China fighting COVID-19 with Danish robots

Self-driving Danish disinfection robots have shipped to a number of hospitals in China to help fight the coronavirus, (COVID-19). An agreement signed by Sunay Healthcare Supply with UVD Robots saw the first robots shipped last week with more to ship in the coming weeks. With ultraviolet (UV) light, the Danish robot can disinfect and kill viruses and bacteria autonomously, effectively limiting the spread of coronaviruses without exposing hospital staff to the risk of infection.

Through Sunay Healthcare Supply’s partners in China, the robots will be deployed in all Chinese provinces.

“With this agreement, more than 2,000 hospitals will now have the opportunity to ensure effective disinfection, protecting both their patients and staff,” says Su Yan, CEO of Sunay Healthcare Supply, a medical equipment supplier to the Chinese market.
Now sold in more than 40 countries, UVD Robots is already delivering its self-driving disinfection robots to hospitals in other parts of Asia in addition to healthcare markets in Europe and the United States. The invention increases the safety of staff, patients, and patient’s relatives by reducing the risk of contact with bacteria, viruses, and other harmful microorganisms. The concentrated UV-C light emitted by the robots as they drive has a germicidal effect that removes virtually all airborne viruses and bacteria on the surfaces of a room.

“We found the UVD robot to be superior compared to other technologies and are pleased to - in a very short amount of time - enter into a reseller agreement with exclusive rights to supply the UVD robots in China,” Yan says, emphasizing how both parties have worked intensively to get deliveries of robots to the Chinese hospitals.

CEO of UVD Robots, Per Juul Nielsen, is pleased to be helping combat the spread of the virus in China through the company’s solution stating that, “In a severe crisis like this where the world health is threatened, our innovative technology really proves its worth.”

Development of the UVD robot started in 2014, when a group of Danish hospitals demanded a far more effective way of reducing infection rates in hospitals. The collaboration between bacteriologists, virologists, and hospital staff from hospitals, and robot developers, designers, engineers, investors, and business people from Blue Ocean Robotics led to an early market introduction in 2018.