By TRN Online, Kathmandu, Apr. 14: A team of Nepali youths have successfully tested food delivering robot, named Robonauts, for those COVID-19 patients and suspects who have been kept in isolation.

The robot, made in the initiation of Robotics Association Nepal (RAN) in the leadership of Prithvi Chaudhari, was successfully tested in TU Teaching Hospital, informed RAN by issuing a press statement on Tuesday.

"The capital for invention of the robot was Rs. 96,500 only and it can deliver food up to 100meters periphery," said Bikash Gurung, Chairman of the  RAN.

Gurung informed that the association was capable of making four food delivering robots with the available resources.

"I urge every members of the association to work together for construction of more robots as such," said Gurung. "We can make 40-50 robots for now, if we receive help from our members in collecting required utilities."

Following the successful test of Robonauts, the Army and Police hospitals have requested us to make more robots for them, said Gurung.

The robot can hold weight up to 50 Kilograms and can distribute 50 packages of food at a time, he added.

It has been believed that the robot would help in protecting doctors and health workers from the potential infection of COVID-19 while treating COVID-19 patients.

The association has also been striving to create Drone Rapid Response team, air ventilator and Nepal Innovation Mapper team.