Michael Rowe

Trying to get better at getting better

Ceilings are unutilised space…

Hsu, J. (2023). Ceiling robots can reconfigure room lights and curtains. New Scientist.

I was initially sceptical about the value of robots on the ceiling, but then I thought about hospital wards, where the size of bays is preconfigured and inflexible. If you had robot swarms managing the shape and size of bays, you might be able to optimise the space more effectively.


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