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Drones and robots being used to fight the coronavirus
by Peter Brown

In order to prevent the spread of the coronavirus currently impacting China and spreading across the globe, governments are turning to technology such as drones that can spray cities with disinfectant to fight the disease.

According to Worldometer, which is tracking the spread of the coronavirus, more than 43,000 cases of the virus have been identified resulting in more than 1,000 deaths, most of these happening inside China.

One of the largest drone manufacturers in the world, China-based DJI has been helping the government since the initial coronavirus outbreak using its agricultural spraying drones to disinfect main streets in Baofend, Henan, Chongzhou, Chengdu, Liaocheng, Shandong and Changde in order to kill the virus.

A DJI spokesman confirmed that the company is working with local municipalities in China to disinfect a total of 400 million square meters, servicing more than 1,000 villages and cities. The focus of the project is to provide virus killing services to factories, communities, hospitals, isolation points, schools and other areas. The drones reduce manpower and can perform full coverage, three-dimensional work in a shorter amount of time than it would take humans to do the same task.

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https://electronics360.globalspec.com/article/14678/drones-and-robots-being-used-to-fight-the-coronavirus

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