In their bid to combat the deadly coronavirus outbreak, an Indian robotics company has deployed drones capable of not only tracking people but also screening and sanitising them.

Indian Robotics Solution (IRS), a part of the Indian Robo Store group, who is presently in talks with the central and various state governments, have used their drones to sanitise several regions in Delhi and the NCR (national capital region).

IRS is a four-year-old Delhi-based company that was founded by Sagar Gupta Naugriya and Prashant Pillai, who are Non-IIT engineers.

According to co-founder Prashant Pillai, the company is aiming to thermally screen individuals in 'red zone' hotspots.

All major cities in India have been named COVID-19 'red zone' hotspots.

Explaining the mechanism of the drone, Prashant said the drone is fitted with a thermal camera that can measure the body temperatures of people and the camera is effective enough to track people from a distance of 15 to 20 metres.

The company said the drone can scan over 600 people in 3 hours of flight time and is fitted with a tank that can be used to sanitise.

It is also fitted with a loudspeaker for announcements and a night vision camera.

According to the company, they have been demonstrating and testing the new technology for around two weeks.

Footage from April 14, shows operators flying the drone as it tracks and measures the body temperatures of at least 10 people at a time.

In their bid to combat the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak, an Indian robotics company has deployed drones capable of not only tracking people but also screening and sanitising them.

Indian Robotics Solution (IRS), a part of Indian Robo Store group, who is presently in talks with the central and various state governments, has used their drones to sanitise several regions in Delhi and the NCR (national capital region).

The very first drone the company launched was named Corona Combat Drone-CCD, through which it sanitised a combined area of over 87 kilometres (54.05 miles) of remote and inaccessible locations which houses over a million people.

IRS is a four-year-old Delhi based bootstrapped company that was founded by Sagar Gupta Naugriya and Prashant Pillai, who are Non-IIT engineers.

According to Prashant Pillai, the co-founder, the company is aiming to thermally screen individuals in Red zones/hotspots

They recently invented the World’s first indigenous, multipurpose and transformable drone which they have named as Thermal Corona Combat Drone (TCCD).

It is fitted with a thermal camera and can measure the body temperatures of people.

Explaining the mechanism of the drone, Prashant said the camera is effective enough to track people from a distance of 15 to 20 metres.

Officials availing the services of the drone will be notified if it detects a slight spike in the body temperature of the person it is screening.

The drone can scan over 600 people in 3 hours of flight time.

This will help the officials to single out the person and take away him/her for secondary screening.

The hovering device is fitted with a tank for sanitising and can be used to sanitize the areas at the same time once the potential COVID-19 person is taken away.

It is also fitted with a loudspeaker for announcing and guiding while screening the people, a night vision camera with a spotlight for using it at night and a container for carrying portable COVID testing kits and medicines

According to the company, they have been demonstrating and testing the new technology from the past eight days now.

The inaugural thermal testing was conducted at 'Majnu ka Tila', an underdeveloped colony in the national capital.

Visuals show operators operating the drone as it tracks and constantly measures the body temperatures of at least 10 people at a time.

The readings are displayed on a monitor, affixed with the control pad held by the operator.

The operator is heard asking an official to keep an eye on the temperature readings.

Another video shows the drone hovering over the neighbourhood.

According to Sagar Naugriya, the drones were made keeping in mind the need of the Indian Army, various government agencies and high-end corporates.

They are presently in talks with the governments as well as investors for scaling their production up of the TCCD.

In their appeal, the company said they would need executional assistance from the government as well as financial support from high net individuals or investors to increase the production of TCCD and CCD, as they plan to bolster India's bid to eradicate the novel coronavirus.

They also look forward to building a consortium where the Government, private players and technologists can come together under one umbrella to fight the novel coronavirus effectively.