Will Devon have a robot cleaner that makes a 'bid for freedom?'

Just weeks after one made a reported 'bid for freedom' more robot vacuum cleaners are being installed in Travelodges in Devon.

Last month a robot vacuum cleaner has become an internet hero by leaving the Orchard Park hotel in Cambridge - only to be found the next day under a hedge.

Dozens of RoboVac Buddies will now be checking-into the company’s three hotels across Plymouth. 

A Travelodge RoboVac Buddy has been allocated to each housekeeping team member to support them during their shift.

Whilst the housekeeping team member completes a comprehensive room & bathroom cleaning task list, its RoboVac Buddy gets to work thoroughly vacuuming the room.

This includes going under the Travelodge Dreamer bed and in every nook and cranny of the room.   It also vacuums the hotel’s hallways, public spaces and the Bar Café if the hotel has one.

Today, in a UK first, an army of custom made RoboVac Buddies have checked into 579 Travelodge hotels across the length and breadth of the country, to support the company’s housekeeping teams - who collectively vacuum the distance from Plymouth to New York every day.

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