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The Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS) has again shown its concern for medical personnel in dealing with Covid-19 patients. This time, ITS handed over the ITS-Unair Robot Medical Assistant (RAISA) to help medical personnel in charge of handling Covid-19 patients at the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital, North Jakarta. ITS through PT ITS Tekno Sains has submitted and signed the report of the handover of the RAISA and Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) robots to Head of Health of the Jaya Regional Military Command (Kakesdam), Colonel CKM Dr. Stefanus Dony. This took place via online on Friday (28/8). Previously, RAISA has also been used in several hospitals, including Universitas Airlangga Hospital (RSUA), Dr. Soetomo Hospital, Husada Utama Hospital, and Saiful Anwar Malang Hospital.

ITS Rector, Prof. Dr. Mochamad Ashari M.Eng revealed that patients referred for assistance by the robot are the ones who are not symptomatic and are still able to move. RAISA has key features such as two-way communication media monitor; RAISA is also able to operate for eight hours a day on a single battery charge. In addition, this robot is able to prevent collisions if there are objects in front of it and it gives a warning.

Prof. Ashari also hopes that ITS innovation through RAISA, a hospital assistant robot, can help the state and society in handling Covid-19. It is also hoped that the potential for Covid-19 transmission to medical personnel can be minimized. Meanwhile, Director of PT ITS Tekno Sains, Dr. I Ketut Gunarta MT pointed out that before the RAISA robot could be used operationally, the IT team from Wisma Atlet and Kodam Jaya conducted training first. Since the arrival of RAISA, which was sent on 4 August, the number of patients treated at the Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital has reached around a thousand people. Furthermore, this robot will be operated in one of the towers in the athletes' homestead, and is expected to be able to help medical personnel to heal patients.