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Walmarts are Now Being Cleaned by Autonomous Robots
This doesn't surprise me. I work part-time at a grocery chain and operate a similar floor-cleaning machines after business hours. It is a mind-numbingly boring task and I''ve often thought how easily the machine could be programmed/ configured to do it autonomously. That being said, it does come at a cost saving to the business, but a loss of revenue and hours to employees.
meh, fuck Walmart. but bring on the robots that do the bullshit so long as we put a book in the hand of the person who would otherwise be mopping or get him/her certified as a floor mopping robot technician. And when the robots become self-repairing and manufacturing, then we can concentrate on education, health, and leisure.
I actually test drove one of these. They are converted by a company called Brain: https://www.braincorp.com
I'm afraid to click the link; braincorp sounds pretty ominous.
Wait, those will be in the aisles while people shop? So besides avoiding shopping carts and all the people in the motorized wheelchairs, now you have to watch out for a 500lb cleaning machine? Maybe they only deploy them when traffic is low.
Lol, right?!