IIT Kanpur-backed firm to launch AI-powered Covid-19 disinfectant chamber

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kanpur-incubated start-up CuproHealthTech is in the final stage of launching an artificial intelligence (AI)-powered covid-19 disinfectant chamber for installation in the public places.

Disinfectant chambers are cabins where a solution is sprayed on to an individual to sanitise/ disinfect him completely. Although, many companies had zealously developed sanitisation tunnels in the initial days of covid-19 crisis in India, none of them was backed by research or followed basic safety norms, according to the IIT Kanpur.

“The Institute took the early lead in developing technologies to fight covid-19. In the past two months, our researchers and the start-ups incubated at IIT Kanpur have together developed personal protection equipment (PPE) kit, ventilator, reusable N95 mask, oxygen concentrator etc,” Institute Director Prof Abhay Karandikar said.