A four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in minutes with pulses of ultraviolet light may be the best solution in the fight against Ebola. Resembling a taller, skinnier version of R2D2 from "Star Wars," the robots are operating at three military medical centers and about 250 other American hospitals are using the machines to destroy pathogens. Sending out 1.5 pulses per second in a 10-foot (three-meter) radius, the robots use xenon, a non-toxic ...Sunday 23 November 2014
Robots may Help Stop the Ebola Outbreak
A four-wheeled robot that can disinfect a room in minutes with pulses of ultraviolet light may be the best solution in the fight against Ebola. Resembling a taller, skinnier version of R2D2 from "Star Wars," the robots are operating at three military medical centers and about 250 other American hospitals are using the machines to destroy pathogens. Sending out 1.5 pulses per second in a 10-foot (three-meter) radius, the robots use xenon, a non-toxic ...
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