Applications of Healthcare Robots in Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic | Zendy

Shruti Raje | Zendy; Nikunj Reddy | Zendy; Houssem Jerbi | Zendy; Princy Randhawa | Zendy; Georgios Tsaramirsis | Zendy; Nikhil Vivek Shrivas | Zendy; Athanasia Pavlopoulou | Zendy; Miloš Stojmenović | Zendy; Dimitrios Piromalis | Zendy

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Applications of Healthcare Robots in Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic

Author(s) -

Shruti Raje,

Nikunj Reddy,

Houssem Jerbi,

Princy Randhawa,

Georgios Tsaramirsis,

Nikhil Vivek Shrivas,

Athanasia Pavlopoulou,

Miloš Stojmenović,

Dimitrios Piromalis

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

applied bionics and biomechanics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.397

H-Index - 23

eISSN - 1754-2103

pISSN - 1176-2322

DOI - 10.1155/2021/7099510

Subject(s) - robot , pandemic , health care , covid-19 , robotics , social distance , coronavirus , business , computer science , artificial intelligence , medicine , disease , economic growth , economics , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)

Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, there is a remarkable demand for robots, especially in the clinical sector. SARS-CoV-2 mainly propagates due to close human interactions and contaminated surfaces, and hence, maintaining social distancing has become a mandatory preventive measure. This generates the need to treat patients with minimal doctor-patient interaction. Introducing robots in the healthcare sector protects the frontline healthcare workers from getting exposed to the coronavirus as well as decreases the need for medical personnel as robots can partially take over some medical roles. The aim of this paper is to highlight the emerging role of robotic applications in the healthcare sector and allied areas. To this end, a systematic review was conducted regarding the various robots that have been implemented worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic to attenuate and contain the virus. The results obtained from this study reveal that the implementation of robotics into the healthcare field has a substantial effect in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2, as it blocks coronavirus propagation between patients and healthcare workers, along with other advantages such as disinfection or cleaning.

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