The service sector is one of the main livelihoods for millions of people around the world. However, the long and exhausting pandemic period caused layoffs and layoffs in many sectors (especially the service sector). In addition to all these things, the idea of ​​working from home in another job attracts many people.

On the other hand, some hotels in the US, started to prefer cleaning robots over cleaning staff. Robots that work together with artificial intelligence have already led to the firing of many employees in the US.

Robots have already “paid off” their own money in 1 year.

Grady Colin, the manager of the Garden City Hotel on Long Island in New York, USA, replaced cleaning workers who quit their jobs due to Covid-19 concerns during the pandemic last year and were fired due to budget concerns. fully autonomous robot vacuum cleaner had received. After a long 1-year training period, Colin said that although the robots cost them a lot of money in the first place, the robots within 1 year amortize own costs and even stated that it had started to turn a profit.

The robots in question scan the hotel from start to finish when they are first purchased, mapping the hotel and combining the results of the two robot scans to identify the “cleanable” areas of the hotel. After that, these robots can clean almost the entire hotel in just 2 hours without the need for help. for every robot $30,000 (about 560,000 TL) Grady Colin argues that robots have completely changed the business. In addition, tech enthusiasts who are attracted to the idea of ​​an autonomous cleaning robot you booked a hotel to see the robots In fact, Colin says the idea of ​​the “robotic vacuum cleaner” appeals to everyone staying at the hotel.

The pandemic has completely changed the tourism industry.

Although the tourism industry came to a standstill due to the pandemic, it slowly started to recover in 2022. As visitors slowly begin to fill the hotels and resorts, many tourist workers, especially in the US, are refusing to return to work. According to data from the US Department of Labor in 2022 compared to last year 350,000 service sector workers have quit their jobs in hotels.

To close the gap between employees, hotel managers gradually started turning to autonomous robots. In addition to the Garden City Hotel on Long Island, Country Inn and Suites and many more hotels have begun using autonomous robots in their kitchen and cleaning departments.

In addition, hotel managers who have made a statement on the subject will deploy autonomous robots in various areas next year. announced that it would consider reducing the number of employees.