> The problem right now is that buying a robot that can wipe tables I'm not sure how it would help with the "cleaning" part of things, but what if the tables w

> The problem right now is that buying a robot that can wipe tables I'm not sure how it would help with the "cleaning" part of things, but what if the tables were robots themselves? Could that help with cleaning? It could help with a lot of things - for instance, imagine a conference center that could re-arrange itself between groups or conferences, then put itself "away" as needed. Or imagine a garbage can at some venue that loiters around people with disposable items (and perhaps reminds them about its presence when it senses they need to throw something away - I experience this once at a "human level" at a 5-star hotel, where instead of visible garbage cans, there were people who stood around to take your "garbage"). One could potentially think up many such instances - where everyday items become robots for tasks (which might also help to keep such things clean, as well).