'Intelligent robot' for chemical-free disinfection of public places

It is devised in the form of a "Robo-Sapien" (an intelligent robot) that operates on water being superbly charged with the help of high electric power.

An 'intelligent robot' machine that can travel to hospitals, bus stops, railway stations, shopping malls and other crowded public places and sterilise surfaces with a cost-effective and safe water-based technology is the latest innovation churned out by researchers in their fight against the spread of the deadly Covid-19.

In their attempt to solve the problem of disinfecting larger places, a team of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Stanford alumni have developed an innovative technology "Airlens Minus Corona".

The technology for the device works on the basis of electrification of particles.

"Charged or ionised water droplets will kill the virus by killing its