Skyline Robotics' window-washing robot, Ozmo, is operational in Tel Aviv and New York,
Skyline Robotics is disrupting the century-old practice of window washing with new technology that the startup hopes will redefine a risky industry.
"What the LiDAR is actually doing as the basket is descending is sort of painting itself a picture of the facade that it's facing," Blum said. "We don't need a separate squeegee and a separate brush to get a perfectly clean window," he said. "It's one motion," he said. "Currently, we are experiencing a labor shortage in all real blue-collar fields in New York City," Halpin said. "We could hire another 20% just to keep up with the current work that we have at this point."
The Ozmo has some window washers, like Jose Nieves, a 23-year veteran of the industry and window washer at Rockefeller center, concerned about their livelihoods. He believes the dangers of window washing are overblown and that human labor should be preserved. "As a society we should not be cutting costs on the backs of workers," Nieves said. "I would say we have been doing a great job without these robots. Don't fix it unless it's broken."A growing legion of futurists, like senior research associate at Harvard's Labor and Worklife Program Aleksandra Przegalińska, study how humans and robots can collaborate, and specifically how machines can take on tedious or dangerous tasks for humans.
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