Sack your housemaid, UAE's got robot cleaners

For all those who’ve been complaining about their underperforming maids, good news is here. The latest in cleaning technology, a robot vacuum cleaner, claims to clean even those areas of the house where only toddlers can crawl, doesn’t put forward ridiculous demands and most importantly never talks back while doing its work at minimal noise levels.

Being advertised on one of the popular deal websites in the country, this robot cleaners mops, sweeps and even commands the dog to roll over. The makers of this little robot call it a tool that is capable of doing chores with a touch of sci-fi.

“It easily slips under almost all kinds of furniture - from carpet, hardwood, tiles and more. It also helps sanitise floors with its UV light, and remove odours through its fragrance compartment design,” the advert highlights.

But, will there be many takers of this little robot where many households have the luxury of having maids? “It’s a nice little cleaning equipment but not enough to do what the maids do and it’s just limited to cleaning the floors,” said a German national living in The Springs area.

“I thought the Japanese are working on some really high-tech robots but it’s still a long way to go. But yes, with technology life is becoming easier for those who can’t have maids. Dishwashers, washing machines, now this little robot, which moves on it’s own…is making life simpler,” added a working mother of two children in Dubai.

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  • teji 23 September 2012 14:33 4 0
    Chitti, MM, Kalam, I do not understand why you hired maids in the first place.
  • Kalam 23 September 2012 10:58 4 3
    Well said Chitti, the ironing is done out as well and for most of the days we order food from outside.
  • MM 23 September 2012 10:56 4 4
    My maid doesn’t do anything apart from the basic cleaning and cooking. My kids go to school and I take them whereever I go. I’ve given up on night-outs and movies etc because I do not trust the maid. I see all kind of horror things going around. I guess maid patriarchs’ haven’t kept a maid to see the compromises that employers have to make. If I had any kind of family support I would definitely do without them.
  • Chitti 23 September 2012 10:25 5 6
    @danushke: My maid doesn't feed my kid (the kid doesn't like the maid's rough handling), the laundry is done in a washing machine, and I do my grocery shopping on Friday (the maid's weekly off). For most of us in Dubai, this is the case. Can you even think of making your maid do all that you wrote?
  • danushke 23 September 2012 08:13 13 3
    Yeah right. Let these robts feed your kids, do the dirty laundry and do the grocery shopping.

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