Meanwhile, seven months after the coronavirus began spreading in the United States, 29 million people are receiving unemployment. The robot learned the outline of the food bank’s main room and moves around at night, showering it with disinfecting light. Other cleaning robots are used in tandem with workers, ideally to speed up cleaning. But the cleaning robots are also doing some psychological work — convincing customers, travelers and patients that spaces are clean and orderly during the pandemic. A lot of customers asked for increased day work during the early months of the pandemic said Padilla from Spotless Cleaners.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2020 12:00 UTC