2019 Novel Coronavirus Disease (Covid-19): Toward a Novel Design for Smart Waste Management Robot

Abstract

With the rise and spread of 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), also called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, there is a global health emergency (SARS-CoV-2). Because of the epidemic of new coronavirus disease-2019, clinics and institutions' isolation facilities have generated a massive amount of clinical waste (COVID-19). The biggest contributors to waste volume are personal protective equipment, test strips, medical facemasks, and hand gloves. As garbage functions as a carrier for SARS-CoV-2, it could result in the exponential spread of this devastating disease. Furthermore, proper COVID-waste disposal is urgently required to reduce the risk of pandemic propagation and to ensure long-term treatment of the disease environmental threats. In order to combat the lack of specialized antiviral therapy, it is critical to create new balance techniques and guarantee that existing ones are effective in the field. The objective of this study is to design and develop an intelligent Robot that can collect medical waste from COVID-19 isolation wards and then dispose it of in an environment friendly manner. Furthermore, the focus of this research is to use IoT-based robot technology to design sprinkling with UV devices for antiseptic-disinfection. This study may be useful to avoid and control the pandemic of compatible episodes in the future.