CHINA-HEALTH: CASIC DEVELOPS HI-TECH AUTOMATIC COVID-19 SWAB TEST DEVICE
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The South China Morning Post (August 18) disclosed that an automaton that can perform a
Covid-19 oral swab test in 35 seconds became a star attraction at the opening on August 18 of
the World Robot Conference 2022 in Beijing, where a quarter of the 36 featured robotic
innovations are built for pandemic prevention and medical care. That new robot was designed
by China Aerospace Science and Industry Corp (CASIC) to mark the company’s initial foray
into automated Covid-19 testing products. Wang Shunwei, head of CASIC’s technology
innovation centre, said the machine could soon be deployed by the General Administration of
Customs in Beijing to test arriving airline passengers from abroad
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