US: Robot sent for detecting coronavirus gets 'kicked out' of park for lack of permit

A five-foot-tall robot, built to detect coronavirus in United States, was reportedly kicked out from a park in Manhattan after it was unable to produce required permits for operating in premises. robot, created by Pennsylvania-based company Promobot, arrived at Bryant Park to detect possible cases of coronavirus but got barred due to lack of requisite paperwork.

droid has been designed to ask a set of pertinent questions regarding people’s health and detecting symptoms through interactive surveys. According to Oleg Kivorkutsev, Promobot founder, robot helps spread awareness about deadly coronavirus and warn m of resembling symptoms, reported New York Post. 

However, bot was unable to convince concerned authorities at Bryant Park Corp. y maintained that any commercial entity, be it human or robot, needs permission to carry such operations. Earlier, a similar bot was seen distributing surgical masks to people at Times Square to help m prevent from catching deadly virus.

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Several versions of bot are available in market with a starting price of $25,000. bot has t detected any positive case of coronavirus in its previous survey involving 300 subjects. It also got unpopular reception on social media with many calling robot “creepy” and “dystopic”.

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China relying on robots

China has turned towards robots to provide various services to prevent spread of coronavirus. ‘Robot waiters’ were seen delivering food and supplies to quarantined patients and w a Shanghai-based enterprise has deployed 30 disinfection robots in various hospitals in Wuhan, epicentre of outbreak, a Chinese news ncy reported. Currently, se robots have been deployed in isolation wards, ICUs, operating rooms and fever clinics in major coronavirus treating hospitals.

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