Kolhapur Professor Leads a Team in Designing a Sanitizer Robotic

A professor and his team from Kolhapur University have designed a sanitizer robotic that produces UV rays to sanitize an area around it, when any human motion is detected. On Thursday, Uday Samant, State Minister for Higher and Technical Education, Maharashtra inaugurated this robotic called UV 360 Sanitizer Module Robotic.

Designed by Prof. Rajendra Sonkawade and his group (Ratnadeep Kamble, Sameer Ramteke, Aniket Sonkawade and Pawan Khobragade), this device weighs about 20 kg and can sterilize a room of 10×10 size in less than five minutes while eliminating micro-organisms and viruses like the novel coronavirus.

The robotic comes with in-built sensors and synthetic intelligence to detect slight human movement. It also comprises anti-collagen sensors that ensures it moves without any hinderance. The device has a 360-degree scanner that lets it measure the placement of sterilization. This means that this robotic can be optimally utilized to sterilize crowded places, hospitals, malls, etc. without requirement of any human intervention physically.

It runs with Android app and can be used anywhere. The team is working on the device to make it run with Internet of Things (IoT) technology.