What is an UVC Disinfection Robot? Manufacturers, Cost. Discover the Whitepaper
We have seen many mobile robot suppliers proposing “UV Disinfection Robots” these days. Is UV light effective against virus? Are UV Disinfection Robots expensive?
In this article we explain to you what these “newbies” are that could become a must in all work environments in a near future and that are becoming a powerful tool of Healthcare Robotics.
UVC Robot - The autonomous disinfection
Of course, there’s marketing and opportunism behind this new wave of disinfection robots. We have all suffered the coronavirus situation. We have all been scared. We have all seen the dramatic news; so it is the best moment ever to market a super cleaning disinfection robot.
In any case, it makes sense. UV-C light is a proven technology to disinfect environments, and autonomous robots are a great base to transport these cleaning devices thanks to their advanced navigation technology.
What is an UVC Disinfection Robot?
An UV-C Disinfection Robot is an Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) base with an Ultraviolet (UV) lamp emitter able to clear and disinfect environments from bacteria and viruses.
AMR can navigate autonomously thank to its Autonomous Navigation Technlogy while UVC Light illuminates the environment cleaning surfaces.
UVC Robots Manufacturers
Who are the UV Disinfection Robots Manufacturers?
The UV Cleaning Autonomous Robots suppliers are:
- ADDVERB
- AITHEON
- ALTOROS
- ANSCER ROBOTICS
- ASTI MOBILE ROBOTICS
- AUTOBIO REDUCTION
- BLUEBOTICS
- CASUN
- DF AUTOMATION
- GEEK+
- JETBRAIN ROBOTICS
- KAZE (PBA ROBOTICS)
- KEENON
- METRALABS
- MILVUS ROBOTICS
- OLYMPUS CONTROLS
- OTSAW
- SESTO ROBOTICS
- SMARTGUARD
- TECHMETRICS ROBOTICS
- TMI ROBOTICS
- UVD ROBOTS
- WELLWIT ROBOTICS
- YOUIBOT
Table of Contents
Table of contents
Here you have the first part about UV Light Technology. It's important to understand how this technology is applied to Mobile Robots.
- UV Light and Robots intro
- Let’s start from the beginning: What is Ultraviolet (UV) Light?
- Why does Ultraviolet light disinfect?
- What kind of UV lamps are used for disinfection?
- What amount of UV radiation is needed to inactivate organisms?
- Is UVC light effective for disinfecting coronavirus?
- Summary about UV Light Techonology
Once you have understood the UV light technology, we can learn more about the Disinfection Mobile Robots.
- What do Ultraviolet Sterilization Mobile Robots look like?
- What about UVC Robot Deployment?
- How much do UV Light Sanitizer Robots cost?
Finally, click here to learn more about the UVC Autonomous Robots suppliers.
UV Light and Robots intro
- According to the International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Chinese hospitals have recently ordered more than 2,000 disinfection robots
- Several market studies predict a 10.2% Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) growth in the disinfection robot market between 2020 and 2025.
It’s the new “Roomba”! Probably, very soon, factories, airports, malls, offices, warehouses, museums, restaurants, hospitals, and in general, all the common places will have their own Disinfection Robot.
UV light for disinfection is not new, we have seen UV light devices killing bacteria on computer screens, pacifiers, toothbrushes, and other objects.
UV light is effective at reducing overall microorganisms and is significantly more successful than manual disinfection alone. All the articles and studies indicate that this no-touch technology does not replace the traditional manual cleaning and disinfection protocol, but it can improve it and catch the areas normally glossed over.
The combination of ultraviolet light and autonomous robots makes this technology very interesting. The robot can autonomously drive around and position itself optimally in a relation to infection hotspots in any environment.
Automated systems used to kill harmful bacteria in places such as Hospitals, could improve patient safety, as well as protect hospital personnel and famliy visitors.
According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1 in 25 patients in severe care hospitals contract at least 1 Hospital Acquired Infections (HAI) and every year, 75,000 deaths are attributed to HAIs.
Just a second, we re not doctors, nor biologists, neither epidemiologists…
We just try to summarize and translate for common people what we have learnt after reading dozens of articles and news about UV sanitizing combined with mobile robots.
Let’s discover our new friends: The Ultraviolet Cleaning Autonomous Mobile Robots.
Must know about UV Light Technology>>
Let's discover the UV Robots >>
Must know bout UV
- Let’s start from the beginning: What is Ultraviolet (UV) Light?
