SCMP China reports: Robots appear in settings from dirty kitchens to dangerous steel mills as country pushes development of embodied AI A cleaning service that launched in March on 58.com, a Chinese classifieds platform, pairs a human cleaner with a wheeled robot and an on-site engineer, according to the Chinese newspaper Economic Observer. Humanoid traffic police robots deployed on the streets of China’s tech hub Hangzhou Each session runs three hours and costs 149 yuan (US$22), the same price as a standard human-only session, according to the report, citing an online comment. The robot handles repetitive tasks such as wiping tables and cleaning floors, while the human cleaner tackles harder-to-reach spots, scraping grease from crevices and removing mould from tile grout.
One cleaner paired with a robot said the machine could handle about 30 per cent of the workload, according to the Economic Observer’s report.
Originally reported by SCMP China. This story has been edited and re-presented by BRIC Team.
