Los
Angeles-based Dimer UVC Innovations, which develops the GermFalcon germ-killing
robot aimed at sanitizing airplanes, offered to provide its services to
three U.S. airports to help address an outbreak of a pneumonia-like illness
that originated in China. It was specifically created to improve airplane
hygiene, using ultraviolet-C (UVC) light to kill viruses, bacteria, and
superbugs on surfaces and in the surrounding air.
A Danish company called UVD Robots has
developed a disinfection robot emitting UVD light that can kill coronavirus.
The robot drives around autonomously in a hospital (or other places where the
virus could potentially be spreading), emitting UVD light with a germicidal
effect that breaks down the virus' DNA. The technology has already proven
effective on the SARS and MERS virus, which bear similarities to corona. The
robots could help reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections of the
aggressive virus, which has sparked global fears and sweeping international
travel restrictions
