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The robot will be able to identify the infected people and will protect the human personnel

Innovative response

A humanoid robot in order to be able to detect the presence of the new Coronavirus.
This robot will replace the human personnel in the first line of detection.

Specific issues addressed and anticipated impact

The project will develop a system of automatic identification of the person infected with the New Coronavirus by building a virtual profile of the target through the multi-point corporal temperature, color and the aspect of the eyes, analysis of the breath, vocal specificity, the spoken keywords, the movement topology, the analysis of the main physiological characteristics, the detection of events.

Organisations/institutions involved

University Politehnica of Bucharest
Technical University of Cluj Napoca

Potential issues

After homologation tests the robot will be able to be quickly transformed to operate on other pandemics.

Relevant URL(s):

https://www.edu.ro/

Level(s) of government:
  • National/Federal government

Issues being addressed:

  • Public service delivery under new circumstances

Response contact:

tudor_prisecaru@mail.com

Date Submitted:

11 May 2020