The newest ally of humanity in these critical times is no less than robots. This has been proven true by the engineering department of the University of Santo Tomas which created a remote-controlled, wheeled robot in just five days. This robot lessens the physical contact of health workers and allowing them to communicate with the patients with a lesser risk of infection.
This robot is called the logistic indoor service assistant (LISA) which is equipped with a tablet that patients can use to communicate with the medical workers via platforms such as Viber, Facetime, or Zoom. The said tablet is covered in plastic to avoid contamination and is disinfected after every use to exterminate infection risks.
LISA robot is also specially-engineered to move in different directions. This is manipulated via the robot’s remote-controlled mobile base. Plus, the robot also sports a compartment box that allows the storage and delivery of different medications to the patients without much physical contact.
The engineer and inventor of the said robot, Anthony James Bautista, said in an interview with ABS-CBN News Channel that the robot will discourage the physical contact of doctors with coronavirus patients.
“Siguro mga two to five meters away [doctors] dun sa patients,” Bautista said.
On top of the conveniences and protection this robot offers to the battle against COVID, Bautista also noted that the usage of these robots will help conserve the dwindling resources of PPEs nationwide.
The Department of Science and Technology is already working in collaboration for the procurement of the said robots, of which they have requested four units where one unit costs P 12,000.
Similar robots have already been sent to the frontlines by countries such as Thailand, China, and Israel.
Currently, almost 5,000 people have already been infected with the new coronavirus in the Philippines. Meanwhile, the fatality has reached 315 and the recoveries are now at 242.
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