PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a decontamination apparatus that ensures that all surfaces are suitably exposed to the UVC to achieve a desired level of pathogen reduction.SOLUTION: A decontamination apparatus includes: a motorized base with a transport system that is operable to move the decontamination apparatus; a plurality of UVC bulbs supported by the base, each of which emits UVC light; and a controller that stores a learned route to be traveled by the decontamination apparatus from a starting point to a destination during a decontamination process and controls operation of the transport system to move the decontamination apparatus along the learned route.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2020,JPO&INPIT【課題】すべての表面をUVCに適切に晒して所望レベルの病原菌の減少を確実に達成する除染装置の提供。【解決手段】除染装置を動かすように動作可能な移送システムを含む動力付きベースと、ベースにより支持されたUVC光を各々発する複数のUVC電球と、除染プロセス中に除染装置が開始点から目的地へ移動することになる学習した経路を記憶し、前記除染装置を前記学習した経路に沿って動かす移送システムの動作を制御するコントローラとを含む、除染装置。【選択図】なし