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Keep Healthcare Workers Safe: Application of Teleoperated Robot in Isolation Ward for COVID-19 Prevention and Control

  • Geng Yang ,
  • Honghao Lv ,
  • Zhiyu Zhang ,
  • Liu Yang ,
  • Jia Deng ,
  • Siqi You ,
  • Juan Du ,
  • Huayong Yang
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  • 1. State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems, School of Mechanical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310027, China;
    2. Department of Gastroenterology, First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou 310003, China

Received date: 2020-05-22

  Revised date: 2020-05-22

  Online published: 2020-08-01

Cite this article

Geng Yang , Honghao Lv , Zhiyu Zhang , Liu Yang , Jia Deng , Siqi You , Juan Du , Huayong Yang . Keep Healthcare Workers Safe: Application of Teleoperated Robot in Isolation Ward for COVID-19 Prevention and Control[J]. Chinese Journal of Mechanical Engineering, 2020 , 33(3) : 47 -47 . DOI: 10.1186/s10033-020-00464-0

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