{"id":4445,"date":"2020-11-20T03:56:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-20T08:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2020-12-22T23:36:04","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T04:36:04","slug":"scmp-3-hong-kong-hi-tech-firms-rapid-response-helps-detect-signs-of-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/?p=4445","title":{"rendered":"SCMP: 3 Hong Kong hi-tech firms\u2019 rapid response helps detect signs of Covid-19"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Robots kill virus and spot signs of fever<\/li><li>City, known as innovation hub, home to robotics firm Roborn Technology<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Robots, rings and rapid tests: Hong Kong tech start-ups and the battle against Covid-19\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3sqYOQkGJ-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hong Kong has a thriving entrepreneurial scene supported by significant government funding and infrastructure, to boost the innovation and technology (I&amp;T) sector and create an innovation ecosystem, including enhancing start-up support at Cyberport and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation (HKSTP), InnoHK research clusters and Advanced Manufacturing Centre in Tseung Kwan O.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u2018Killer\u2019 robot can help keep us safe<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/methode\/2020\/11\/18\/c1df7182-1f1d-11eb-99d6-deeedd63f648_972x_180732.jpg\" alt=\"Roborn Technology\u2019s PEP3000 robot is now being used to scan people for signs of fever in a number of Hong Kong government premises.\"\/><figcaption>Roborn Technology\u2019s PEP3000 robot is now being used to scan people for signs of fever in a number of Hong Kong government premises.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/methode\/2020\/11\/18\/40c68b66-1e5b-11eb-99d6-deeedd63f648_1320x770_180732.jpg\" alt=\"A display on Roborn Technology\u2019s 5G-enabled mobile PEP3000 robot shows body temperature scans of people\u2019s foreheads, which can detect signs of a fever. Photo: SCMP\/K.Y. Cheng\"\/><figcaption>A display on Roborn Technology\u2019s 5G-enabled mobile PEP3000 robot shows body temperature scans of people\u2019s foreheads, which can detect signs of a fever. Photo: SCMP\/K.Y. Cheng<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roborn Technology has created a temperature-detection robot, which can show whether people have signs of a fever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mark Mak, the company\u2019s chief technology officer and co-founder, says his childhood fascination with robots led him to consider whether they could help combat a virus during the city\u2019s 2003 outbreak of the severe acute respiratory syndrome, or Sars \u2013 an atypical pneumonia caused by a type of coronavirus that killed 299 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the start of this year, Roborn developed a proof of concept for its robot, PEP3000, in only 15 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The robot \u2013 further developed with EMSD\u2019s support \u2013 is now being used to check for signs of fever among staff and visitors in a number of government departments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It uses a thermal camera to measure the temperature on people\u2019s foreheads and saves the footage it records with a 4K ultra-high-definition camera so that anyone who has come into contact with someone with a fever can be traced. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/d8\/images\/methode\/2020\/11\/18\/0003cecc-1e5b-11eb-99d6-deeedd63f648_1320x770_180732.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Mak, co-founder of Roborn Technology, with Unicorn, its ultraviolet light emitting robot, which can be used to kill 99.9 per cent of Covid-19 particles. Photo: SCMP\/May Tse\"\/><figcaption>Mark Mak, co-founder of Roborn Technology, with Unicorn, its ultraviolet light emitting robot, which can be used to kill 99.9 per cent of Covid-19 particles. Photo: SCMP\/May Tse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Roborn has also developed a robot called Unicorn, which uses ultraviolet light to kill 99.9 per cent of Covid-19 particles on surfaces inside buildings. Unicorn is also equipped with a 360-degree camera so that it can detect and avoid people while it is cleaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mak says the company, which joined the Cyberport Incubation Programme in 2018, has received a lot of support from Cyberport\u2019s ecosystem, including working alongside other start-ups and being put in contact with investors and potential customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/presented\/tech\/innovation\/topics\/worlds-lab\/article\/3108541\/3-hong-kong-hi-tech-firms-rapid\">SCMP<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Roborn Technology has created a temperature-detection robot and UVC disinfection robot, which can show whether people have signs of a fever and use ultraviolet light to kill 99.9 per cent of Covid-19 particles respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4447,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[77],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4445"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4605,"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4445\/revisions\/4605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roborn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}