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PITTSBURGH (Newsradio 1020 KDKA) - Pittsburgh International Airport has become the first airport in the county to utilize autonomous robots that use ultraviolet light to clean.
The robots developed by Pittsburgh company, Carnegie Robotics as “essential self-driving robots that clean floors in an ultra-efficient manner.”
The airport and other large public spaces have been searching for ways to keep their areas clean during the COVID-19 outbreak.
“Passengers don’t just want to see a clean airport — they want to know it’s clean and they want to know it’s safe,”said Katherine Karolick, senior vice president of Information Technology for Pittsburgh International Airport.. “Ultraviolet robots have been used in hospitals as a way to disinfect and kill microorganisms, so it is definitely something that makes sense for an airport.”
The airport is also looking at UV technology to help with cleaning escalator handrails and moving walkways, elevator buttons and “other high-touch areas.”
In addition to the UV light, scrubbers on the machine clean the floor surface with 88 pound per square inch of water pressure and chemical disinfectant can also be added to give three layers of cleaning.
Carnegie Robotics are using the modified versions of the machine that were built by Danish firm Nilfisk.
The cleaning robots are being tested at the airport to see how effective the UV cleaning is and researchers will examine the cleaned surfaces to see if any microorganisms remain.
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