Design and Development of a Sanitization Robot (ROBOSAN V2)

Since the new Corona Virus 19 (COVID19) emerged in December 2019, it has impacted many countries due to its fast infection and is hard to detect, especially with an asymptomatic person. Many new tests and equipment were introduced to the world for us to live in this new normal. The surge of patients infected by the Covid 19 in the hospital itself has exposed our frontliner, such as doctors, while treating the Covid patient. This also includes the cleaner who needs to clean the contaminated room, such as the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and quarantine rooms. Recent studies show that the virus can last up to 72 hours on surfaces like the floor, plastic, and stainless steel. Therefore, this project uses an ultraviolet C(UVC) as an additional solution on top of the standard cleaning solution to reduce the virus's life expectancy and eliminate it. This sanitization process is equipped in a manually controlled sanitation robot (RoboSan V2). The water pump at the front of the robot is implemented to spray the sanitized liquid and this prototype has a led Ultraviolet-C strip that sterilizes the floor surface after the cleaning. Besides that, the prototype is equipped with a camera for online supervision and controlled via Bluetooth using an application on the smartphone. For extra features this robot can detach the water pump and UVC light for other purpose.