Durgapur-based CSIR lab, Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute has developed HCARD robot to help frontline healthcare workers in maintaining physical distance from those infected by coronavirus.
The robotic device HCARD is short for Hospital Care Assistive Robotic Device.
The device is equipped with various state-of-the-art technologies and works both in automatic as well as manual modes of navigation.
This robot can be controlled and monitored by a nursing booth with a control station having such features as navigation, drawer activation for providing medicines and food to patients, sample collection and audio-visual communication.
