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UV disinfecting robots to be deployed at Singapore malls

Bots to be deployed in Northpoint City in May, and then in all 14 Frasers malls

Published Thu, Apr 23, 2020 · 09:50 PM

Singapore

MORE than 200 locally-made ultraviolet (UV) disinfecting mobile robots will be rolled out in shopping malls and the healthcare and transport sectors by the end of the year to help in the fight against Covid-19.

These autonomous UV mobile robots, known as Sunburst UV Bots, are made by local robotics technology firm PBA Group and are built with a lamp module emitting powerful ultraviolet-C (UV-C) light.

The robots will first be deployed in Northpoint City in May and eventually in all 14 malls owned by Frasers Property, PBA Group and Frasers said in a joint statement on…