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Jaipur firm deploys 7 humanoid robots to cut down physical interaction

A robot guards the entry gate to welcome visitors, performs thermal scanning to check their body temperature and sounds an alert if the visitor is not wearing a face mask

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The robotic guard's artificial intelligence is synced with the working of the entry gate, which opens up only after it gets a green signal from the robot. Representative image

Press Trust of India Jaipur
With a Covid-19-battered world hard-pressed to maintain social distancing, a private firm here has deployed seven humanoid robots and other artificial intelligence techniques to reduce human to human interaction almost next to nil in its functioning.

From carrying files from one person to another to marking the attendance of its employees and taking visitors' temperature and regulating their entry to the office, the robots have taken upon themselves a slew of works requiring human interactions in the office.

A robot guards the entry gate to welcome visitors, performs thermal scanning to check their body temperature and sounds an alert if

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