New York startups launch Somatic toilet cleaning robot, which is expected to replace Shangyu cleaning staff

CTOnews.com, August 18 (Xinhua)-- New York startup Somatic has launched its Somatic toilet cleaning robot, which is positioned as a commercial solution and "strives to automate the act of cleaning the toilet."

▲ source Somatic Robot official Picture Somatic claims that customers need to provide a monthly service of $1000 a month, and the company will deploy cleaning robots in their office buildings, which can "open and close doors by themselves", "take elevators between floors", "clean walls and floors with disinfectant", "lift the toilet lid to clean the bottom part" and "use vacuum cleaners to dry everything".

▲ source official promotional map of Somatic robot

▲ source Somatic Robot official promotional map CTOnews.com learned that the Somatic toilet cleaning robot is actually based on 3D ToF sensors and high-precision maps to automate work in the area.

In an official demonstration by Somatic in 2020, an operator wore a VR helmet to play "the worst video game in the world" to get the robot to "record all the necessary cleaning procedures" and then aggregate these toilet cleaning actions into algorithms through AI models, and finally combine 3D depth maps with building high-precision maps to achieve automated cleaning.