Should robots manage Covid-19 quarantine?
The Briefing7 Mar 2021

Should robots manage Covid-19 quarantine?

The Victorian government is considering using robots to patrol the corridors of hotels where people are in quarantine to contain the coronavirus.

We’re joined by Bryan Goudsblom, CEO of Monjon Australia, the security company behind the robots. He says they’re the next frontier of technology and have a part to play in the country’s future.

So will robots take your job? Will they be effective corridor monitors? Are we talking Hal from Space Odyssey or R2D2? The robots are coming.

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