Victoria Will Trial Autonomous Sentry Robots In Quarantine Hotels
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Hotel quarantine has been one of Australia’s strongest measures for keeping COVID-19 infections at bay, but it still isn’t perfect. Previous hotel quarantine breaches have resulted in state-wide lockdowns. To further increase security, the Victorian government is looking at introducing autonomous security robots in its quarantine hotels.
Bryan Goudsblom, CEO of Security company Monjon, says the high-tech guards could prove invaluable. There s a few things that it does better than humans, he said.
CEO of Security company Monjon Bryan Goudsblom says the robots provide a necessary function.(Nine)
The machines have a helpful CCTV feature.(Nine)
With 360 degree vision and fitted with 60 sensors, the American-built technology can conduct temperature and PPE checks. We are able to check them in and out and visualise who is going in and out ⦠we are providing that barrier that we believe is necessary, Mr Goudsblom said.
The contactless, added layer of security was successfully used at the US Open.