Singapore firm to make robot cleaners for rent

Production set to begin next year; machines to be used here, abroad

Cleaning robots Ella and Yi Wei at a demonstration yesterday to launch LionsBot International, a Singapore-based cleaning robot venture by founders Dylan Ng, Michelle Seow, and Mohan Rajesh Elara, an assistant professor at the Singapore University of
Cleaning robots Ella and Yi Wei at a demonstration yesterday to launch LionsBot International, a Singapore-based cleaning robot venture by founders Dylan Ng, Michelle Seow, and Mohan Rajesh Elara, an assistant professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design. The robot cleaners can communicate while carrying out tasks, to maximise efficiency in cleaning. ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN
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Companies looking to give their premises a good scrub may want to consider renting cleaning robots.

Singapore firm LionsBot International unveiled plans to produce these robots and offer them for rental, at an event to launch the company yesterday.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on November 01, 2018, with the headline Singapore firm to make robot cleaners for rent. Subscribe