JR Automation has partnered with General Motors (GM) to produce face masks to help combat the shortage of protective personal equipment that has been caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The partnership is capable of producing 50,000 masks a day. GM approached Esys Automation, a JR Automation company, on March 21 to build a mask assembly…
How robotics helps diagnose COVID-19 at new lab
As doctors around the country scramble to diagnose cases of COVID-19, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley’s Innovative Genomics Institute (IGI) are creating from scratch a diagnostic lab with the capability to process more than 1,000 patient samples per day. This pop-up laboratory, the effort of a unique volunteer team of academic and corporate…
Will COVID-19 accelerate an automated future?
Millions of Americans have started to work from home amidst the current COVID-19 pandemic. Retailers have struggled with supply while nervous consumers are hoarding everything from toilet paper to hand soap. Across the globe, Chinese e-commerce giant JD began testing a level-4 autonomous delivery robot in Wuhan and running its automated warehouses 24 hours a…
Celltrio provides laboratory automation for COVID-19 fight
Silicon Valley Robotics spotlights Celltrio, a startup applying South Korean robotics experience to laboratory automation.
UVD Robots responds to surging demand during COVID-19 crisis
The founder and CEO of Blue Ocean Robotics, which spun out UVD Robots, explains how his organization is responding to global demand and counterfeits.
Draganfly to integrate health diagnosis tech into specialized drones
Draganfly is partnering with the University of South Australia and Vital Intelligence Inc. in collaboration with the Australian Department of Defence to quickly commercialize technology for monitoring public health conditions.
Autonomous vehicles could be crucial in responding to future pandemics
The global COVID-19 pandemic has created unprecedented public health, economic, and logistical challenges for the world. As billions of people shelter in place in hope of vanquishing the novel coronavirus, they’re turning to technology to adapt to the new normal – from e-commerce deliveries to videoconferencing solutions. There’s a growing consensus that even if the…
Robotics startups collaborating on low-cost ventilator for COVID-19 patients
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage across the world. At press time, more than 450,000 people have been infected by the novel coronavirus with approximately 20,500 deaths. The pandemic has also highlighted extreme shortages of medical supplies, including personal protective equipment for healthcare workers and ventilators for COVID-19 patients. The lack of ventilators is most…
CaliBurger uses tools including Miso Robotics’ Flippy to avoid COVID-19
Miso Robotics’ Flippy is just part of Cali Group’s plan for introducing coronavirus avoidance technologies including robotics, facial recognition, and thermal sensing at CaliBurger restaurants.
COVID-19 pandemic prompts more robot usage worldwide
As part of our ongoing coverage of technology developments and applications in response to COVID-19, here are more robots addressing the pandemic.
Coronavirus response growing from robotics companies
Widespread public concerns about COVID-19, commonly referred to as the coronavirus, have led to a host of robots and drones for disinfection, delivery, and crowd control.
Coronavirus fight in China to get a boost from UVD disinfection robots
UVD Robots has been offering disinfection robots for more than a year, but interest has spiked with the coronavirus outbreak.