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The service robots are being ramped up rapidly in healthcare establishment, especially in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic. This paper presents a new design and implementation of an Ultraviolet Disinfection Robot (UV Robot) which can be used in many medical institutions to disinfect patient rooms, the operating rooms, reduce cost of traditional disinfection and most importantly risks for patients and medical personnel. The robot is equipped with a high power UV-C lamps: five 100 W UV lamps covering 360° directions on the top and two 30 W lamps on two sides. The high intensity ultraviolet light emitted by the UV-C lamps makes it possible to kill 99% bacteria, germs molds, virus in around 30 s with a radius from 1 to 2.5 m depending on the type of microorganisms. A high disinfection efficiency in less time of the robot is confirmed by the experiments conducted in the hospital in Danang city, Vietnam. Compared to the available similar robots, this domestic product provides an economical and effective solution for Vietnamese medical institution in reducing the spread of harmful microorganisms.
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This research is funded by Funds for Science and Technology Development of University of Technology and Education- University of Danang. We would like express our gratitude to the medical staffs and doctors of Danang General hospital for their support in testing the UV disinfection.
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Phan, N.D.M. et al. (2022). An Ultraviolet C Light-Emitting Robot Design for Disinfection in the Operating Room . In: Ab. Nasir, A.F., Ibrahim, A.N., Ishak, I., Mat Yahya, N., Zakaria, M.A., P. P. Abdul Majeed, A. (eds) Recent Trends in Mechatronics Towards Industry 4.0. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 730. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4597-3_18
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