In Hong Kong - as covered in ZDNet, Futurism, and QZ.com - authorities are employing robots to disinfect the city's crowded subway system. These remarkable robots (costing $129,000 apiece) stroll through different subway cars to spray disinfectant in those hard-to-reach spots in cars, helping contain the spread of the coronavirus. It takes about four hours to clean a full train. How much longer do you think it will be before these start helping out subways and mass transportation around the rest of the world?
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://community.robotshop.com/index.php/blog/show/how-robots-are-helping-take-on-coronavirus