- Why does Ultraviolet light disinfect?
- What kind of UV lamps are used for disinfection?
- What amount of UV radiation is needed to inactivate organisms?
- Is UVC light effective for disinfecting coronavirus?
- Summary about UV Light Techonology
The basics: What is Ultraviolet (UV) Light?
Light is made of many different wavelengths. Basically, depending on the wavelength, we have
Infrared (IR) - from 0,75 micron to 14 microns
Visible (perceptible by the human eye) - from 380 nanometers (nm), to 700 nanometers (nm).
Ultraviolet (UV) - from 10 nm to 380 nm.
UV comprises three wavelength sub-ranges
UVA (380-315 nm)
UVB (315-280 nm)
UVC (280-100 nm)
Moreover, UV light can be divided in non-ionizing and ionizing.
Non ionizing: from 380 to 121.6 nm
Ionizing: below 121.6 nm
Now that you are the “wavelength master”, it comes the key.
UV with specific wavelength between 200 and 300 nanometers UVC light is germicide, thus capable of inactivating microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses and protozoa.
Why does Ultraviolet light disinfect?
UV light provides rapid, effective inactivation of microorganisms through a physical process.
When bacteria, viruses and protozoa are exposed to the germicidal wavelengths of UV light, they are rendered incapable of reproducing and infecting.
When some types of bacteria, viruses and protozoa are exposed to the germicidal wavelengths of UV light, their nucleic acids are damaged and their RNA and DNA are altered, rendering them incapable of infecting and triggering lethal mutations that prevent them from reproducing properly.
Basically, UVC kills almost everything. It is harmful for viruses, but it also harmful for humans.
Not all the wavelengths are absorbed in the same way. The RNA absorption peak is reached at 260 nm, which is not far from the 254 nm emitted by the most common UVC light source, mercury discharge lamps.
What kind of UV Lamps are used for disinfection?
UV Lamps must be reliable, effective, affordable and energy efficient.
Historically there has been three different kinds of UV Lamps used for Germicide purposes.
Lower Pressure Mercury lamps (LPM)
These lamps are very similar to conventional fluorescent lamps in shape and form. They are monochromatic because they produce UV light with 253,7 nm (so 254 nm).
Pulsed Xenon Flash Lamps
The lamp emits flashes lasting a few milliseconds of germicidal ultraviolet light, Pulse Xenon produces a wide UVC wavelength spectrum (200nm – 315nm) and are able to combine the germicidal effects of UV-C lighting with the thermal disintegration of cell walls from the intensity and speed of the photonic delivery.
However, LPM and Flash lamps can be used to disinfect unoccupied spaces, direct exposure to conventional germicidal UV lamps in occupied public spaces is not possible since direct exposure to these germicidal lamp wavelengths can be a health hazard, both to the skin and eyes.
UV-C light causes serious burns and eye damage within seconds. Any exposure to skin is very dangerous, and the effect on eyes is even worse.
Recently, several studies have suggested that Far-UVC lamps potentially are not harmful.
Far-UVC (excimer lamps)
Far-UVC light (207 to 222 nm) has been shown to be as efficient as conventional germicidal UV light in killing microorganisms, but studies to date suggest that these wavelengths do not cause the human health issues associated with direct exposure to conventional germicidal UV light.
In short, the reason is that far-UVC light has a range in biological materials of less than a few micrometers, and thus it cannot reach living human cells in the skin or eyes and become absorbed in the skin stratum corneum or the ocular tear layer.
What amount of UV radiation is needed to inactivate organisms?
We have seen that UV Light emitted by Lower Pressure Mercury Lamps, Pulsed Flash lamps and far-UV lamps are potentially an effective germicide.
Great, we have the right wavelength!
Basically, UVC “kills” almost everything. It is harmful for viruses, bacteria, protozoa, fungi, etc, but it also harmful for humans.
Pay attention because there is a key concept that determines the “germicide” capacity of a specific lamp.
THE DOSE... pay attention
The DOSE could be understood as the amount of UV light received by an organism. It is measured in mJ/cm2.
Basically, the dose is calculated as follows
DOSE (mJ/cm2) = Irradiance (mW/cm2) x Duration (sec)
(This info is important to understand your UV Disinfection Robot)
UV Irradiance is the radiant power arriving at a surface per unit area. It is photon flux, and it is expressed in Watts or milliWatts per square centimeter.
