Technicians work on a second generation disinfection robot in a technological company in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, Feb. 11, 2020. Qingdao has called on technological companies to research, develop and refit disinfection robots which can replace human in disinfection operations. Some of the robots have been put into use in the isolation areas of several hospitals. (Xinhua/Li Ziheng)

Disinfection operation by robot, goggles made by 3D printer, 5G teleconsultation and drone... some innovative tools are deployed in many cities to fight against the coronavirus epidemic.

 

A worker shows a pair of goggles made by 3D printer at the additive manufacturing research and application center of Hunan Vanguard Group Co., Ltd. in the economic development zone of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 11, 2020. The company has been producing goggles for medical use with more than 50 3D printers working day and night recently. The first batch of 500 pairs of goggles it produced have been sent to Changsha and Huaihua to aid the novel coronavirus control efforts there. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

 

A 3D printer prints the spectacle frame of a pair of goggles at the additive manufacturing research and application center of Hunan Vanguard Group Co., Ltd. in the economic development zone of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

 

A worker inspects the operation of a 3D printer at the additive manufacturing research and application center of Hunan Vanguard Group Co., Ltd. in the economic development zone of Changsha City, central China's Hunan Province, Feb. 11, 2020. (Xinhua/Xue Yuge)

 

A drone carrying a QR code placard is seen near an expressway toll station in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 11, 2020. As a measure to help prevent and control novel coronavirus, an online register system for vehicles coming back to Shenzhen has been put into use since Feb. 8. To increase the efficiency, local police officers used drones to carry a QR code at the expressway exits for drivers to get registered with less contact with other people. (Photo by Lai Li/Xinhua)

 

A drone carrying a QR code placard is seen near an expressway toll station in Shenzhen, south China's Guangdong Province, Feb. 11, 2020. As a measure to help prevent and control novel coronavirus, an online register system for vehicles coming back to Shenzhen has been put into use since Feb. 8. To increase the efficiency, local police officers used drones to carry a QR code at the expressway exits for drivers to get registered with less contact with other people. (Photo by Lai Li/Xinhua)

 

Photo taken on Feb. 9, 2020 shows the site of a 5G teleconsultation at Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) General Hospital in Beijing, capital of China. (Photo by Kong Lingzhan/Xinhua)