KALIBO, Aklan – A remote-controlled robot called Logistics Indoor Service Assistant (LISA), which can deliver medicines to patients, will soon be joining frontsliners in attending to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients here.
The robot, a donation from Batch 1968 alumni of Kalibo Pilot Elementary School, was turned over to the local government unit on April 20.
Basil Tabernilla, executive assistant to Mayor Emerson Lachica, said they were “fortunate to have been given a unit of LISA robot made by experts of the University of Santo Tomas (UST) even though only a few have been produced by them.”
“The officers and members of the Kalibo Pilot Elementary School Batch 1968 worked together to request the said robot from UST and the Department of Science and Technology (DOST),” he said.
LISA is a robot designed in the United States but assembled locally.
Its base is like a toy car with a metal pole attached to it.
At the upper portion of the pole is a small tray where the medicine can be placed.
“It is (a) remote-controlled robot and can be directed by the handler to the patients, preventing direct contact,” Tabernilla said.
Equipped with a 12-volt battery that can last up to eight hours, it can carry medications and other supplies to the patient and help in the conduct of disinfection from time to time, he added.
With this, the virus exposure of the nurses will be minimized.
The municipality’s COVID-19 bulletin, posted on the Kalibo Public Affairs Facebook Page, showed it has nine active cases, 470 recoveries, and 21 deaths as of April 21. (PNA)
