Plot twist! South Korean telco uses 5G to fight coronavirus via hospital-patrolling robot
(2021/04/19)
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- News link: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2021/04/19/skt_5g_coronavirus_robot/
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South Korea Telecom (SKT) has linked up with Yongin Severance Hospital to commercialise and deploy facility-roaming robots that minimise the need for face-to-face contact, thus supporting reduced COVID transmission.
"The plan is to ensure that citizens can safely use the hospital through a 24-hour constant quarantine system, and to further strengthen the infection control system in the hospital so that patients in the Corona 19 environment can receive treatment at the National Safety Hospital without anxiety of infection," said SKT in a [1]canned statement .
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The robots take temperatures via facial measurements. Mask checks are done through facial recognition, AI technology, and voice guidance warnings. Social distancing is analysed via AI technology and 3D cameras that can calculate distance. During the day, the robot offers hand-sanitising services. At night, it sterilises the environment via UV rays. Operation and other real-time data is communicated to operators over 5G.
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Quarantine robot 'Keemi' at Yongin Severance Hospital
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The mobile carrier claimed the robot can also find missing patients through the combination of the robot's location system and analysis of patient density in the hospital.
The technology is part of a larger Memorandum of Undersanding between the telco and hospital to establish Korea's first "5GX digital innovation" hospital.
The design is based on an existing robot, Keemi
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Yongin Severance Hospital was selected by Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare as a target for its Smart Hospital Leading Model Support Project to establish what it calls a "smart infection management system." ®
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[1] https://www.sktelecom.com/advertise/press_detail.do?page.page=1&idx=5534&page.type=all&page.keyword=
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[7] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
"The plan is to ensure that citizens can safely use the hospital through a 24-hour constant quarantine system, and to further strengthen the infection control system in the hospital so that patients in the Corona 19 environment can receive treatment at the National Safety Hospital without anxiety of infection," said SKT in a [1]canned statement .
[2]
The robots take temperatures via facial measurements. Mask checks are done through facial recognition, AI technology, and voice guidance warnings. Social distancing is analysed via AI technology and 3D cameras that can calculate distance. During the day, the robot offers hand-sanitising services. At night, it sterilises the environment via UV rays. Operation and other real-time data is communicated to operators over 5G.
[3]
Quarantine robot 'Keemi' at Yongin Severance Hospital
[4]
The mobile carrier claimed the robot can also find missing patients through the combination of the robot's location system and analysis of patient density in the hospital.
The technology is part of a larger Memorandum of Undersanding between the telco and hospital to establish Korea's first "5GX digital innovation" hospital.
The design is based on an existing robot, Keemi
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, modified for hospital use. Keemi is known as an "Everyday Quarantine Robot" designed for deployment in communal spaces and public facilities.[6]
Yongin Severance Hospital was selected by Korea's Ministry of Health and Welfare as a target for its Smart Hospital Leading Model Support Project to establish what it calls a "smart infection management system." ®
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[1] https://www.sktelecom.com/advertise/press_detail.do?page.page=1&idx=5534&page.type=all&page.keyword=
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[3] https://regmedia.co.uk/2021/04/19/keemi5g.jpg
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[7] https://whitepapers.theregister.com/
Blackjack
So the robot has actually a small human inside controlling it?
Kubla Cant
Yongin Severance Hospital sounds like a place where you need to keep a close watch on all your limbs.
Yongin Severance Hospital
Captain Hogwash
Seems like a very narrow specialism to me. Where exactly on the body would one find the yongin?
Re: Yongin Severance Hospital
AndrewB57
Well you wouldn't find it if it had been severed would you
That's logic is that
Buzzword fueled
ThatOne
> uses 5G
"Mark my drone, if you don't have the artificial intelligence to obey, you'll be put in blockchains."
Sterilises with UV
Chris G
That is discrimination against vampires, on the other hand, a midnight suntan may be possible.
"the robot can also find missing patients"
Pascal Monett
And soon it will get the upgrade allowing it to drag missing patients back to their holding area.
ROTM is what awaits us at the end of road paved with good itentions.
Using the cause of the disease to treat it, ingenious!