Saul The Robot Joins In The Fight Against Ebola

The fight against ebola is a global one, that is for sure. After all, we already have the likes of IBM assisting in this battle, while Facebook is encouraging you to do your bit as well, with robots being roped in to help get the job finished. Today, we shall look at the third category, where a new kind of germ-zapping robot known as “Saul” could prove to be a key ally in the efforts to stop the spread of deadly killer viruses such as Ebola, as it prowls through hospitals and various health care facilities throughout the US.

Saul happens to stand a wee bit more than 5 feet in height, and it will make use of high-intensity, high-energy ultraviolet rays in order to split open bacterial cell walls, hence making short work of potentially dangerous pathogens, according to Xenex’s health care services implementation manager, Geri Genant.

So far, a surgical team at the U.S. Air Force Hospital Langley in Hampton, Virginia, were trained not too long ago to make use of this virus-destroying robot, where it is capable of killing a single strand of ribonucleic acid (RNA) in under 5 minutes. This strand of RNA happens to be similar to that of the Ebola virus, bringing hope to the rest of the world that the tide might just turn in our favor.

Edwin Kee
Categories: Medical, Robots
Tags: ebola