Irradiance (thus the DOSE) varies with
a)lamp output power
b) efficience
c) focus of its reflector system
d) distance to the surface
a), b), and c) depend on the lamp quality while d) will depend on the robot implementation. How far is robot positioned from a given surface? We’ll talk about this later.
The distance to the surface is very important because UV radiation follows the inverse square law. In other words, if we have a “power valued 4” at 1 m, we’ll have a power “valued 1” at 2 meters.
The Irradiance power multiplied by the exposure time gives the “DOSE”.
At the end of the day, the DOSE is the key factor to keep under control.
UV dose determines the organism deactivation effectiveness.
First, each organism requires different amounts of UV dose for deactivation.
It means that you must know what you want to “kill”
This study of the United States Environmental Protection Agency indicates that:
- Several viruses and Bacteriophage deactivation require between 10 mJ/cm2 and 150 mJ/cm2.
- Bacteria near 10-15 mJ/cm2
Thus, exposure duration and surface distance will depend on what organisms you intend to inactivate.
There is another key factor…. How much of the organism do you want to kill?
Here it comes the LOG concept
Log reduction is a measure of how thoroughly a decontamination process reduces the concentration of a contaminant.
1 Log reduction means that you reduce the organisms by 90%
2 Log reduction means that you reduce the organisms by 99%
3.... etc
So, it is important to know what “amount of reduction” is achieved for “what type of organism”.
Lastly, it is necessary to understand that though UV Light represents a huge opportunity to reduce certain contagions, it is not magic.
UVC light is effective for disinfection if combined with correct cleaning procedures because dirt interferes with UV disinfection effectiveness.
Virus and bacteria can hide, survive, and multiply behind dirt.
Is UVC light effective for disinfecting coronavirus?
This study, of the German Medicine Science Hygiene and Infection Control indicates that since the coronavirus does not differ structurally, to any great extent, the SARS-CoV-2 virus – as well as possible future mutations – will very likely be highly UV sensitive, so common UV disinfection procedures will inactivate the new SARS-CoV-2 virus without any further modification of the technology.
The upper limit determined for the 1 log-reduction dose (90% reduction) is approximately 10.6 mJ/cm2 (median), while the true value is probably only 3.7 mJ/cm2 (median).
The university’s National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) exposed materials containing the virus to a UV-C tube lamp. It found that a dose of 5 mJ/cm2 resulted in “a reduction of the SARS-CoV-2 virus of 99% in 6 seconds.” (SARS-CoV-2 is the more scientific name for the novel coronavirus).
The NEIDL team extrapolated that a stronger dose of 22 mJ/cm2 would result in a reduction of 99.9999% in 25 seconds.
Summing up, some tests and studies demonstrate that SARS-CoV-2 can be inactivated by the UVC radiation. Nevertheless, there is not official validation yet.
Summary about UV Disinfection technology
We can find these UV Lamps on disinfection robots:
- Lower Pressure Mercury (254 nm)
- Xenon Pulsed Flash Lamps (wide UV Range)
- Far-UV lamps (222nm)
UVC is effective if the bad guys are exposed at a certain level of intensity and during a given period (dose).
On the other hand, exposure to UV-C light causes serious burns and eye damage within seconds. Any exposure to skin is very dangerous, and the effect on eyes is even worse.
Dose depends on lamp power, distance and exposure time.
Different organisms require different dose levels for deactivation.
Higher organisms’ reduction (log reduction) requires a higher dose.
Coronaviruses (SARS-COV-2) is very likely, highly UV sensitive but the dose need to be certified.
UVC light is effective for disinfection if combined with correct clean up procedures. Dirt can protect a virus or bacteria from UV radiation.
In general, reducing the total number of pathogens reduces the risk of transmission.
Total pathogenic load can be reduced substantially by applying UV to the many surfaces that are readily exposed, as a secondary barrier to cleaning, especially in hurried conditions.
This would be a relatively straight-forward matter of illuminating the relevant surfaces with UVC light, for example the air and surfaces around/in rooms and personal protective equipment.
UV equipment must be certified by international standards organizations such as NSF, UL, or CSA.
The UV Disinfection Robots
- What do Ultraviolet Sterilization Mobile Robots look like?
- What about UVC Robot Deployment?
- How much do UV Light Sanitizer Robots cost?
