The Neo is a four-foot-tall, 1,000-pound robot floor scrubber. The high-tech machine can cruise large commercial buildings on its own, with no human supervision required. This year, however, demand has shot up 100 percent just since the pandemic-induced shutdown in March. Suddenly, the need for thorough, reliable and frequent cleaning is front and center. “Before, a top executive at a big company would not really have known how their facilities got cleaned,” Mr. Sheikh said.

Source: International New York Times August 04, 2020 13:00 UTC