A Friendly Cleaning Robot That Sings, Tells Jokes and Provides Welcome Distraction at a Munich Hospital

A floor cleaning robot named Franziska has become a wonderful, comforting presence to both healthcare workers and patients at Neuperlach Hospital in Munich, Germany. Aside from her floor cleaning duties, Franziska will often sing, tell a joke or just provide a welcome distraction to an otherwise stressful day during the COVID-19 pandemic. The robotic cleaner was brought in to temporarily to supplement the hospital’s housecleaning crew.

Her name is Franziska. She can clean floors, chat about her day, sing a song or tell a joke. She works at a hospital in Munich, where she cheers up staff and patients who talk to her or pat her on the head because Franziska is not only a cleaner, she is a robot.

Franziska was built by LionsBot International, a robotics company in Singapore that “creates cleaning robots as a service for commercial, industrial, and public spaces”.

All LionsBot robots are built with Active AI, which constitutes a vital part of LionsOS to drive its performance capabilities. Active AI forms the foundation to provide the outstanding functions of our connected robots

via Nag on the Lake

Lori Dorn
Lori Dorn

Lori is a Laughing Squid Contributing Editor based in New York City who has been writing blog posts for over a decade. She also enjoys making jewelry, playing guitar, taking photos and mixing craft cocktails.

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