As
the more paranoid among us freak out and reach for the hazmat suits,
America is fighting the Ebola threat the only way it knows how: hundreds
of thousands of dollars of robots, natch.
A
'germ-zapping' robot developed in San Antonio is reportedly deployed in
Dallas, where doctors are treating the first Ebola patient in the US.
'Little Moe', as the germ-eliminating machine of death is lovingly
known, is a bit of hospital machinery that can be wheeled into a room,
and then uses UV light to sanitize the room, killing pesky germs in the
process.
Given
the widespread use of robots at other hazardous cleanup sites (notably
Fukushima), and the advent of robots that can perform
millametric-precise surgery, I'm actually surprised that robots aren't
being exclusively used to treat Ebola patients. Presumably the bedside
manner is still a little wanting.
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