Move! South Korean robot provides total prevention solution to fight virus

An autonomous robot equipped with an LED screen greets visitors at the lobby of the headquarters of SK Telecom in downtown Seoul. It checks not only body temperatures, dispenses hand sanitisers and disinfects the floor, it also polices who is wearing and who's not wearing a face mask. The robot, developed jointly by SK Telecom and Omron Electronics Korea, transmits data to its server in real time, powered by the telecom company's fifth-generation technology.

It sets off an alarm if anyone's temperature is over 37.5 Celsius. The developers said they added a function to hide faces mirrored in the screen to protect people's privacy. Armed with ultraviolet lamps and two automatic disinfectant sprayers, the robot can disinfect 99% of 33 square meters of surface areas in just 10 minutes, the company said.