Raje Shruti, Reddy Nikunj, Jerbi Houssem, Randhawa Princy, Tsaramirsis Georgios, Shrivas Nikhil Vivek, Pavlopoulou Athanasia, Stojmenović Miloš, Piromalis Dimitris
Manipal University Jaipur, School of Automobile, Mechanical and Mechatronics, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India.
Department of Physics, College of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3018, Tunisia.
Appl Bionics Biomech. 2021 Nov 23;2021:7099510. doi: 10.1155/2021/7099510. eCollection 2021.
Due to the increasing number of COVID-19 cases, there is a remarkable demand for robots, especially in the clinical sector. SARS-CoV-2 mainly propagates due to close human interactions and contaminated surfaces, and hence, maintaining social distancing has become a mandatory preventive measure. This generates the need to treat patients with minimal doctor-patient interaction. Introducing robots in the healthcare sector protects the frontline healthcare workers from getting exposed to the coronavirus as well as decreases the need for medical personnel as robots can partially take over some medical roles. The aim of this paper is to highlight the emerging role of robotic applications in the healthcare sector and allied areas. To this end, a systematic review was conducted regarding the various robots that have been implemented worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic to attenuate and contain the virus. The results obtained from this study reveal that the implementation of robotics into the healthcare field has a substantial effect in controlling the spread of SARS-CoV-2, as it blocks coronavirus propagation between patients and healthcare workers, along with other advantages such as disinfection or cleaning.
由于新冠病毒病例不断增加，对机器人的需求显著增长，尤其是在临床领域。严重急性呼吸综合征冠状病毒2（SARS-CoV-2）主要通过密切的人际接触和受污染的表面传播，因此，保持社交距离已成为一项强制性预防措施。这就产生了以最少医患互动来治疗患者的需求。在医疗保健领域引入机器人，可保护一线医护人员不接触冠状病毒，同时减少对医务人员的需求，因为机器人可以部分承担一些医疗角色。本文旨在突出机器人应用在医疗保健领域及相关领域中正在兴起的作用。为此，针对在新冠疫情期间全球范围内为减轻和控制病毒传播而实施的各种机器人进行了系统综述。这项研究所得结果表明，将机器人技术应用于医疗保健领域对控制SARS-CoV-2的传播具有重大影响，因为它可阻断冠状病毒在患者与医护人员之间的传播，还有消毒或清洁等其他优势。
