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The robot used for sterilization at the funeral room of Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery in Beijing, March 10, 2017. [Photo/VCG]

Robot to do sterilization job

Sterilization at the funeral home is an important job to ensure safety of the staff there and family or relatives of the diseased. Now a robot has taken up this work at Babaoshan Revolutionary Cemetery, saving labor and ensuring safe sterilization.

"Previously, one-time sterilization would take one hour with five staff members involved in the task. But we still weren't sure whether all viruses and bacteria had been killed, which was a threat to us and our family," said Qu Jie, an employee working at the funeral home. "Now my family also feels safer."

The one-meter-tall robot was co-launched by an institute working under the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the cemetery. The inventor said the efficiency of sterilization could be 98.14 percent, and frequency of sterilization can be extended to once a week.