Collaboration between Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati and Workspace Metal Solutions Pvt. Ltd., Udaipur, has developed a first-of-its-kind self-check kiosk. The Kiosk only takes about 30 seconds to check whether the person is safe to enter the premises or not. It is quick but very accurate contactless check which can determine if an individual is running a fever, low blood oxygen levels and potentially has COVID-19 or any another viral or bacterial infection. The fully automated touchless self-check kiosk has been designed as per the WHO guidelines. The Kiosk features first of its kind UV-C disinfectant box capable of killing viruses/bacteria present on the surfaces reducing the risk of spreading.
The self-check kiosk has been developed by Dr. Senthilmurugan Subbiah, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati and Puneet Talesara, Founder, Workspace Group, and Alumnus, IIT Guwahati. The cost of a self-check kiosk varies from 3.5 lakh to 7.5 lakh depending on the specification and features.
Dr. Senthilmurugan Subbiah, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, said: “The kiosk installed at IIT Guwahati campus is IoT enabled and its data analysis system is capable of face identification and creating person’s health historical data. Kiosk’s AI-based software system is capable of monitoring an individual’s health from historical data and in case of abnormal temperature and SpO2 level measured than the kiosk generates the alarm to health department authorities of their company/organisation/institute. The innovative UVC system design is capable of emitting UVC radiation from 6 surfaces of UVC box and that provides 99.99 % of virus/bacteria disinfection in 10 seconds.”
He added: “Overall, the kiosk system developed by IIT Guwahati and Workspace Metal Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Udaipur can provide a community solution to fight against COVID 19 by ensuring surveillance of an individual’s health and disinfection of the items belonging to the individual.”
Puneet Talesara, IIT-Guwahati Alumni and Founder, Workspace Metal Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Udaipur, said: “Current catastrophic situation made us realise the importance of hygiene for a safe environment. ‘The self-check kiosk’ is an invaluable solution for quick detection of illnesses and reduce the spread of bacteria & viruses. This is a 100% Indian product and I feel that it will be a very good resource to fight the pandemic.”
