Robots Could Redefine Hotel Room Service
From: IEEE The Institute - 05/19/2015
By: Monica Rozenfeld

Fast and friendly delivery bots can bring items to guests in minutes

Service robot prototypes were put to work at two Aloft hotels in California's
San Francisco Bay Area: the first in August 2014 and the second this past
March. Designed by Savioke, a Santa Clara, CA, manufacturer of autonomous
robots for the service industry, the SaviOne prototype was developed 19
months ago by IEEE Member Steve Cousins. He and fellow alumni from Willow
Garage - creators of the autonomous PR2 robot, an R&D platform that can be
programmed to help humans with household tasks - decided it was time to
develop bots that could interact with the public.

It will eventually be marketed to other service industries as well, including
elder care homes, hospitals, and restaurants.

Read the entire article at:
http://theinstitute.ieee.org/technology-focus/technology-topic/robots-could-redefine-hotel-room-service

Links:
Introducing SaviOne by Savioke (video 0:35)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F70He3mVrUQ

Savioke
http://www.savioke.com/

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