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    Cobots To Assisst with Healthcare Workers
    (NHCE, 2020) SRIDARAN P 1NH17EE037 POOJA V 1NH17EE039 SRIRAM SP 1NH17EE048 SARIKA M 1NH17EE049
    During the pandemic, many industries have faced their challenges, the highly affected being the healthcare industry. Major challenge for healthcare workers is wearing the PPE (personal protective suits) while treating the patients in intensive care unit (ICU). The corona virus pandemic has also increased the need for PPE suits worldwide. To minimize the physical contact between patients and healthcare workers in the isolation ward and to collect infectious wastage inside the isolation ward, collaborative robots can be used to assist with healthcare workers in monitoring the patients and in reducing the exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus. Collaborative robots or cobots can monitor patient statistic and alert nurses when there's a requirement for human presence, allowing a nurse to watch multiple patients simultaneously, allowing a nurse to monitor multiple patients simultaneously. Cobots may be seen moving through hospital corridors carrying supplies. Cobots have also started assisting surgeons, which permit the surgeons greater precision and a better success rate with their operations