Development of A Semi Automatic-Robotic Arm for Swab Testing and Intimation System Using Robotic Process Automation

The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is a health catastrophe and its consequences are severe and far-reaching. Globally the rapid community transmission is being restrained through testing to effectively mitigate and hence suppress the spread. While this has been widely propagated, the healthcare workers are being exposed to the citizens who may have contracted the virus or while handling samples at test. The scarcity of PPE kits and other essentials have added to the crisis. The paper proposes a semi-automatic robotic arm that would minimize human interaction while collecting swab and storing it, which hinders the spread and exposure of health workers to the virus. The Robotic Arm performs the tasks currently performed by medical practitioners and also automates the process of report generation and intimation to the persons who underwent the test using Robotic Process Automation.