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Robots will soon help fight coronavirus in Kenya

Mission Excellence Global Service Limited, a Kenyan firm, has partnered with India’s Invento to develop Robodoc, an autonomously manned robot. The firm, which also has a presence in India, Tunisia, France and Morocco, will sell Robodoc, among other Invento Robotics products, in the African region.

Robodoc is capable of scanning temperature and pulse levels, asking preprogrammed questions, and using facial recognition so that once information is captured, it gets aggregated into and remains in the hospital management system for future reference.

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