Context: Recently, Engineer from Thane has made a first-of-its kind ‘Internet-controlled’ robot specifically to address the needs of hospitals treating COVID-19 patients.
About Coro-bot 

• The robot has been named Coro-bot. It can independently dispense food, beverages, water, medicines. 
• It eliminates the need of physical presence or contact of nurses or ward boys with the patient.
• Designed and created by Pratik Tirodkar, founder of a start-up PNT Solutions, Dombivali.
• The robot also gives good advises to patients without the aid of nurses, staffs or other care givers. 
• The Coro-bot has been deployed for first time at the Holy Cross hospital in Kalyan.

Features of Coro-bot 

• The Coro-bot has three nozzles. The first nozzle is used to provide disinfectant bath for the robot himself. The second nozzle is used to spray sanitizers on both sides of the path and the third nozzle is used to disinfect the ground with UV light as the robot moves.

Internet of Things 

• The robot has a special option of controlling it through an application from any part of the world. This makes the bot unique. 
• The robot becomes the first in world to use Internet of Things technology in medical field.