16 Robotic sleep painter
While saving money through technology is a worthwhile endeavour, we also need to embrace the fun element of gadgets.
One company that is doing just that is Accor’s brand ibis.
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The chain has enlisted the help of a robotic artist that paints a guest’s sleeping data gathered from a re-designed mattress. The robotic artist system is the result of collaboration between Accor, ACNE robotics and BETC Digital for a project known as ‘Sleep Art’.
The robotic actuating arm paints a representation of the guest’s sleeping patterns taken from 80 sensors embedded in the mattress.
Data collected from the sensors includes temperature, pressure and sound, which are then sent via a Wi-Fi connection to the robot. digital image.
The whole process is done live in real-time throughout the evening while you sleep instead of generating an image instantly with a lump-sum of collected data., although the robot is based in Paris. Ibis chose 40 people who signed-up on their Facebook page to take part in the trials for the technology.
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Feb 5, 2013 , Singapore
Hi Dilip, i thought your comment was pretty interesting. I agree with you that hotels needs to start implementing more tools and technology to improve guest satisfaction. Also, Thanks for the tip on the Geteco tool you mentioned in your comment. I just visited their website and I must add that it...
Jan 23, 2013 , Singapore
An interesting read. Hotels consider guest satisfaction as one of the most important aspects within the hotel industry. There have been an emergence of tools and gadgets that have come up in recent times for hotels to use to better equip themselves for improving guest satisfaction levels. Being i...