AI-powered cleaning robots are now tidying homes in China
Source: Malay Mail
Published on: 2026-06-11 13:02
(New users only) It's tax relief season! Get up to RM300 when you save with Versa! Plus, enjoy an additional FREE RM10 when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with a min. cash-in of RM100 today. T&Cs apply. BEIJING, June 11 -- Beijing cleaner Lin Meiqiong found her work a little easier the day she was paired with an unlikely new colleague -- a tall, wheeled robot with AI-powered tidying skills. The 56-year-old and her white-and-silver partner, fitted with cameras and two mechanical claws, are part of a new human-robot cleaning service offered by Chinese household help platform 58.com. It's a baby step towards a future espoused by tech evangelists in which robots increasingly take over manual labour from humans -- though at the moment, such services are largely a data-gathering exercise for companies and a novelty for curious customers. "It's definitely different," Lin told AFP in betwe...
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