In an attempt to solve the labor shortage, a test was released to the press to see if a robot that cleans office buildings can automatically get on and off the elevator to clean multiple floors.
The test, which was released at "Osaka Station City" in Umeda, Osaka, is to see if a 47 cm high robot that cleans the floors of office buildings can automatically get on and off the elevator to clean multiple floors.
First, I confirmed that when I hold the QR code, which is set in advance for how it works, over the robot, the robot moves normally and the floor is cleaned.
After that, the robot automatically called the elevator through the Internet, got on and off without pressing a button, and moved to another floor.
The subsidiary of JR West, which handles station cleaning work that has released the test, will continue the test to solve the labor shortage and to improve the working environment by mechanizing the cleaning at midnight.
Toshiaki Higashi, General Manager of the Technology Planning Department of JR West Japan Railway Maintec, said, "The time is approaching when we cannot secure a labor force due to the declining birthrate. I want to be able to continue to provide the situation. "