Welcome back to Cheddar News as you know, A
I has become a big part of our lives.
So for National Robotics Week, we're taking a look
at some of the robots that are going to be
in our homes and businesses in the near future.
That sounds exciting. So joining me now to discuss
this more is CEO and founder of robot lab.
Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you
for having me and you brought a little friend with
you here today. Who is this? So this
is AC C one. It's a cleaning robot um
that can basically vacuum mops, scrub floors uh all
in one robot. Oh, ok. Can I
pick up big stuff? Uh It can pick up
uh all kinds of debris. It won't pick up
like a can of coke or something like that.
But everything is small that is on the carpets on
the floors there. We see him at work,
right? Yeah. Well, we definitely gonna talk
a little bit more about the C C one in
just a few minutes. But I gotta ask you
also, why do you think people are so fascinated
with robots? Um Robots are unlocking the human potential
. That's how I see that uh they release us
from doing the mundane tasks. Uh and, you
know, allow us to be, you know,
uh to, you know, get out to our
full potential, the most important thing. Yeah.
You know, a lot of people when they hear
about robots, they get nervous, not only about
them taking jobs, but also taking over the world
. So you say that they should be excited instead
. Yeah. So robots are not really taking jobs
, robots are doing the jobs that people don't want
to do anymore, for example, uh in,
in hotels. Uh no one wants to vacuum carpets
for eight hours a day anymore. Uh We have
this kind of robots that can do the job without
uh you know, taking any job because people are
not there anymore. Uh The same with the assisted
living facilities uh especially after COVID. Uh they are
getting uh into a lockdown situation every time there is
an outbreak and janitors that happen to be on shift
on that day don't want to be locked down for
10 days anymore. And they said, you know
, I I'm here to clean but I'm not here
to be locked down as a as a prisoner in
a way, right? I want to go to
my family, but they still need to clean and
that's what the opportunity that these robots are bringing to
this market. So it's not necessarily taking over maybe
they're working in conjunction with because even still those robots
will be, need to be serviced and need to
be filled up with liquids that need to be emptied
at some point. Yes. Exactly. And so
do you see it as a more, being beneficial
for these companies to use these more cost effective in
the long run? It's more cost effective, cost
effective for them. But it's also important for the
, uh, janitors, uh that can actually uh
scale up their, uh you know, their skills
, they can become fleet managers instead of just uh
robots that uh instead of just cleaning the, the
, the floors. So how do you see them
as fitting into society and how we look forward to
what's to happen in the future? Um So we're
going to see more and more robots that are again
taking over mundane tasks. Uh This is something that
uh we're really, really excited about because again,
the human potential is way more than, uh you
know, these mundane tasks tasks and we'll see other
robots uh in, in a couple of minutes as
well. Um And uh I don't think, you
know, we are anywhere close to, uh you
know, be able to take uh jobs. We
are helping the few that show up to, to
do the work. Yeah, I like the distinction
of that because a lot of people are afraid of
them stealing jobs. So I'm glad you cleared that
up and you got some other robots, you're gonna
be showing us a little bit later in the show
, right? Ok. Well, stay tuned for
that because when we come back, he's gonna show
us another awesome robot that could be servicing you at
a restaurant very soon.