TY - JOUR
T1 - Applications of Robotics, AI, and Digital Technologies during COVID-19
T2 - A Review
AU - Zhao, Zhuo
AU - Ma, Yangmyung
AU - Mushtaq, Adeel
AU - Rajper, Abdul M.Azam
AU - Shehab, Mahmoud
AU - Heybourne, Annabel
AU - Song, Wenzhan
AU - Ren, Hongliang
AU - Tse, Zion Tsz Ho
N1 - © Society for Disaster Medicine and Public Health, Inc. and Cambridge University Press 2021.
PY - 2021/1/8
Y1 - 2021/1/8
N2 - Many countries have enacted a quick response to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic by utilizing existing technologies. For example, robotics, artificial intelligence, and digital technology have been deployed in hospitals and public areas for maintaining social distancing, reducing person-to-person contact, enabling rapid diagnosis, tracking virus spread, and providing sanitation. In this paper, 163 news articles and scientific reports on COVID-19-related technology adoption were screened, shortlisted, categorized by application scenario, and reviewed for functionality. Technologies related to robots, artificial intelligence, and digital technology were selected from the pool of candidates, yielding a total of 50 applications for review. Each case was analyzed for its engineering characteristics and potential impact on the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, challenges and future directions regarding the response to this pandemic and future pandemics were summarized and discussed.
AB - Many countries have enacted a quick response to the unexpected COVID-19 pandemic by utilizing existing technologies. For example, robotics, artificial intelligence, and digital technology have been deployed in hospitals and public areas for maintaining social distancing, reducing person-to-person contact, enabling rapid diagnosis, tracking virus spread, and providing sanitation. In this paper, 163 news articles and scientific reports on COVID-19-related technology adoption were screened, shortlisted, categorized by application scenario, and reviewed for functionality. Technologies related to robots, artificial intelligence, and digital technology were selected from the pool of candidates, yielding a total of 50 applications for review. Each case was analyzed for its engineering characteristics and potential impact on the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, challenges and future directions regarding the response to this pandemic and future pandemics were summarized and discussed.
KW - artificial intelligence
KW - Coronavirus
KW - COVID-19
KW - digital technologies
KW - robotics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099118361&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1017/dmp.2021.9
DO - 10.1017/dmp.2021.9
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85099118361
SN - 1935-7893
JO - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
JF - Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness
ER -