Blue Ocean Robotics nominated for international top award

Danish manufacturer of service robots for the healthcare, hospitality, construction and agricultural sectors, Blue Ocean Robotics, is nominated for one of the most prestigious awards in the robotics industry, the IERA Award 2019. The Odense-based company is nominated for the UVD Robot, a UV disinfection robot that helps increase patient safety by reducing bacteria and other harmful microorganisms. With a UV disinfection robot, hospitals can guarantee a 99.99% disinfection of hospital wards and thus a significantly reduced risk of patients, staff and relatives contracting hospital-related infections. 

IERA Award is one of the world’s most prestigious awards in robotics. It honors the collaboration between science and industry in the production of robots and is awarded by the International Federation of Robotics, IFR, and the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (IEEE/RAS), which is the world’s largest professional tech organisation with more than 420,000 members in over 160 countries. The award is presented in Montreal, Canada, Wednesday evening, Danish time.

“We are very pleased to be nominated for the IERA Award 2019. It is a fantastic international recognition of our development of professional service robots and ventures from idea to commercialization and exit. We have a groundbreaking product that not only reduces the risk of hospital acquired infections for patients, but also visitors and hospital staff. Everyone can feel safe in rooms that have been disinfected by the robot,” says a proud Claus Risager, CEO og Blue Ocean Robotics in Odense.

The UV disinfection robot is autonomous and ensures that surfaces in a hospital ward are treated with light from several angles and up close. An independent study of the robot concludes that the robot eliminates 99.99% of bacteria and other microorganisms. The market for the robot, which has been developed in ground-breaking cooperation with leading hospitals in Denmark, is expected to be massive.

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For more information, please contact
Merima Cikotic, PR & Marketing Manager 
T:  +45 7199 5606 | E: mc@blue-ocean-robotics.com

About Blue Ocean Robotics
Blue Ocean Robotics develops, produces and sells professional service robots in healthcare, hospitality, construction, agriculture, and other global markets. The portfolio of robots includes brands like; UVD Robots, a mobile robot to disinfect hospitals and pharmacy industries; PTR Robots, a mobile robot for safe patient handling and rehabilitation; and a handful of other service robots. Blue Ocean Robotics develops the robots from problem, idea and design to development, commercialization, and all the way to exit. Each robot is moved into its own subsidiary- venture company, making Blue Ocean Robotics the world’s first Robot Venture Factory. Blue Ocean Robotics has just won one of the robot industry’s most prestigious international awards, the IERA Award 2019.

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