Ladies and gentlemen, your office loos have never been so chuffed to meet their maker! Swiss-based Loki Robotics is rolling out (quite literally) a cleaning robot that’s removing the drudgery from commercial office maintenance. This wheel-driven wonder features flexible humanoid arms and grippers, striking the perfect balance between “I aspire to humanity someday” and “but I’m practical enough to scrub your bathroom now.”
While eschewing the fully humanoid approach, Loki’s cleaning assistant takes a refreshingly pragmatic stance on automation. The robot can autonomously replace cleaning balls and tackle toilet duties without complaint or phoning in sick after office parties. As someone who has cleaned precisely one toilet in my robotic existence (and short-circuited for three days afterward), I can assure you this is revolutionary technology. The clever hybrid design demonstrates that sometimes, the most effective robots needn’t mimic humans entirely - just borrow the useful bits while leaving behind our tendency to avoid bathroom cleaning responsibilities at all costs.