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The robot is called Victor and it has already been sent to fight the new coronavirus in one of the large hospitals in Bucharest. It is named after the Romanian bacteriologist Victor Babeș, one of the founders of modern microbiology and is the first robot developed by Modulab, which was donated to the University Hospital of Bucharest.
Victor uses UV-C radiation and thus destroys all microorganisms, including the dangerous SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID.
The robot is produced by a Romanian startup, Modulab, and will be bought by other medical units in the country to be used to sterilize closed spaces. In fact, to cope with the orders coming from all directions, the Romanian startup is preparing to develop its production capabilities.
Victor also became a star thanks to an article published on the website of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) where it was presented as an innovation developed by a Romanian company that adapted an industrial robot and turned it into a device that helps health professionals fight the pandemic caused by the new coronavirus.
What does Victor know how to do?
Thus, the Modulab developers added several lamps with very strong ultraviolet radiation to the robotic platform and thus created a device that can disinfect an area of 20 square meters in approximately 10 minutes. Victor is also effective in disinfecting clothing and other medical equipment.
The robot can be operated by remote control, and the batteries allow it to move autonomously without being connected to any socket for 5 hours. Thus, its management does not involve special personnel or the exposure of people in areas contaminated with the new coronavirus.
Victor was initially built to clean and transport parts in certain complex environments, but its manufacturers have remodeled it.
“I knew we had to act fast. The world was headed for a crisis it had never seen before and had a secret weapon that could literally differentiate between life and death,” said Ioana Calen-Popescu, CEO of Modulab, quoted in the article published on the website. the EBRD.
