Containing COVID-19 in China: AI and the robotic restructuring of future cities. Issue 2 (July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Bei; Marvin, Simon; While, Aidan
• Is Part Of: Dialogues in human geography. Volume 10:Issue 2(2020)
• Page Start: 238
• Page End: 241
• Publication Date: 2020-07
• Subjects: artificial intelligence -- COVID-19 -- pandemic control -- robotics -- urban; Human geography -- Periodicals; Human ecology -- Periodicals; Environmental ethics -- Periodicals; 304.205
• DOI: 10.1177/2043820620934267
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2043-8206

Abstract

COVID-19 has generated interest in the potential of urban robotics and automation to manage and police physical distancing and quarantine. This commentary examines the intersection between COVID-19 management strategies and the technological affordances of robotics, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence (AI) in urban pandemic control. Examples from China illustrate the possibilities for urban robotics and automation in a new era of urban bio-(in)security.