A Smart Sterilization Robot System with Chlorine Dioxide for Spray Disinfection
Journal
IEEE Sensors Journal
Journal Volume
21
Journal Issue
19
Pages
22047-22057
Date Issued
2021
Author(s)
Abstract
The highly infectious and serious nature of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has highlighted the need for hospital space disinfection technology and the prevention of human exposure to pathogenic environments. This research developed novel chlorine dioxide (ClO2) sterilization technology to reduce bacteria and viruses in the air and on surfaces. A smart sterilization robot system was also developed to spray disinfectants in operating theaters or patients' rooms, designed according to the results of controlled experiments and the requirements for hospital disinfection. The system was built incorporated a semi-automatic remote-controlled module and an automatic intelligent disinfection function; that is, it could operate independently according to specific epidemic prevention strategies, which were implemented using a combination of Internet of Things (IoT) applications and a gesture recognition function. The elimination of Escherichia coli (E. coli) bacteria on sample plates was 99.8 % effective. This paper reviews the evolution of various disinfection technologies and describes a disinfection robot system in detail. ? 2001-2012 IEEE.
Subjects
intelligent systems
medical robotics
Mobile robots
robot sensing systems
Chlorine compounds
Disinfection
Escherichia coli
Hospitals
Internet of things
Remote control
Robots
Sterilization (cleaning)
Viruses
Chlorine dioxides
Controlled experiment
Escherichia coli (E. coli)
Human exposures
Internet of Things (IOT)
Prevention strategies
Semi-automatics
Sterilization technology
Fumigation
SDGs
Type
journal article