Vadodara-based Parul University has blended its engineering and medical fields to provide sustainable solutions for ensuring the welfare of COVID patients, while at the same time looking after the well-being of the staff members. University’s Professor Om Prakash Shukla took the innovative step of developing an automated robotic cleaner, for cleaning inaccessible parts of the COVID wards to ensure the safety of cleaning staff by maintaining minimum contact with the patients. This innovative project called “Clenoroboflex” is a recent addition to the University’s long list of in-house developed technologies. It is a remote controlled vacuum cleaner with a 15 meter long working range, making it convenient for usage in infectious diseases wards. The device can be operated by a single person and can operate it from a safe distance. This new development will significantly reduce the traffic flow due to less manpower required and the use of multiple cleaning equipment for the sanitation and

Author-Shlok Talati