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How are transport hubs preventing COVID- 19 ahead of Chuseok?

2020-09-28 2 Dailymotion

추석연휴를 앞둔 버스터미널과 공항, 방역으로 한창...방역로봇까지?<br /><br />Every Chuseok holiday, Seoul Express Bus Terminal and Gimpo International Airport bustle with city-dwellers heading out of the capital.<br />How are the city's busiest transport hubs dealing with the crowds of travelers while reducing the risk of COVID- 19?<br />Our Kim Yeon-seung has more.<br />This Chuseok, airports and bus terminals in Seoul are taking extra precautions against COVID-19.<br />Seoul Express Bus Terminal has even brought in cutting-edge AI robots to monitor the risk of the virus.<br />This robot plays a key role in preventing the spread of COVID-19.<br />I'm going to lower my mask to right under my nose to show you how.<br />The facial recognition technology of this robot can tell that my nose is peeking out of my mask, and the robot gently reminds me to wear my mask properly.<br />The robot is also equipped with a thermal camera that can check the temperatures of 15 people at once from as far as 3 meters away.<br />In just one minute, the robot can analyze up to 180 people.<br />"When we just used a thermal camera, it was difficult to tell people apart from each other. And it only beeped when there was someone with a high temperature. This robot can tell me which person it is."<br />If a person displays symptoms of COVID-19, the robot immediately alerts bus terminal personnel, who will then guide the person to a nearby test center.<br />Gimpo International Airport is also taking extra precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19.<br />"In order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, Korea Airports Corporation disinfects the whole airport once a day and the surfaces of facilities used by passengers at least three times a day."<br />Gimpo Airport also checks the temperatures and takes the contact information of each passenger so that everyone can travel safely this Chuseok.<br />KIM Yeon-seung, Arirang News<br />

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