MAMA apartments are apartments that are configured in such a way that residents don’t have to do house chores.
They consist of houses connected to a food hub that handles all chores involved with food and a clothes hub that handles all chores involved with clothes.
When someone who lives in MAMA apartments needs food or clothes, they order them from the food or clothes hub and they are brought to them by a pod that passes through small tunnels.
When they finish eating or wearing the food or clothes respectively, they return the dirty dishes or clothes using the pod that passes through a small tunnel to the food or clothes hub where they are cleaned and stored.
MAMA apartments don’t need a kitchen, closet, appliances, store etc. and hence can be designed to be simple enough to be fully cleaned by autonomous robots.
The following are a series of articles that answer different questions about MAMA apartments. I hope through these articles you will get a better understanding of the infrastructure, technology and systems that will be used in MAMA apartments:
Can MAMA apartments really be constructed with current proven technologies?
In this article I am going to share my insights about the technological viability of MAMA apartments.
I decided to create this article since I might not yet have written an article about the technical details of a certain technology or part of MAMA apartments.
Hence this article is a summary of the technology needed for MAMA apartments so that someone can have a basic understanding of why it’s technologically possible to create MAMA apartments.
MAMA apartments can be divided into 3 basic infrastructures which are: The residential hub, the food and clothes hub and the delivery and retrieval systems.
So to understand the viability of building MAMA apartments, we have to understand the viability of building the three infrastructures.
Let us now discuss the technologies needed to build each of the three infrastructures:
Residential hub
The residential hub consists of houses the residents of MAMA apartments will be staying in. The residential hubs have no new novel technology other than the elevator system for the pods if the houses are built as a multilevel building.
Elevator technology has been available for more than 50 years and hence it’s easily possible for designers and architects to design a residential hub in which all houses have their own mini elevator system for the pods.
The interior of the houses is easily designed as it doesn’t need a kitchen, closet etc. making the electrical and water systems much simpler.
Hence the residential hub of MAMA apartments can easily be designed and built by using proven technologies and designs.
The delivery and retrieval systems
The delivery and retrieval systems consist of the tunnel and pod systems that will transport goods between the residential hub and the food and clothes hubs.
Tunnel system
The tunnel system is easily designed as tunnels have been in existence for more than 100 years and hence it’s a proven technology.
The tunnel system will also be helped with the fact that the houses and the hubs will be built from scratch and hence the tunnels won’t have to pass through any existing infrastructure.
Pod system
The pods for the delivery system will use line following technology to autonomously shuttle between the houses and the hubs.
Line following technology is the most used and proven self driving technology as it has been used in factory floors for more than 20 years.
Conclusion
Hence the delivery and retrieval systems for MAMA apartments can easily be designed and built by using proven technologies and designs.
The food and clothes hub
The food and clothes hubs will mostly consist of processing orders and doing house chores.
Processing orders
Processing orders includes food and clothes automatically being put in a pod when someone orders them, so that the pod can transport it to the house.
House chores
House chores in the hubs can first be performed by human workers with the help of automations such as washing machines, dish washers, cookers etc.
As more people adopt MAMA apartments, the automations for the hubs can be designed and bought by the apartments to replace human workers.
Conclusion
Hence the food and clothes hub of MAMA apartments can easily be designed and built by using proven technologies and designs.
How many workers will work in the food hub and what will their schedule be?
In this article I am going to share my insights about how many workers the food hub will have to employ and what their daily schedule would look like.
In order to understand the number of workers in the food hub and their schedule, we first have to understand the main functions of the food hub so that we can understand what tasks the workers will be doing in the food hub.
The food hub has 4 main functions: Storing food and food ingredients, cooking food, delivering food and retrieving dirty dishes, cleaning and storing dishes.
Let us now discuss each process and breakdown how it will work in reality:
Storing food and its ingredients
The 1st function of the food hub is storing food and food ingredients. Let us now discuss both tasks in more detail:
Storing food ingredient
Food ingredients are ingredients that will be used by workers to cook food for the residents of MAMA apartments. This task will be done by workers when the ingredients out of stock in the storage facility.
So storage of food ingredients will be a once in a while job that will be done by the workers of the food hub.
Storing food
There are two types of food that will be stored to wait for people to order them which are standard foods and main foods. Let us now discuss the storage of both foods in more detail:
Standard foods
The first is standard food which is food that isn’t cooked by the workers of the food hub. These include snacks, drinks, alcohol, water etc.
The storage of standard foods will be a once in a while job that will be done by the workers of the food hub when they are out of stock in the storage facility.
Main foods
The second is main food which is food that is cooked by the workers of the food hub. These include cooked foods that residents will eat for breakfast, dinner or lunch.
The storage of main foods will be done after the food is cooked and hence to understand the schedule of storing main foods we will first have to understand the schedule of cooking food in the food hub.
Conclusion
Hence the storage of standard foods and food ingredients will be a part time job done by workers on a weekly or monthly basis.
Cooking food
The 2nd function of the food hub is cooking food. The cooking schedule and number of cooks in the food hub will be different depending on the number of residents, how long they are willing to wait for the order and the size of the menu of the food hub.
For the purpose of this discussion, let us discuss both extremes, meaning, if residents can order cooked food at any time of the day and if residents have to preorder staple foods from a list 3 times a day.
Residents can order main food anytime of the day
If the food hub offers cooking services from a menu at any time of the day then the food hub will have to have 3 shifts per day with 2 of the daytime shifts having 3 or 4 cooks available for every 20 people during the day and the night shift having one or two cooks available for 20 people.
