An unmanned nucleic acid sampling robot had been developed in Shanghai, equipped on a portable sampling vehicle and can replace human medical workers to reduce the risk of infection, media reports claimed on Sunday.

The 2.0 version of portable sampling vehicle "Sairi" and the sampling robot were co-developed by Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (SAIRI) along with Chinese car maker Chery Automobile Co and high-tech company JAKA Robotics, which is equipped with a visual detector to locate the participants' oral cavity and finish sampling within 30 seconds.

SAIRI said 80 of the previous version of "Sairi" equipped with driver and medical workers have been deployed in six districts of Shanghai so far. The production speed of "Sairi" 2.0 with unmanned sampling robot will be fully accelerated after local pandemic was bought under control.