Robotic janitors disinfect local school, Sunport » Albuquerque Journal

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St. Mary’s Catholic School Students put a uniform skirt with school colors on their Breezy One mobile disinfection machine and dubbed it Macrina after “the patron saint of robots.” (Courtesy of Build with Robots)

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A small, rectangular-shaped robot on wheels is roaming around St. Mary’s Catholic School in Albuquerque, autonomously disinfecting the building to protect students and staff from the pandemic.

Four more robots have cruised the Albuquerque International Sunport since May, constantly disinfecting the facility to avoid COVID-19 spread in one of the city’s most-trafficked places.

St. Mary’s, however, is the first New Mexico school to adopt the “Breezy…