Indian Startup To Disinfect Public Places Using Drones

In its attempt to prevent the spread of COVID-19, startup Marut Dronetech, founded by IIT Guwahati has developed drones and used them to spray disinfectant in public places.

Drones have been used by countries such as China and South Korea to control the outbreak of COVID-19.

At the moment, the startup is partnering with the government of Telangana and departments in the state to deploy drones.

Just recently, Telangana-based Karimnagar Municipal Corporation deployed Marut Drones’ customized drones to spray disinfectants in Karimnagar’s Mukarampur area where one local and 10 Indonesians have tested positive for the virus.

Marut Dronetech’s Co-founder and CEO, Kumar Vislawath expressed that in a crisis like this, with countries being lockdown to contain the spread of the pandemic, drones have proved their usefulness after being used by law enforcement to promote social distancing.

Drones could be the best tool to disinfect public places and reduce infections, monitor the citizens for crowd control, deliver medicines to people who are in home quarantine.

The fast-paced and contactless operations of drones will strengthen the government’s anti-COVID-19 efforts.

Compared to traditional methods, drones can cover 50 times more area. Plus, the use of drones can protect human operators.

Marut Dronetech has developed Public Monitoring and Warning Drones and equipped them with a camera and speaker.

Personnel can use these to monitor places for crowd gathering. Through the loudspeakers, they can give instructions to people.

The team at Marut Dronetech has tested several ways to adjust airborne infrared cameras for body temperature measuring. Results suggested that installing a cotton swab in the thermal camera field of view can boost the accuracy rate of the camera.

Drone cameras can be used to measure people’s body temperatures while maintaining a safe distance for the officer.

A recent trial showed that a drone took only 8 minutes to cover 12km, which, compared to traditional delivery, is 80 times faster.

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