<Anchor> As
Corona 19 spreads, experiments are taking place everywhere, from robots to store clerks instead of people, and from hospital to care. This is convenient, but there is also a concern that this technology will be used to monitor and control people as seen in science fiction movies.
I am a reporter.
<Reporter> This
is a mart in Seoul.
A robot that is only a kindergartener walks around and broadcasts information on its own.
[When coughing, cover your mouth and nose with sleeves of clothes.]
[I'm detecting fever. Please stare at the center of the camera.] It
starts to measure body temperature.
It is a 'heat-sensing robot' that applies autonomous driving technology such as lidar and sensor.
It's not perfect, but it's alleviating the burden on the staff who took the visitor's body temperature one by one.
[Go Kwang Soo / Hanaro Mart, Shinchon Branch Manager: Please be very curious. (We can't measure the body temperature of each visitor, but customers like it without rejection.) As
Corona 19 spreads, so-called 'non-face-to-face' and 'non-contact' activities are attracting attention. The introduction of implemented robots is also increasing.
Especially in hospitals at high risk of infection, its use is increasing.
We take care of the guidance and cleaning, and we also take care of interpreting.
[My stomach hurts.] In
China, a quarantine ward appeared where robots provided meals and drugs without medical staff.
It has become a global trend as countries face the limitations of the medical workforce and the quarantine infrastructure, but there are also concerns.
In New York and other major cities in Europe, drones are using the facial recognition technology to monitor the streets and China to screen out people without masks.
Harari, a world-renowned scholar, also pointed out that the recent technology's justification for preventing the spread of infectious diseases could eventually threaten human rights and freedoms.
(Video coverage: Hojun Choi, Video editing: Yumira, CG: Lee Kyung-moon, VJ: Min-gu Jung)
Robots in the spotlight in Corona ... Concerns about the threat of 'human rights and freedom'
2020-04-18T12:34:49.953Z
As Corona 19 spreads, experiments are taking place everywhere, from robots to store clerks instead of people and from hospital to care. This is convenient, but there is also a concern that this technology will be used to monitor and control people as seen in science fiction movies.
Source: sbskr