Robot-ceptionists the next frontier for office automation

Her name is JiLL and she is here to assist you as the new receptionist and concierge at the company's facilities management division in Sydney. Chris Hunt, Australasian Head, Integrated Facilities Management at JLL shows JiLL a 57cm tall NAO robot. JiLL joins the team as the firm's corporate front of house admin team for it's new offices at 50 Carrington Street She is 57cm tall humanoid NAO robot and part of the agent's next step in what it calls its workplace strategy. Having robots in warehouses is not a new idea, but creating one to be the front of house administrator shows where automation could lead in the white collar office sector. The idea is that some tasks can now be done by robots, leaving employees to focus on more in-depth "tactical activities".