Sunday, 12 February 2023

Summary draft 3 ( Syahiir_S-RR_Draft3 )

 

After reading the article regarding 'How tech can ease the cleaning industry's manpower crunch', by GERMii (2021) , I learn about how future labour will be complemented by robots. First and foremost, since the COVID-19 outbreak, cleanliness has been one of the highest priorities. Because of the COVID-19 outbreak, the article stated that Harold Van Haltren, CEO of pathogen mitigation company GERMII, will be exploring the trends that will influence public hygiene. From the article it also stated that , "By introducing Whiz, an AI vacuum cleaning robot that has GERMII’s technology, which transforms ultraviolet C (UV-C) into a concentrated beam of light that is lethal to viruses, bacteria, and pathogens able to disinfect surfaces without relying on chemicals and sterilize the environment." As a result, having sterile and safe business premises provides peace of mind. With its capability of learning routes and creating reports, it saves the facilities manager time and cleaners. Whereby GERMii also stated that the cleaners will be expected to concentrate on more crucial chores, including sterilizing "high-touch, high-risk, or difficult-to-clean areas" as a result. Lastly, for its features from the photo it is given from the article, it has a 2D/3D camera (sensor), and with its small build, it can move around in a crowded area without any difficulties.

While the robot , Whiz, can learn routes and navigate around freely and cleaning ,where it benefits cleaners in the future purposes such as supporting labour manual due to its 2D/3D camera (sensor) , I feel that there are a few disadvantages to it whereby the batteries have a short battery life and when the robot is cleaning, objects such as twigs, can be clog up.  Not only that , with the capability of learning routes, the cleaning robots tend not do what they were program for.

One disadvantage is that when the robot is cleaning and navigating around freely, small objects can be clog up whereby  Baswal ( 2023 ), he stated  that cleaning machine can be defeated when small objects get clog up when it is specifically designed to navigate around obstacle. Thus , it can make the machine malfunction where it is costly to repair. Not only that, but he also stated the second disadvantages whereby that the machine has a short battery life making the cleaning job incomplete and when the machine is charged, it can only last for a roughly 2 hours and its recharging time may take up to several hours.

The next article also discusses the use of technology to support manual labour. The article which says, “Advantages and disadvantages of robotic vacuum cleaners-India” by Shareef (2023) , tells us that even though it can navigate around and clean floors, in paragraph eight of the article it stated that “ Robotic vacuum cleaner come with short battery life and in some cases, they will not be able to complete the cleaning assignment.” Thus, in some cases, where workers or cleaners tend to forget to charge this battery and when in time of use, the robot will either not complete its cleaning assignment or not do anything due to its battery out of charge.  

The third disadvantages where the cleaning robots tend to not do what they were program for, by McCabe (2019 ) , stated that “It might spend 20 minutes cleaning the same small section of the house and then miss an entire room.” Thus, if we apply this in a work environment, it will also miss a few cleaning spots. Not only that, but the video given by McCabe on the website is also a proof that the robots are not the best technology yet as it could not do what they are program for and hopefully soon, these robots will be better and eventually help reducing our cleaning jobs.

In conclusion, from these articles, I think technology will eventually benefit and reduce the workloads of these cleaners and workers making a safe and clean environment. As a result, reading these articles teaches us more about technology, how robots will supplement human labour in the future, and how these robots will make the world a cleaner and better place for everyone. However, having this robot do come at a disadvantage as we must maintain them properly and learn to use it well as this robot can easily malfunction and when it does, the cost of repairing it will be very costly.

 

 

 

Reference:

 

Advantages and Disadvantages of Floor Cleaning Machine (2023) (goodhousecleaner.com)

4 Disappointing Truths About Robot Vacuums | Wirecutter (nytimes.com)

Robotic vacuum cleaner advantages and disadvantages | Zelect.in

How tech can ease the cleaning industry’s manpower crunch (govinsider.asia)

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