The robots are coming... to clean up after us
The robots are coming... to clean up after us
ByHemanth CSHemanth CS / Updated: May 12, 2021, 06:00 IST
A worker disinfects an IT company premises
In many foreign countries, airports and retail chains have been opting for robotic janitors to clean and spray disinfectants in public spaces and washrooms. And the covid-19 pandemic has only hastened more to adopt
robots for such work. Closer home, an initative has begun to develop and demonstrate a robotic janitor whose task is to keep a washroom spick and span.
ARTPARK, a joint initiative of
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and AI Foundry earlier this year, had initiated