Meet the Uninfectables

"Robotics technology is rapidly moving out of the lab and into the real world." As society looks for ways to reduce human exposure to novel coronavirus, digital technology has emerged front stage center. Computers, smartphones, videoconferencing tools and cloud-based services have curtailed the need for people to congregate, and risk becoming sick or dying. Yet, for many tasks -- tending to patients in hospitals, managing grocery stores, delivering food -- social distancing is not an option. Human workers can't escape the risk of being exposed to COVID-19.