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ArticleApplied bionics and biomechanics2021

Applications of Healthcare Robots in Combating the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Shruti Raje, Nikunj Reddy, Houssem Jerbi, Princy Randhawa, Georgios Tsaramirsis, Nikhil Vivek Shrivas, Athanasia Pavlopoulou, Miloš Stojmenović, Dimitris Piromalis

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Article in Applied bionics and biomechanics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It has been retracted, and should not be counted. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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9 authors.

Shruti RajeManipal University Jaipur, School of Automobile, Mechanical and Mechatronics, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8117-5942
Nikunj ReddyManipal University Jaipur, School of Automobile, Mechanical and Mechatronics, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1154-1104
Houssem JerbiDepartment of Physics, College of Sciences of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax 3018, Tunisia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1816-3767
Princy RandhawaManipal University Jaipur, School of Automobile, Mechanical and Mechatronics, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6356-8718
Georgios TsaramirsisHigher Colleges of Technology, Abu Dhabi, UAE.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9967-0829
Nikhil Vivek ShrivasManipal University Jaipur, School of Automobile, Mechanical and Mechatronics, Jaipur, Rajasthan 303007, India.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9275-076X
Athanasia PavlopoulouIzmir Biomedicine and Genome Center (IBG), Izmir International Biomedicine and Genome Institute, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, 35340 Balcova, Izmir, Turkey.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0815-3808
Miloš StojmenovićDepartment of Computer Science, Singidunum University, Danijelova 32, Beograd 160622, Serbia.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6279-2988
Dimitris PiromalisDepartment of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, 122 43 Athens, Greece.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2711-1400

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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.

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