Trundling around the hallways of Hong Kong's Cyberport innovation hub, the little Rice Robot is on a mission.
"Even after COVID, people are paying a lot of attention to contact," says Lee. He believes "this type of delivery robot will see steady growth in next five and 10 years."With a background in logistics, Lee founded Rice Robotics in 2019 to solve the challenge of "last-mile delivery." Lee says that during the pandemic, clients began asking about cleaning robots. His team responded by developing a second robot, called Jasmine, in just eight weeks. Replacing Rice's delivery compartment with a tank of sanitizing solution, Jasmine has two spray nozzles on her head to disperse disinfectant.
But the pandemic has changed that, says Kaye Chon, dean of the School of Hotel and Tourism Management at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Staff also need to know how to program the robots, a skill set that is lacking in the industry. To remedy this, Chon helped devise a new "smart tourism" curriculum covering AI, robotics, and big data, but says it will take time for current students to enter the workforce. "This is the way our industry is evolving," he adds.
It will cost an extra $13 a month of you're a Bell Mobility customer, $15 if you're not. It will spill your coffee 3/5 of the time and blame you for not having a 'Spill resistant' add-on. In six months it will be rebranded and cost twice as much.
no.
Alright, my wife would be happy! Lol
no thank you
It's about freakin time. It's starting to get old, this having to get my own coffee in the morning.
We prefer walking to the coffee shop and interacting with people.
I find it odd People are incapable of waiting for a pot of coffee to brew while getting their morning activities done.
Lazy for sure, but also so stupid.
Robots going to need a lift kit and 4x4 to make it to my job site for coffee time
I’ll just make my own, thanks
And your taxes go up to support the unemployed and pay the taxes robots don't pay. 😂😂😂😂 And it just looks like a garbage can.
CTV News is garbage .
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