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Egyptian engineer creates robot to help fight COVID-19

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Tanta (Egypt), 24 Aug (EFE) - (Camera: Noemí Jabois).- Egyptian engineer Mahmoud al Komy has created the Cira V 02 from nothing and with his own hands. This robot has a friendly face, two yellow sensors per eye, a wide torso and a wasp waist that abruptly gives way to a platform with four big black wheels. It is able to measure the temperature of people up to 5 meters away and take samples for coronavirus testing from the nose as well as the mouth.FOOTAGE OF THE ROBOT IN NORTHERN CAIRO, INCLUDES STATEMENTS FROM MAHMOUD TO KOMY (26 YEAR OLD EGYPTIAN ENGINEER):("It's the Cira robot, it's a medical care robot, it's made especially for helping humanity and COVID-19 fears. It has artificial intelligence technology such as vision and movement, and this robot can measure fever in public places, also the robot can take swabs from the nose and mouth".)

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