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FACILITY MANAGEMENT

There is a significant reduction in
manpower and improved cleanliness
in the last five years with robotics.
However, there are ongoing challenges

like robots’ inability to reach all hard-to-
access surfaces and the continuous need
to monitor bacterial counts.

Nilesh P Gokhale

He then contrasted cleaning question to the community: “Are becomes necessary, automation
robot usage in Europe and the we ready about technology, about and mechanization can come in,
US, where they are integrated into budgets, in terms of user mentality, especially for hard-to-reach areas
daily life. “We do not have carpets, in terms of training? As far as where automation is essential.
believe in opening our windows for robotics, we are still behind and Looking to the future, Pankaj
clean air to enter,” he said of the need a few years before technology Patil affirmed, “The future of
Indian context. Jain emphasized can replace manpower altogether.” cleaning is in the cloud, robots
that automation is crucial where and industrial drones. Let us not
safety is a major concern and in Future of Industrial maintain technologies of the past;
industries like sugar where bagasse Cleaning together we can create smart
is generated, or textiles where a lot Reducing manpower is technologies.” Sandeep Rawal
of fibre is produced.
impossible; there are areas echoed this sentiment, confidently
He stressed the need for cleaning where automation becomes a stating, “With AI and robots
at the source, making automation necessity, particularly when utilized, dependence on manual
essential for dust removal. He safety is involved. In industries cleaning will completely be
concluded by posing a critical where cleaning at source eliminated.”

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