What do UV Room Sterilizer Disinfection AGVs look like?
UV Light Cleaning Robots are mainly made by an Autonomous Mobile Robot Base (AMR) and a Ultraviolet Disinfection Device.
a) 360° UVC Disinfection Lamps.
Robots are equipped with several UV Lamps, nr 6 or 8 lamps, covering 360° disinfection area.
The lamps emit UV-C light needed for the disinfection process with wavelenghts depending on the lamp technology (254nm for Mercury lamps and 220-300 nm for Flash Lamps) and coverage radius of 6-8m.
b) Autonomous mobile robot (AMR)
Autonomous Robots are perfect for this task because they move around the environments and are programmed to emit concentrated ultraviolet light onto infectious hotspots.
An AMR is an Autonomous Mobile Robot with advanced Natural Navigation Feature able to redefine routes.
AMRs offer the possibility to change routes easily and effortlessly because they navigate by identifying and mapping the surrounding area.
Instead of following a magnetic tape on the floor (or perform reflector triangulation) they can, for example, identify a defined wall and navigate at a given distance from it.
AMR, on the other hand, are not obliged to follow a route and are able to decide their route. This feature is great in Hospitals, Airports, Schools, Offices, etc, where robots can avoid obstacles and keep on working.
AMRs perform non value-added transportation in Hospitals such:
- Meals from the kitchen to wards and the return of empty trays to the kitchen.
- Waste bins and trolleys. Full and empties management.
- Linen transportation (clean and soiled).
- Deliver trolleys/carts for cleaning and activate cart-washing systems.
- Sterile Supplies Transportation.
- Drugs and other supplies in the hospital (wards, theaters, pharmacies, laboratories etc).
AMRs navigate with SLAM technology, which is an acronym for Simultaneous Localization And Mapping. A SLAM Mobile Robot should be able to map the environment and localize itself in that map.
There are several ways and sensors to map and track the environment and estimate AGV positioning.
Most of the manufacturers use LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging, the “c” in the picture) Sensors that measure distance to a target by illuminating it a with laser light and measuring the reflected light with a sensor.
Differences in laser return timing and wavelengths can then be used to make digital 2-D or 3-D representations of the target.
This Navigation Technology is perfect for UVC Robots because it is easy to install, it’s easy to modify, installation costs are low and non-invasive.
d) User Interface
The user interface is used to assign missions, to check the status of the vehicle, etc. It can be connected to the Fleet Management System allowing operators to call a robot whenever a disinfection task is required.
The robot acquires its “mission” and navigates to the required destination. It can take elevators, open doors, etc. It also communicates to the fleet management software when the mission has been accomplished.
e) Optional devices
Some Disinfection Mobile Robots are provided with other devices. For example:
- Thermal cameras to check people temperature
- Pulse oximeter to monitors the oxygen saturation of a people’s blood
- Additional spray disinfection device, for example with ionized hydrogen peroxide mist spray, which is non-toxic and leaves no residual deposits on disinfected surfaces other than water vapor and oxygen.
f) Charging module and Lithium batteries
Disinfection robots can be charged manually, so you plug the robot to the charger, or they can perform opportunity charging which ensures 24h operation.
These robots are supplied with Lithium batteries that support short, high charging processes minimizing the time needed for charging thus allowing more time for disinfection tasks.
How long does UV Lamps last before recharging?
- Disinfection lamps need to be recharged every 2,5 hours (if always lighted on)
How long does mobile robot battery last? (without lamps lighted on?
- AMR base, that needs to be charged every 8 hours (if UV lights are not switched on)
How long does UVC Robot battery last? (operation mode, running and lighting)
- On average, a mobile UV Robot during operation, should be recharged each 4 hours.
How long does it take to recharge an UV Disinfection Robot?
- Charging takes around 3 hours.
How are UVC Robots installed?
It seems so simple, but unfortunately it isn’t. It takes a substantial amount of time to develop the hardware, software, operational knowledge, and integration experience required to make a robotic disinfection system work.
There are several robots available in the market, but who is going to install them? The supplier must know how to install and set the robots to ensure the maximum disinfection.
How long does it take to clean each room? How long is it needed to illuminate each surface? It depends on the room shape, dimension, the objects insider, etc.
The first installation should be done by a professional able to program correctly the mobile robot ensuring maximum disinfection. A complex installation requires around one week of a skilled technician.
