I don’t envy anyone window cleaning a skyscraper. That’s just way too far off the ground with very little to latch onto to be considered safe.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
While it’s true that window cleaning safety has come a long way since the birth of the skyscraper, it’s still a time and labor-intensive process that’s not without its risks.
We first covered the Israeli firm in March of last year when it announced what it referred to as a “pre-Series A” worth $6.5 million.
You can read more about that process in Rebecca’s recent writeup here, but simply put, it’s a method for raising money when investing has slowed that gives investors future access to equity in your early-stage firm.
CEO Michael Brown alludes to such fundraising challenges in a statement, noting:
The company currently has systems deployed in New York City, as well as patent grants in Japan and Singapore.
Skyline says the funding will be used for “the company’s ongoing 2023 business operation plans,” including expansion into additional cities and countries.
I’m a bot and I’m open source!
Do firefighter next. Let’s show the people that their strong unions can’t save them. I can’t wait for the future
Such a weird stance to be against an organization that allows people that work in an incredibly dangerous profession to actually bargain on equal footing with their customer base. If not for these unions the profession would be underfunded, understaffed, even more dangerous to the professionals. Or Privatised, more expensive, not universally accessible and more exploitative.
A better motivation for robot firefighters is that it’s very dangerous work. And robots could fight fires that humans simply can’t.
Robots could augment the firefighters tasks without replacing them, but the economy doesn’t want that
