Abstract
Several challenges to guarantee medical care have been exposed during the current COVID-19 pandemic. Although the literature has shown some robotics applications to overcome the potential hazards and risks in hospital environments, the implementation of those developments is limited, and few studies measure the perception and the acceptance of clinicians. This work presents the design and implementation of several perception questionnaires to assess healthcare provider's level of acceptance and education toward robotics for COVID-19 control in clinic scenarios. Specifically, 41 healthcare professionals satisfactorily accomplished the surveys, exhibiting a low level of knowledge about robotics applications in this scenario. Likewise, the surveys revealed that the fear of being replaced by robots remains in the medical community. In the Colombian context, 82.9% of participants indicated a positive perception concerning the development and implementation of robotics in clinic environments. Finally, in general terms, the participants exhibited a positive attitude toward using robots and recommended them to be used in the current panorama.
Highlights
The recent outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread globally in an unprecedented way around the world (World Health Organization, 2020c)
Several questionnaires were proposed to evaluate the perception of medical robotics, as well as of three types of robotics platforms for COVID-19 mitigation and control: (DIS) Disinfection and cleaning robots, (ASL) Assistance, Service, and Logistic robots; and (TEL) Telemedicine and Telepresence robots
It can be established that there is a positive level of knowledge about medical robotics in general for the surveyed population
Summary
The recent outbreak of COVID-19, caused by the new severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), has spread globally in an unprecedented way around the world (World Health Organization, 2020c). Some countries are Expectations About Robots During COVID-19 resuming economic activities, and compliance with bio-safety protocols is still necessary to prevent the spread of the virus (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020; Favero et al, 2020). In this context, to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, different public health measures have been adopted around the world with multiple impacts on the social, economic, and political sectors (Douglas et al, 2020; The World Bank, 2020; World Health Organization, 2020b)
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