The supplier can train the final user to enable him to install or modify the routes by its own.
This schema shows how UV dose varies in a 180 sqm room.
Each square is 1 sqm and the robot travels at 0,1 m/second, so 1 meter each 10 seconds.
- Orange squares represents around 3,7 mJ/cm2
- Red squared represents around 22 mJ/cm2
The “dark side of the UV light”, “cold spots” or “shadow” areas.
Areas like operating rooms and patient rooms often contain equipment of varying size and complexity, which can in turn create a maze of nooks and crannies where pathogens may lurk.
While some of these shadowed areas, like the underside of bedrails, pose no challenge when conducting physical cleaning, hand-free and substance-free processes like UV light fail to reach these areas since they use light waves in a “line of sight” fashion.
This means that UV systems can only contact, and thus kill, germs that its light can reach. Missing these shadowed areas can result in a sub-par disinfection.
For these reasons, UV light disinfection often has to be performed many times from different positions within the same operating room and/or have very sophisticated dosage-sensing devices that adjust treatment time, either of which tends to increase material compatibility issues with surfaces closer to the light due to overexposure.
In this sense, Autonomous UV Robots represent a great improvement, because they can autonomously reposition in a room to reach the maximum dose for each surface.
How long does it take to disinfect a room with an UVC Robot?
On average, in a Hospital, each room requires nearly 10-15 minutes considering that UV tubes need around 3 minutes warm up for reaching full power.
How many rooms can disinfect an UVC Robot before recharging?
Each robot has capacity for 9 to 10 rooms before it must be recharged.
So, when deploying these robots, we must ensure disinfection capability, mapping function and path planning.
Some suppliers’ software incorporates algorithms that automatically adjust the UVC dosage and treatment time as the robot works, guaranteeing a complete effective treatment, regardless of variables such as room size, distribution, furniture, and environmental characteristics.
Deploying disinfection robots goes beyond the simple AMR deployment. Thus, be sure that your supplier counts on the required skills to perform this tricky task.
How much do UV-C Robots cost?
UVC Mobile Robot cost varies from $60000 to $90000 depending on the supplier and the robot features.
On top of this, you must add:
deployment cost around 1 week, 1 technician
software and maintenance cost (around 10%/year of robot price)
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ADDVERB
from India
Addverb is the leading company for intralogistics automation solutions. We use our deep technical insight and rich operational experience to integrate Operational Technology & Information Technology to design and implement best-in-class automation solutions.
Decimator, our UV disinfectant mobile robot is designed for indoors disinfection. Decimator emits rays in all 360 degrees ensuring a kill rate of 99.99 %.
AITHEON
from Ukraine
We believe that people create businesses to share their passions with the world. Unfortunately, today’s business model is laden with back-end processes that are time consuming, complicated and require multiple systems; each to complete a different task. Passion is quickly displaced by the demands of daily operations.
AITHEON has developed Yezhik UVD that is used as part of a regular cleaning cycle preventing and reducing the spread of infectious diseases, bacteria, viral, and other types of harmful organic microorganisms by breaking down their DNA-structure.
ALTOROS
from the US
The team at Altoros confirms its high competence by receiving high ratings from our customers for providing top-notch business solutions. Our mission is to enable our customers to achieve their digital transformation goals more effectively and meet their business demands by using the latest technologies, such as blockchain, artificial intelligence, and Cloud Foundry.
Operating in a semiautomatic mode, the robot with inbuilt ultraviolet (UV) lights disinfects rooms and surfaces. With motion sensors, the system distinguishes humans from other visible objects to prevent damage to human health. The robot effectively destroys harmful microorganisms, causing the COVID-19 disease.
ANSCER ROBOTICS
from India
AutoBio REDUCTION
from USA
The UVNinja is a completely autonomous UVC disinfecting robot designed to treat air & work surfaces. It uses proven UV technologies found in hospitals to silently & automatically reduce biological hazards in indoor public spaces. On a schedule, on demand, or from the cloud, a UVNinja creates a safer environment for everyone. It can disinfect for 8 hours & travel 5 miles between charges. It is environmentally safe, uses no chemicals, is 100% electric & doesn't create any waste as it disinfects.
