In order to help the medical professionals serving COVID-19 patients, a young assistant professor has developed a robot, named ‘COVID-19 WARBOT’ which can serve food, drugs and other crucial gadgets to the patients without human interaction.

“It’s a four-wheeled robot which I have created at my home using waste material. The most important motivation at the back of making this robotic is largely ensuring and safeguarding our health workers, medical doctors and nurses - who are working in COVID-19 related hospitals,” said Harjeet Nath, Assistant Professor in Chemical and Polymer Engineering Department of Tripura University.

“Some international locations have already evolved robots that are assisting the healthcare employees a lot. This robot can deliver drug treatments, water bottles and food packets every time required. There is likewise a digicam if the patient wants to speak to the doctor,” he added.

Harjeet shared that it took him weeks to develop the robot at acost of  around INR 25,000 and using spare parts like three motors, rechargeable lead-acid batteries, transmitter and receiver and USB output.

The robotic can carry the load of round 10-15 kilograms of materials like medicines, food, water. Its operating range is 15-20 metres with a cell telephone or computer. The battery backup makes it capable of working continuously for nearly an hour.

Harjeet stated that he intends to handover the robotic to the state authorities so that it may be used in COVID-19 hospitals.