Summary/Readers Response Draft #1

 

Draft #1

According to GovInsiders’ article on “How tech can ease the cleaning industry's manpower crunch”(2021), cleaning robots can work symbiotically with cleaners. These cleaning robots focus on “time-consuming, repetitive manual tasks” while the cleaners focus on other pressing matters that robots cannot do like “elevator buttons, bathrooms, and desks”. Whiz, an AI-powered commercial floorcare cleaning robot from SoftBank Robotics, automates vacuuming so workers can concentrate on things that benefit people. Organizations can send cleaners for training in light of the current pandemic so they will be well-prepared to fully utilize the most recent cleaning technologies.


Additionally, not many studies were done on the consequences of using a disproportionate amount of cleaning chemicals that will be “concerning from health, cost, and environmental perspectives”. Staff should be advised not to use products excessively, and disinfectants should be carefully checked to exclude any components that might have negative side effects. One solution to tackle such problems is the GERMii’s technology to modify Ultraviolet-C (UV-C) into a concentrated beam of light that is “lethal to viruses, bacteria, and pathogens”. Cleaners just need to wash off surfaces using "soap and cloth" to disinfect surfaces without the use of chemicals. Whiz can adopt the UV-C light module as it is close enough to the floor's surface to "almost instantaneously" kill Covid-19, bacteria, and fungus. 


Cleaning robots is necessary to help combat the covid 19 pandemic. Industries such as SMRT, Changi airport and hospitals have adopted the use of cleaning robots and technology to ensure clean, safe, and healthy indoor environments.


Due to the global covid 19 pandemic, there are tighter measures to ensure high traffic areas are cleaned for human activities to continue with as little human contact as possible. This can be achieved as the goal of having machines is to efficiently do the work of humans but also eradicating germs and limiting human contact due to the public health threat.

(Lerman Rachel,2020).


The Straits Times article “Cleaning, transformed through technology”(2021) and “Cleaning robots deployed at Circle Line stations”(2021) shows companies that deal with high human traffic like Changi airport and SMRT are utilizing cleaning robots to work together with their cleaners. These cleaning robots cleans most of its “hard floors, allowing their cleaning contractors to focus on the remaining areas that are hard to reach  such as edges next to walls, fixtures and furniture and also carry out spot-cleaning to remove stubborn stains such as dried coffee or tea stains.”



References

GERMii.(2021). How tech can ease the cleaning industry’s manpower crunch. GovInsider

https://govinsider.asia/future-of-work/how-tech-can-ease-the-cleaning-industrys-manpower-crunch-robots-germii/


Lerman Rachel.(2020) Robot cleaners are coming, this time to wipe up your coronavirus germs. The Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/09/08/robot-cleaners-surge-pandemic/


The Straits Times.(2021) Cleaning, transformed through technology.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/cleaning-transformed-through-technology


Kok YuFeng.(2021) Cleaning robots deployed at Circle Line stations. The Straits Times

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/cleaning-robots-deployed-at-circle-line-stations


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