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<\/div>Custodial Agreement<\/h2>
Robot janitors could be coming to a Walmart near you.<\/p>
On Monday, a robotics company called Brain Corp — seriously — announced<\/a> it had entered a partnership with the big box chain. By the end of January 2019, the tech company will equip 360 of the retailer’s floor scrubbing machines with a platform called BrainOS. If all goes according to plan, the machines will keep the store’s floors spotless — without the supervision of a human employee.<\/p> Typically, Walmart workers must manually operate the company’s floor scrubbers, guiding them down the various aisles every time a store needs cleaned.<\/p> But according to a Brain Corp press release<\/a>, a Walmart employee will simply need to ride each BrainOS-equipped floor scrubber around the store once to map the building’s layout. After that, the scrubber will be able to navigate the store autonomously, using a system of sensors to keep an eye out for people and obstacles.<\/p> The goal, according to Walmart, is to free employees of the tedious task of cleaning floors so they can focus on other parts of their jobs, such as helping customers.<\/p> If that is the case — and these robot janitors don’t actually cost any workers their jobs — they could improve the Walmart experience for both customers and employees.<\/p> But there’s also a chance that the collaboration could be a stepping stone along the path to robots that can do all<\/em> the tasks of a Walmart worker<\/a>. And given that Walmart employs<\/a> more Americans than any other company, it’s hard to overstate the impact that could potentially have on the economy.<\/p> READ MORE:<\/strong> Robot Janitors Are Coming to Mop Floors at a Walmart Near You<\/a> [Bloomberg<\/em>]<\/p> More on Walmart: Walmart Wants to Use AI to Track Everything Happening in Its Stores<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p> The post Walmart Is About to Deploy Hundreds of Robot Janitors<\/a> appeared first on Futurism<\/a>.<\/p> Read the original here: Custodial Agreement Robot janitors could be coming to a Walmart near you. Continue reading Helping Hand<\/h2>
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