Automatic throat swab sampling robot debuts in Jiangsu

Special: Battle Against Novel Coronavirus

(ECNS) -- An automatic throat swab sampling robot debuted in Jiangyin City, Jiangsu Province.

People can scan their ID cards and push the "start" button to finish nucleic acid testing independently.

The robot is able to replace medical workers to finish throat swab sampling, samples preservation solution recovery and disinfection.

The testing work of the robot has been completed so far, said the development engineer Wang Leijun.