Coronavirus: Robots use light beams to zap hospital viruses

March 26, 2020 by Oliver Gordon

Glowing like light sabres, eight bulbs emit concentrated UV-C ultraviolet light. This destroys bacteria, viruses and other harmful microbes by damaging their DNA and RNA, so they can't multiply. BBC NEWS

Robots could build martian settlements by imitating humans on earth →

September 04, 2019 by Oliver Gordon

New construction robots are learning how to do their jobs by mirroring the movements of humans, copying their motions to dig and stack objects. SE4, the software company behind the system, tells IEEE Spectrum that someday its fleet of excavation and assembly bots could help build settlements on Mars. FUTURISM