The Tokyo metropolitan government is introducing robot staffers to hotels where coronavirus patients with mild symptoms are staying.
The Pepper and Whizz robots will work alongside staff in hotels accommodating coronavirus patients with mild symptoms. Tokyo Metropolitan Government
One semi-humanoid robot dubbed “Pepper” and another autonomous vacuum cleaner robot known as “Whiz” will be taking up their posts in five hotels in Japan's capital.Since April 17, the Tokyo metropolitan government has moved coronavirus patients with mild symptoms into select hotels in the capital to relieve pressure on hospitals.
“Quarantine life in the hotel is very daunting for the patients. I hope the robot can cheer them up and help make their time in the hotel as comfortable as possible," said Nasataka Tsuji, a spokesman from the Tokyo metropolitan government.
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