Africa innovates Magazine -AI4DEV - Flipbook - Page 60
AFRICA INNOVATES
D R O N E S A N D R O B OT I C S S O LU T I O N S ( M a l a w i )
PRECISION
MAPPING
TO COMBAT THE SPREAD
F LY I N G L A B D R O N E S
This local Drones and Robotics Solutions company is providing mass disinfecting services using anti-epidemic robots that are capable of spraying
down and disinfecting areas of public use where COVID-19 can easily
spread, including hospitals, offices and markets.
Drones and Robotics Solutions is using its drones products
to conduct an intensive geo-spatial mapping to aid up-todate mathematical information, that shows the spread
of COVID-19 in Malawi. This in turn helps contact tracing,
infection and prevention programs, as well as how to distribute
resources. At the same time, this helps responders to better
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understand how various communities and neighbourhoods
are responding to the pandemic and the measures they are
putting in place to prevent infection. Coming with precision
mapping and prediction analyses, the drones are also being
deployed to spray and disinfect public utility areas prone to
the fast spreading and cross contamination of COVID-19.
