The Mayo Clinic Hospital in Jacksonville, Florida has announced that it will use autonomous cars to transfer Covid-19 infection tests to the laboratory after they are performed in the patient testing department.
According to the Dubai Future Foundation’s future observatory, the hospital has used four cars since the end of March, and although these cars are self-driving, a vehicle driven by humans is traveling behind them to ensure that the cars or pedestrians do not affect the path of sample transport.
The distance between the patient testing department and the laboratory is short, but the hospital wants to reduce hospital staff exposure to the virus and save time, "said Mayo Clinic CEO Kent Telen," Using artificial intelligence helps protect employees using the latest autonomous vehicle technology and saves employee time that can be devoted to direct treatment and care. " For patients, we are grateful to the city's transportation authority and to the Navi and Pep companies for helping us in these difficult times. ”
The outbreak of the Covid-19 virus was a blow to the self-driving car industry and led to the suspension of projects by a number of companies. Our team saw that this case is an opportunity to use the new technology to respond to this crisis in Northeast Florida and increase the safety of the test infected with Covid-19.
- It is followed by a car driven by humans, to ensure that it does not affect the path of transporting samples.