The Rushing to adopt Robot and Drone Technology due to COVID-19
Published on : Friday 12-06-2020
The global market is highly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of human safety and economic wealth. The virus rapidly changing the lives of the common man through a change in preference of stuff in daily life to ensure safety and further rushing to adapt to the advanced technologies.
For instance, the use of robots is incorporating in the industrial sectors to initiate the production and business operations with the minimum use of manpower, while the use of drones is widely implementing at the ground level to cross-check and monitor the social distancing and possibility of any nuisance. Drones are also implementing to deliver the foods at the street and personal homes to reduce the risk of the spread of coronavirus i.e. COVID-19.
The lockdown condition due to widespread of the pandemic has expanded the application of drones and robotics such as drones are using as spray disinfectants across the globe. Moreover, in the US, drones and robots are used to deliver personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, samples, and equipment to medical campuses and providers, also maintaining social distance awareness among homeless people.
The insights from the companies supply monitoring technologies i.e. robots and drones to the authorities operating at the ground around the world, which brings some results out in the pandemic –
The use of Robots and Drone has rapidly increased due to COVID-19. How far it extended its application in the global market?
The researchers and scientists are expanding the efforts to incorporate the use of robots and drones that are currently integrated with inertial navigation systems (INS) and inertial measurement units (IMU), in the daily life of humans through initiate with cleaning surfaces at home or commercial spaces. The use of robots is significantly increased across stocking shelves and performing inventory actions. The pandemic has brought the robots and drones on limelight to increase its application in assistance on the common ground to monitor and manage. Today, robot and drone are using across –
• Spray disinfectants public surfaces and medical facilities such as bed, floors, roads, parks, and public transit cars
• Delivery of food, medical, PPE kits, and other vital supplies
• Monitor common places to check on people related to social distancing guidelines
• Meet the demand to initiate curbside pick-up and takeout orders at restaurants and grocery stores
The integration of the Robot Operating System (ROS) on developing prototypes to reduce the risk of infection from COVID-19 to the consumers
ROS is an open-source platform and operating system for your robots to offer a flexible framework for programming, software development, and to create and deploy prototypes faster. It is widely using for the developers that are focused on simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). The integration of ROS has updated and supported the ground use of robots around the globe. It is expected that this pandemic situation is the key driver for the inevitable robot-filled future and further expanded its consumption and sales of robots in the global market. The robot manufacturing companies are high in the short-run to meet the demand for accurate position, velocity, and attitude measurements.
The industry leaders and experts stated that the pandemic needs a fast response to reduce its effect in the global market. In addition, it is expected that the need would come in terms of demand for robots and drones, where it requires innovation to ensure sensing, processing, and delivery capabilities.
