It seems that some normalcy is returning to the world of gaming — at least at this year’s Taipei Game Show, as it has returned for a second year of public events despite the on-going pandemic. To ensure the safety of all visitors, and partners, even organizers continue to enforce strict mask policy, as well as bringing in some actual robots to help with automictic disinfestations.

Among  some notable event highlights from titles such as Genshin Impact, PUBG, and recently their Indie Game Awards, The Taipei Game Show is seemingly off to a good start. While the event is a mix of both live and public, many had concerns that the event would be a breeding ground for the on-going COVID-19 an d all its new variants. While the full outcome is yet to be seen, it does go without saying that the planning committee behind the event have been doing all they can at preventing the spread, so much so that this year’s show has been greeted with a new attraction — that being the robots roaming the floor, disinfecting everything.

Unprecedentedly, the entrances to the show floor were guarded by spray disinfection robots, complementing the standard anti-pandemic procedures, followed by a full sweep of the entire exhibition hall by medical-grade UV disinfection robots after the show closed everyday.

On the first day of TGS, passionate visitors all followed the anti-pandemic procedures as they entered the exhibition hall in an orderly manner. The disinfection robots even became an attraction that many visitors took pictures with the robots as they waited in line to get admitted.

An image of Chairman of Taipei Computer Association Paul Peng can be found below, along with these disinfection robots.

I have to say, that’s pretty neat! Hopefully they’re effective in limiting the spread of COVID-19, and we can have more gaming conventions go back to physical shows like before.