Coronavirus-Free and A scurrying robotic canine named K9 dispenses hand sanitiser to curious kids and cautious customers — one of many extra surprising measures Thai malls are taking as the dominion relaxes coronavirus- free restrictions.
The hi-tech hound is managed utilizing 5G, a know-how promising super-fast Web speeds with quick response instances that’s nonetheless within the preliminary phases of roll out in Thailand.
Mimicking an excited pet, K9 roams across the in style Central World mall in downtown Bangkok, drawing the eye of delighted kids desperate to get gel from a bottle hooked up to its again.
“It is handy for folks to clean their arms, identical to a safety measure… particularly on this COVID-19 scenario,” mentioned Petra Saktidejbhanubandh, an advertising and marketing officer for cell operator Superior Information Companies (AIS).
AIS is aiming to roll out a 5G community for smartphones by the tip of the 12 months.
K9’s 5G-powered comrades embody ROC, which checks temperatures, and LISA, a buyer service-bot.
“For K9 particularly, folks simply assume it is actually cute,” Petra advised AFP, including they hope to dispel any fiction-fuelled worry of a robotic takeover.
“The robots are right here to help folks, to not exchange them.”
However, shopper Lapassanan Buranapatpakorn was unconvinced, saying that she discovered K9’s skeletal mechanical body “creepy”.
“I feel the execution, just like the robotic itself, is a bit scary,” the 29-year-old mentioned, although she admitted that giving out hand sanitiser is a “good thought and it’s Coronavirus-Free”.
Thailand has steadily lifted the restriction on companies, which have taken precautions akin to seating clients aside in eating places or erecting plastic dividers in therapeutic massage parlours.
The dominion presently has three,101 confirmed instances of the virus and 58 deaths.
