delivery, as an example, a social robot can provide social interaction and adherence to treatment regimen, and iv) disease management, with an exemplary application in the aforementioned tele-ICU for interventions e.g., changing position for patients and tele-operating machines such as ventilators. Despite all of these advantages of telerobotics, great attention should also be paid to relevant hazardous risks of telerobotics, for example, issues of control stability and rigid moving parts with potential to unintentionally injure patients, particularly in the case of unstable networks and asynchronous time delays.…”
Section: Teleroboticsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The COVID-19 pandemic forced hospitals and companies to use robots and other automation technologies to fight the pandemic (Yang et al, 2020), including companies in travel, tourism, and hospitality (Wolfe, 2020). Robots can be used for physical distancing (Seyitoğlu & Ivanov, 2020), and their adoption by TTH companies is expected to increase as a result of the pandemic (Zeng, Chen & Lew, 2020).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%