ASTI MOBILE ROBOTICS
from Spain
ASTI Mobile Robotics and BOOS Technical Lighting have developed ZenZoe a mobile disinfection robot against COVID19 which uses the ultraviolet (UV-C) light to eliminate germs and pathogens in the air as well as on surfaces and objects. The radiation emitted by the robot, which can move around the facilities to be disinfected, achieves a reduction in the viral and bacterial load of up to 99.99%.
from Switzerland
The mini™ UVC safely and autonomously disinfects any type of indoor public space, from hospitals to hotel rooms, airports and more.
Flexible enough to suit virtually any site, the mini™ UVC mobile robot can be operated 100% autonomously, semi-autonomously, or manually by a person wearing personal protective equipment.
The mini™ UVC is equipped with eight powerful UVC lamps. This technology is proven to destroy up to 99% of bacteria and viruses on surfaces.
The mini™ UVC can disinfect surfaces from one meter away at the rate of 4.2 meters per minute – and the closer the lamp, the faster it disinfects.
A robot such as the mini™ UVC is a better solution than a static germicidal lamp, as mobile robots can move closer to surfaces to disinfect them faster.
CASUN
from China
Casun-v1 anti-virus robot takes mobile robot as the carrier, equipped with ultraviolet anti-virus lamp and human body temperature measuring camera, and carries out self-moving multi-point anti-virus elimination and anti-virus elimination for the environment and the air, which only takes 150 minutes to eliminate and kill for 1,000 square meters.
from Malaysia
DF Automation & Robotics Sdn Bhd is a Malaysia tech-based company that explores the world of automation and robotics to meet the global growing of demand and supply. We specializes in designing, manufacturing, marketing and consistently improving Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR) system for various kinds of industrial and commercial use. We inspire to be a leading company in the globe in the field of designing and manufacturing of AMR.
from China
An RBR top 50 Robotics Company, Geek+ is the world’s leading provider of advanced robotics and AI technologies applied to logistics. Since 2015, it has successfully implemented more than 200 projects globally.
Geek+ is a global technology company leading the intelligent logistics revolution. We apply advanced robotics and AI technologies to realize flexible, reliable and highly-efficient solutions for warehouses and supply chain management.
Lavender, the Smart UV Disinfection Robot, executes quick, accurate, and automated sterilization using strong UV rays.
JETBRAIN ROBOTICS
from India
Jetbrain UVID, The smart UV Disinfection Robot is a smart intelligent machine used to disinfect various organisations as a part of regular cleaning.
It uses UVC lights which are proven to be effective against various Viruses & Bacteria. It is safe, easy to use & eliminates the risk of human errors & their exposure to the infected areas. UVID is available in both autonomous & non autonomous versions.
from Singapore
Sunburst UV Bots by KAZE (PBA Robotics) aims to prevent and reduce the spread of infectious diseases, virus and bacteria, while automating the laborious and intensive process of manually disinfecting public and enclosed spaces. Built with an ultraviolet-C light module, the Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMRs) emit powerful UV-C rays clinically proven to eliminate 99.99% of bacteria and viruses.It performs disinfecting more effectively, replacing a job which would have been otherwise performed by manual labour, protecting frontline cleaning staff, as well as relieving the strain on labour resources.
from China
Established in 2010, by a young but passionate team in the professions of artificial intelligence, automation, machine learning and algorithm. With an unprecedented vision to innovate and commercialize the commercial service robot products.
Keenon’s disinfection robot uses lidar, machine vision, and multi-sensor fusion to autonomously navigate. It can also work with elevators, follow route maps, and collect and share data on what it has done and where.
The robot disinfects with four short-wave UV-C lamps and a liquid sprayer.
METRALABS
from Germany
COVID-19 is a global problem affecting millions of people. To minimize infections and protect people, we have developed STERYBOT – an autonomous disinfection robot.
STERYBOT uses UV disinfection lamps with concentrated germicidal UV-C light. UV light disinfection is effective: The ultraviolet germicidal irradiation (UVGI) eliminates up to 99.99% of all viruses and bacteria – sensitive surfaces and medical equipment remain unaffected. The robot drives through the operating environment completely autonomously. Integrated functional safety and navigation software optimized over thousands of miles ensure a reliable localization and the avoidance of people and obstacles. The stainless-steel housing with an antimicrobial coating prevents the transmission of germs by the robot itself.
