> I suppose another way to look at it is this: how many businesses use robot cleaners to vacuum/mop their floors? Because as far as I can tell that is already s

> I suppose another way to look at it is this: how many businesses use robot cleaners to vacuum/mop their floors? Because as far as I can tell that is already solved (basically) but it isn't done because the cost/benefit/efficacy just doesn't add up. At least in the US, the parasitic labor unions are explicitly fighting such automation: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/automation-hotel-strike-ai-jobs/579433/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/autom... https://www.huffpost.com/entry/american-workers-jobs-inequality-union-automation_n_5ae043f9e4b061c0bfa32e0c https://www.huffpost.com/entry/american-workers-jobs-inequal... Cleaning robots may not yet be cost-efficient everywhere, but they can't be far off.