Coro-bot and Covid Beep

ABOUT CORO ROBOT:

• Coro-bot is a robot which would dispense food, water and medicines to corona patients in their wards without necessity of physical presence of nurses and other care-givers.
• Coro-bot cuts away the requirement of physical contact of nurses and ward boys with the patient.
• It can interact with them by using camera.
• Patients are cautioned through audio reminders to sanitise their hands before they pick up things from trays.
• It was developed by an engineer from Thane.

ABOUT COVID BEEP:

• Union Minister Jitendra Singh has launched ‘COVID BEEP’ app, India’s 1st indigenous wireless physiological parameters monitoring system facilitated for COVID-19 affected patients.
• “COVID BEEP” stands for Continuous Oxygenation & Vital Information Detection Biomed ECIL ESIC Pod.
• The COVID BEEP has incorporated NIBP (non-invasive blood pressure) monitoring, ECG (electrocardiogram) monitoring and the respiratory rate.
• It will greatly reduce the transmission risk as well as help save resources like personal protective equipment (PPEs).

PRACTICE QUESTION:

Q. ‘Coro-bot’, seen in recent news, is a robot to:

1. Dispense food and water to Covid-19 patients
2. Disinfect Railway coaches against Covid-19
3. Monitor compliance of people in quarantine
4. Provide ventilator support to Covid-19 patients

Answer to Prelims question