When the job is done, STERYBOT returns to its charging station and is ready for the next run after 2-3 hours.
from Turkey
Introducing mobile robots to hospitals and healthcare facilities can revolutionize the cleaning process in these establishments. An autonomous robot, complete with a UV-C light affixed to the top, can disinfect rooms in an instant and is the perfect way for healthcare facilities to ensure that environments are sterile and free from any potentially harmful microorganisms.
from the USA
LightSweep autonomous robot solution utilizes UV-C light to help kill viruses and bacteria on work surfaces. This powerful solution works when your facility is closed so you can open more safely in the morning.
LightSweep, is a UVC light disinfection solution built on top of a MiR AMR base and features a novel, swiveling UVC light bar at the top of the robot. By changing the angle of the top UVC light bar, LightSweep can optimize the UV light hitting the surface of a table/desk/counter, thus maximizing the disinfection operation.
from Singapore
Proudly presenting the O-RX. Developed by OTSAW, it is the first revolutionary UV-C LED Disinfection Autonomous Robot in the world. With a disinfection rate of 99.9%, the innovative UV-C LED technology emits only UV-C light, which is effective in killing microbes, including viruses such as COVID-19.
By using UV-C LED technology, it is 70% more energy efficient as compared to conventional mercury lamps. In addition, it is friendly to humans as it is much safer and non-cancerous to human skin as compared to conventional mercury lamps that emits harmful UV-A and UV-B radiation.
On top of that, it is equipped with a state-of-the-art heat management and cooling system to help counter the heat that is being emitted from the high intensity LED modules in the robot. Overall, this is one of our unique and patented novelty, the O-RX.
from India
SESTO HealthGUARD is a dual-function Autonomous Mobile Disinfectant Robot that can efficiently and effectively disinfect facilities round-the-clock, eliminating 99.9% of bacteria, germs and viruses.
SESTO HealthGUARD is designed to self-navigate and manoeuvre around tight places, avoiding obstacles and people, making it suitable for many indoor facilities.
Powered by SESTO’s proprietary user interface, operators can easily set up cleaning missions, schedules and deployment on a tablet or laptop.
from the USA
SmartGuardUV Automates & Performs Smart Disinfection for your Facility
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Combines Fetch Robotics autonomous mobile robot and PURO Lighting’s broad-spectrum ultraviolet lights, powered by Violet Defense.
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Patented, dynamic and real-time UV disinfecting treatment optimized to your environment using IR sensing technology.
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4SITE cloud-based platform delivers disinfection event validation and UV light performance.
from USA
Techi UV robots are designed to disinfect premises killing bacteria and viruses on surfaces by breaking down the DNA structure – both airborne and droplet. The product destroys the pathogens in minutes and disinfects 360°
from CHINA
The robot serves as a carrier to integrate three disinfection modes: ultraviolet rays, ultra-dry mist hydrogen peroxide, and plasma air filtration to meet the high-level disinfection requirements, killing endospores at the rate as high as 99.9999%. It applies the autonomous navigation technology and is autonomously mobile. Intelligent operation interface, simple and easy to operate.
UVD ROBOTS
from Denmark
The UVD Robot is used as part of the regular cleaning cycle, and aims at preventing and reducing the spread of infectious diseases, vira, bacteria, and other types of harmful organic microorganisms in the environment by breaking down their DNA-structure. The robot is safe, reliable and eliminates human error. Furthermore, it is user friendly and is designed to be operated by every-day cleaning staff.
WELLWIT ROBOTICS
from China
Wellwit Robotics is a mobile robot expert.
From robotic wheelchairs to logistics robots, we have been exploring how mobile robots can free up human physical labor and improve our quality of life.
Our vision is moving everything easy.
Shenzhen Wellwit robotics Co.,Ltd designs, manufactures and deploys disinfection UV Robots.
Contact Details:
+86 755 85290005 / +86 18820170386
Building 2, ShengJianli Industrial Park, Dafu community, Guanlan Road, Longhua District, Shenzhen, China
YOUIBOT
from China
Indoor autonomous moving killing virus by UV light
Equipped with infrared temperature checking
Day for temperature monitoring and night for disinfection
The accumulated UV light intensity is up to 270uv / CM 2 , which is the most efficiency disinfection and sterilization function in the industry
Complete and mature cognitive and positioning navigation capabilities based on SLAM algorithm
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Here you can find more interesting articles about this topic:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6801766/
https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/can-uv-light-kill-the-coronavirus-experts-break-down-online-claims-1.4885104https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/canada-s-first-disinfection-robot-being-tested-1.4918668
