A tank-shaped robot is being used to spray disinfectant during the COVID-19 outbreak has been developed in China.<br /><br />The video, filmed in the county of Yuyao in Zhejiang Province on March 7, shows the 1.5-metre-long, 0.7-metre-wide and 0.8-metre-high tank-shaped robot spraying the atomised disinfectant out.<br /><br />The robot developed by the robot research institution of Zhejiang University can spray the disinfectant up to ten metres away and it consumes 20,000-square-metre atomised disinfectant which equals three standard football courts every hour. Its work efficiency is more than five times more than a human's.<br /><br />The robot also has the lastest 5G controlling technology and high-precisive laser navigation. It is equipped with a high definition camera and an infrared obstacle sensor.<br /><br />50 disinfection robots will be produced each month from the end of March and the price will be around 80,000yuan (£8,888). Several hospitals and schools in Hubei have already booked 20 robots.
