Autonomous Drone Disinfection for COVID-19

Unmanned Life通过其自主即服务（autonomous -as-a- service）的硬件不可知SaaS平台，为各种工业4.0用例部署自主任务，该平台可以控制一群无人机或混合自主机器人（如无人机和地面车辆），协同完成复杂的自主任务。无人生活平台灵活、可扩展，可用于公共安全、工业4.0、供应链和物流等各个领域的多种用例。“无人生活”已经与全球邮政和物流领域的主要财富500强合作伙伴和客户部署了这个平台。我们希望将这些知识转化为当前应对COVID-19大流行的紧急状态。公共场所和医院是感染新冠病毒的热点，导致病毒收缩更快。根据世卫组织2020年4月8日的报告，由于病毒可以在特定表面存活数小时至数天，因此对这些区域进行消毒以防止病毒传播变得非常重要。目前，所有消毒操作均需人工操作。消毒过程包括对工人有危险的复杂步骤，漫长而耗时，并且缺乏准确性和可扩展性，不适用于更大的公共室内和室外区域。无人生活公司（UML）提议部署自主消毒无人机群，这些无人机由其高度可互操作的自主即服务软件平台控制，能够在短时间内精确消毒公共区域。配备控制中心远程控制喷洒系统的自主无人机在室内外统一蜂群对建筑物、长椅等公共社区空间进行消毒，安装UVC灯的室内无人机对医院室内表面进行连续消毒。根据无人机的类型，每架无人机携带消毒所需设备的有效载荷不同。来自控制中心的实时监控由安装在无人机上的摄像机和流媒体系统实现。来自相机的彩色区域映射显示了处理区域的历史数据。我们的软件平台与现有的信息系统集成，为控制中心和市民提供关键的见解。这一新的解决方案将建立英国应急部门，作为全球采用的典范。

Unmanned Life deploys autonomous missions for various industry 4.0 use cases, through its hardware-agnostic SaaS platform for Autonomy-as-a-Service, that can control a swarm of drones or a fleet of mixed autonomous robots such as drones and ground vehicles, to complete complex autonomous tasks collaboratively. The Unmanned Life platform is flexible, scalable and can be deployed for multiple use cases across various sectors such as public safety, Industry 4.0 and supply chain and logistics. Unmanned Life has already deployed this platform with major Fortune 500 partners and customers worldwide in the postal and logistics sector. We wish to translate this know-how into the current emergency state of tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. Public spaces and hospitals are hotspots for contracting Covid-19 resulting in a quicker contraction of the virus. As the virus can survive from several hours up to several days on specific surfaces based on the report by WHO, 8th Apr 2020, it has become important to disinfect these areas preventing the virus from spreading. Currently all disinfection operations are carried out manually requiring human labour. The disinfection process consists of complex steps dangerous to workers, lengthy and time-consuming, and lacks accuracy as well as scalability for larger public indoor and outdoor areas. Unmanned Life (UML) is proposing the deployment of autonomous disinfection swarm of drones controlled by its highly interoperable Autonomy-as-a-Service software platform able to disinfect public areas precisely and in a short time. Autonomous drones equipped with spraying systems remotely controlled from a control centre work as unified swarms indoors and outdoors disinfecting places like buildings, benches and other public community spaces while indoor drones installed with UVC lights disinfect indoor surfaces of hospitals on a continuous basis. Depending on the type of drone, each drone carries a different payload of equipment needed for the disinfection. Real-time monitoring from the control centre is enabled by the video camera and streaming system installed on the drones. Colour zone-mapping from the cameras indicates the historical data of the treated areas. Our software platform integrates with existing information systems providing critical insights to both the control centre and citizens. This new solution will establish the UK Emergency Response sector, as a model for worldwide adoption.