Summary Draft 2: Cleaning Robot

The article, "How tech can ease the cleaning industry's manpower crunch" by Germi (2021) discusses how the integration of technology can solve the manpower shortage in the cleaning industry.

With an increase in the demand for cleanliness in the past 3 years due to covid-19, people have become much more wary and concerned about hygiene and cleanliness. The author's summary shares how we can incorporate robots and the existing workforce to create a more efficient and cleaner space for everyone.

According to the author, the aim of implementing robots is not to replace cleaning staff,  While the robots are doing more menial tasks such as mopping, sweeping, picking up, and getting rid of thrash, cleaning staff can dedicate their time to disinfecting services which are highly sought after during the pandemic.

The author mentions that companies can embrace the transformation with the integration of man and machine in the workforce. To ensure that both robots and humans can coexist harmoniously in the workforce, companies are spending money to upskill their workers by sending them to courses to teach them how to operate and deploy the robots safely and efficiently. Apart from learning how to automate these robots, they can also attend lessons and be deployed to more customer-centric jobs within the organization.

In conclusion, by deploying both cleaning robots and effectively delegating tasks, companies can implement the use of robots without replacing human working staff as more detailed oriented chores can be taken up by human working staff.

References:

https://govinsider.asia/intl-en/article/how-tech-can-ease-the-cleaning-industrys-manpower-crunch-robots-germii