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How Ubtech’s self driving robot plans to kill coronavirus with UV-C light

Ubitech’s latest robot is a cleaning machine meant for schools and small businesses. It’ll use UV-C light to disinfect at a hospital grade level and has a stationary and autonomous model.

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  1. Andy GK

    January 12, 2021 at 1:27 pm

    and for schools that cant afford it, theirs a lightbulb trolley the janitor can push with a long extension cord

  2. Victor Victor

    January 12, 2021 at 1:33 pm

    That light will more than likely turn students into Deranged killers .

  3. EyesOfByes

    January 12, 2021 at 1:36 pm

    I can already see kids kicking it and/or trying to hack it 😏

  4. Barbara Hartlen

    January 12, 2021 at 1:40 pm

    This is fantastic, but the cost could bye by town or at Regional schools. How can we get this information?

  5. arbknight12

    January 12, 2021 at 1:45 pm

    Oh I know!
    Have light bulbs been invented yet that can switch between regular fluorescent and UV lights?
    That might work!

  6. Pan T

    January 12, 2021 at 1:45 pm

    Supermarkets here in Bangkok have been using something like this since the start of the pandemic.

  7. JogBird

    January 12, 2021 at 1:46 pm

    cool, but why does this need to be a robot?

  8. Anderson Rohan

    January 12, 2021 at 1:47 pm

    10:43 has the best 😍💋 💝💖❤️

  9. Dominic Barrett

    January 12, 2021 at 1:57 pm

    Lovely 😍💋 💝💖❤️

  10. Mr40BlkMan

    January 12, 2021 at 2:01 pm

    Ridiculously expensive. Why not focus on affordable units that even small businesses and homes can afford? (Answer: Greed…as usual)

  11. Jungwoo Park

    January 12, 2021 at 2:13 pm

    UV-C is really dangerous if you’re exposed to it for a long time! it will dry out your eyes and make your skin swell
    but is a very good disinfectant and also bug killer

    • RealityCheck

      January 12, 2021 at 4:01 pm

      It should be used at night time and/or when the building is being least used during the day

  12. WINTERMUTE

    January 12, 2021 at 2:27 pm

    blah, you could build this for $1000, just mount a UV-C light array to a Roomba!

  13. GeLo Langit

    January 12, 2021 at 2:32 pm

    is it verified that it can kill the virus?

    • gardengatesopen

      January 12, 2021 at 5:00 pm

      I had a nurse friend tell me it doesn’t kill Corona.
      But, I have no proof.

  14. Shangrilah

    January 12, 2021 at 2:48 pm

    Early radiation exposure for a fak e viru s nice!

  15. Surge P

    January 12, 2021 at 2:55 pm

    Can you say autoimmune disease?

  16. Surge P

    January 12, 2021 at 2:57 pm

    They put uv lights on a roomba and they want 40k for it.

  17. ABC EFG

    January 12, 2021 at 3:09 pm

    I bought a mini UV lamp from XIAO Mi for my car.
    I wondered, why not just install the UV lamp with normal ceiling light and set timer to switch on it.🤔

  18. Robert Montgomery

    January 12, 2021 at 3:23 pm

    Dear CNET. Kids under the age of 16 are essentially immune to Covid. Now, nursing home patients are not.

    • Richard A.

      January 12, 2021 at 7:23 pm

      Either way. Schools are a petri dish so it’ll be good to have that kind of thing around.

  19. Blender Study

    January 12, 2021 at 6:18 pm

    That’s exactly what we need at home and work. Thank you for the update, CNET..!!

  20. sherri moquin

    January 12, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    Surprisingly I don’t see any of those robots disinfecting in my state

  21. Harrison Bates

    January 12, 2021 at 7:52 pm

    Hall monitor LOL

  22. Vlad Macovei

    January 12, 2021 at 9:45 pm

    Super dupe grade robots are 4 quadrilion, so this is quite reasonable. /s
    Ar they pulling prices out of… thin air to make this look like an ok product. I don’t know how much a disinfectant UV lamp is but a normal CCFL light is a UV lamp coated with phosphor to convert the UV to visible light. So i guess not that expensive. And the base is a dumb vacuum cleaner robot with a bigger battery. I suspect a BOM of less than $2000. So this looks like greedy stuff.

  23. adrian suarez

    January 12, 2021 at 10:16 pm

    Intimidated by a moving lamp? really? OK.😭😭😭

  24. Requiem

    January 12, 2021 at 11:34 pm

    😂 it looks like an enemy straight outa splatoon 😆

  25. venom5809

    January 13, 2021 at 1:12 am

    Robot locks you in room and kills you with UV light, nah, that could never happen. 😒

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