Fumihide Tomizawa, president and chief executive officer of SoftBank Robotics Group Corp., speaks while standing next to SoftBank Group Corp.'s Whiz autonomous floor-cleaning machine during a news conference in Tokyo, Japan, on Monday, Nov. 19, 2018. SoftBank Group is introducing a new robot, but unlike the talkative Pepper that went on sale three years ago, this one will skip the chit chat and just mop the floors. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg
SoftBank Group Corp is introducing a new robot, but unlike the talkative Pepper that went on sale three years ago, this one will skip the chit chat and just mop the floors.
Whiz, an autonomous floor-cleaning machine for businesses, will go on sale in Japan in February, the company announced Monday. The 32-kilogram machine is powered by self-driving software and an array of sensors from Brain Corp, a San Diego-based startup that is part of SoftBank’s US$100bil (RM419.05bil) Vision Fund. It will be available for rent for 25,000 yen (RM929) a month.
