Today’s world is gradually being shaped by artificial intelligence (AI), where AI systems can create music, poetry, and news. A company based in New York, Somatic focuses on an important but not at all glamorous job: cleaning toilets.
Cleaning the toilet is boring, repetitive, and uninteresting, and not everyone wants to do it. However, this is an important job, especially in public spaces such as offices, schools and hospitals – where bacteria can thrive.
Applying automation to toilet cleaning is not only cost-effective, but also improves public health. As automation gradually changes industries, it is desirable for cleaning robots to replace humans handling unpleasant tasks.
Somatic introduces an innovative solution: the automated trolley-bot. This is not just an ordinary vacuum cleaner; it’s a machine with a lot of capabilities. It can open doors, control elevators and move through different floors.
When working, the cleaning robot uses disinfectant and sprays water on the toilet bowl, walls, and floor. It can even open the toilet lid, clean the bottom and finish with vacuuming. The vacuum cleaner is then stored on the back of the robot to prepare for the next job.
Although the cleaning robot can operate completely independently after installation, the initial process still requires human intervention. Somatic is provided with a small sensor that can be used to map the structure of an entire building. This data is used to create a prototype for the robot through virtual reality (VR) glasses.
Robot cleaning does not completely replace cleaning staff, but it can help handle routine cleaning tasks and send notifications to humans when it encounters unexpected situations, which often happens in the workplace. crowded public restrooms.
Somatic offers robot cleaners on a monthly service plan, which costs around $1,000 without any upfront costs. The cleaning robot operates 40 hours per week, which equates to a cost of approximately $5.68 per hour. This cost is less than the federal minimum wage in the United States, which is $7.25 per hour.
Somatic’s cleaning robots do the dirty work that most people avoid, potentially helping companies save money. These small robots contribute to a cleaner, more automated environment, and we may even be hesitant to share an elevator with them.