Gig Economy

Look who cleaned the office while you WFH

Whiz, the vacuum cleaning robot that is smarter than what you have at home, never cuts corners even when no one is watching

The writer programming a cleaning route for the Whiz vacuum cleaner. ST PHOTO: JOEL CHAN
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Hey! If we are going to get through this pandemic sane, intact and clean, we need bigger hardware.

We need machines that will clean our offices, wipe our noses, feed our children and empty our waste baskets while we work from home and wonder if things will ever be as they were. Until that day comes, there is Whiz.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Sunday Times on August 23, 2020, with the headline Look who cleaned the office while you WFH. Subscribe