After human employees, Google now lays off robots that clean cafeterias
India TodayGoogle is reportedly laying off robots that helped clean the cafeterias in the offices. As per reports, Google’s parent company, Alphapet has shut its experimental department, Everyday Robots, which had been working on developing and training robots that could clean Google's cafeterias, among other capabilities, as per Wired report. As per the report, Everyday Robots was an experimental robotics project that had a team of more than 200 people working on various robotics projects, including the development of over 100 one-armed robots on wheels. The robotics experts estimated that each one cost tens of thousands of dollars and that was something Alphabet could not manage due to budget cuts, Everyday Robots was no longer financially profitable, and the project was discontinued. "Everyday Robots will no longer be a separate project within Alphabet," Denise Gamboa, director of marketing and communications for Everyday Robots, told Wired.
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