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Humanoid robots offer cleaning services in San Francisco for $30 an hour

From Clarín · () Spanish

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  • A San Francisco company is piloting remotely operated humanoid robots that clean homes for $30 an hour.
  • The company aims to expand the service nationally and internationally, while critics question its efficiency and privacy implications.

Humanoid robots are offering household cleaning services in San Francisco for $30 an hour, in a pilot program that has unsettled workers in the sector.

The robots are operated remotely and the company behind the service hopes to expand across the United States and internationally. The technology remains in its pilot phase.

Critics have raised questions about how efficiently the robots can perform the work and about privacy risks inside customers’ homes.

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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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