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Vol. 28, No. 1 MARCH 2021
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FEATURES
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Medical Robots for Infectious Diseases
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Using Robotics in Laboratories During
the COVID-19 Outbreak
Lessons and Challenges From the COVID-19 Pandemic
By Antonio Di Lallo, Robin R. Murphy, Axel Krieger,
Junxi Zhu, Russell H. Taylor, and Hao Su
A Review
By Patrick Courtney and Paul G. Royall
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Digital Innovation Hubs in Health-Care
Robotics Fighting COVID-19
Novel Support for Patients and Health-Care Workers Across Europe
By Kosta Jovanovic, Andrea Schwier, Eloise Matheson, Michele Xiloyannis,
Esther Rodijk-Rozeboom, Nadine Hochhausen, Brecht Vermeulen, Birgit Graf,
Peter Wolf, Zbigniew Nawrat, Jordi Escuder Tisaire, Mare Mechelinck, Birgitte Sørensen,
Paola Roberta Boscolo, Michael Obach, Selene Tognarelli, Milica Jankovic,
Christophe Leroux, Giancarlo Ferrigno, Françoise J. Siepel, and Stefano Stramigioli
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The Role of the Hercules Autonomous Vehicle
During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Use Cases for an Autonomous Logistic Vehicle for Contactless
Goods Transportation
By Tianyu Liu, Qinghai Liao, Lu Gan, Fulong Ma, Jie Cheng, Xupeng Xie,
Zhe Wang, Yingbing Chen, Yilong Zhu, Shuyang Zhang, Zhengyong Chen,
Yang Liu, Meng Xie, Yang Yu, Zitong Guo, Guang Li, Peidong Yuan, Dong Han,
Yuying Chen, Haoyang Ye, Jianhao Jiao, Peng Yun, Zhenhua Xu, Hengli Wang,
Huaiyang Huang, Sukai Wang, Peide Cai, Yuxiang Sun, Yandong Liu,
Lujia Wang, and Ming Liu
ON THE COVER
This special issue of IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
focuses on how robotics progress has had an impact on the
COVID-19 pandemic and, in turn, how the pandemic has led
to progress in robotics.
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UV-C Mobile Robots With Optimized Path Planning
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A Robotic Health-Care Assistant for the
COVID-19 Emergency
Algorithm Design and On-Field Measurements to Improve Surface
Disinfection Against SARS-CoV-2
By Luca Tiseni, Domenico Chiaradia, Massimiliano Gabardi,
Massimiliano Solazzi, Daniele Leonardis, and Antonio Frisoli
A Proposed Solution for Logistics and Disinfection in
a Hospital Environment
By Christian Tamantini, Francesco Scotto di Luzio, Francesca Cordella,
Giuseppe Pascarella, Felice Eugenio Agrò, and Loredana Zollo
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