These are standard numbers I obtained from my research on how most restaurants operate and hence are reliable numbers.
The menu will also include the amount of time residents will have to wait for the food to arrive which will allow the residents to easily plan their eating schedule and workers to have enough time to work on the dishes.
Residents can only order 3 times a day
If the food hub offers cooking services from a menu at specific times of the day then the food hub can have 2 shifts of 3 or 4 cooks available for every 20 people with one cooking the breakfast and lunch meals while the other shift cooking the dinner meal and washing the dishes.
These are standard numbers I obtained from my research on cafeterias and restaurants that cook specific food which is available for a specific time.
Hence residents will have to say the 3 or 2 meals chosen from the list of staple meals offered that they will eat a day before so the chefs can easily plan their schedule.
Conclusion
Therefore the amount of cooks who will work in the food hub will depend on the type of service the food hub offers.
If the food hub offers 24/7 cooking services then, on average, it will have to have 9 to 10 cooks working on 3 shifts per day and if the food hub offers 3 meal services a day, then on average it will have to have 7 or 8 cooks per day.
Delivering food and retrieving dirty dishes
The 3rd function of the food hub is delivering food and retrieving dirty dishes. Food will be delivered and retrieved by pods that pass through small tunnels.
When someone needs food, they will order it and the pods will deliver it and when they want to return the dirty dishes, the pods will take them to the food hub.
Hence workers won’t be involved in the process of delivery and retrieval of food and dirty dishes respectively as they will be automated.
Cleaning and storing dishes
The 4th function of the food hub is cleaning dirty dishes and storing clean dishes. This process will be done at a specific time.
For example: All the dirty dishes returned since morning will wait for the evening to be washed, allowing the workers of the food hub to have an easier schedule to do their chores.
The dishes in the food hub will always be in excess of the people, allowing them to last the whole day (s) without the need to reuse the dirty dishes.
In order to understand the number of workers needed for cleaning and storing dishes, we have to revisit our discussion on the number of workers needed to cook the food.
Residents can order anytime of the day
We already said that if the food hub offers cooking services from a menu at any time of the day then the food hub will have to have 3 shifts per day with 2 of the daytime shifts having 3 or 4 cooks available for every 20 people during the day and the night shift having two cooks available for every 20 people.
In this instance the two workers working the night shift will also clean and store the dishes as the number of people ordering cooked food at night will be significantly lower compared to the daytime orders.
Residents can only order 3 times a day
We already said that if the food hub offers cooking services from a menu at specific times of the day then the food hub can have 2 shifts of 3 or 4 cooks available for every 20 people, with one shift cooking the breakfast and lunch meals while the other shift cooks the dinner meal and washes the dishes.
In this instance the 3 or 4 workers cooking the dinner meal will also wash and store the dishes as they will only have to cook dinner unlike the first shift which cooks breakfast and lunch.
Conclusion
Hence the workers responsible for cooking food will also be responsible for washing and storing dishes.
Conclusion
To conclude the food hub has 4 main functions which are: storage, cooking, delivery and retrieval, cleaning and storing dishes.
The Storage of ingredients is done when they are out of stock and hence is a part time job hence can be done by the workers working on other functions while the delivery and retrieval function is fully automated and hence doesn’t need workers.
We also discussed that if the food hub offers 24/7 services then it will have to employ 9 or 10 people and if it offers 3 meals per day from a menu list then it will have to employ 7 to 8 people.
Therefore the food hub will employ on average 9 to 10 people if it offers 24/7 services and employ on average 7 to 8 people if it offers 3 meals per day from a menu list.
How many workers will work in the clothes hub and what will their schedule be?
In this article I am going to share my insights about how many workers the clothes hub will have to employ and what their daily schedule would like.
In order to understand the number of workers in the clothes hub and their schedule, we first have to understand the main functions of the clothes hub so that we can understand what tasks the workers will be doing in the clothes hub.
The clothes hub has 3 main functions: Storing clothes, delivering and retrieving clothes, cleaning and storing clothes.
Let us now discuss each process and breakdown how it will work in reality:
Storing clothes
The 1st function of the clothes hub is storing clothes. Storage of clothes will happen after the clothes are cleaned and have been prepared for wearing.
So this activity will be performed by the same workers who will clean and prepare clothes.
Delivering clean clothes and retrieving dirty clothes
The 2nd function of the clothes hub is delivering and retrieving clothes. Clean clothes will be delivered and retrieved by pods that pass through small tunnels.
When someone needs clean clothes they will order for them and the pods will deliver them and when they want to return the dirty clothes the pods will take them to the clothes hub.
Hence workers won’t be involved in the process of delivery and retrieval as the processes will be fully automated.
Cleaning and preparing clothes.
The 3rd function of the clothes hub is cleaning and preparing clothes. This process will be done at a specific time.
For example, all the dirty clothes returned since morning will wait for the evening to be washed allowing the workers of the clothes hub to have an easier schedule to do their chores.
Once the clothes have been washed, they will then be prepared (dried, Ironed etc.) and then stored (first function of the clothes hub) to wait for their next use by the workers.
The clothes hub will have to employ 4 workers for every 20 people who will clean, prepare and store the clothes for their next use. These are standard numbers I obtained from my research on laundry services and Laundromats.
Hence the process of cleaning and preparing clothes is a part time job and not a full time job for the workers.
Conclusion
To conclude, the clothes hub has 3 main functions which are: storage of clothes, delivery and retrieval of clothes and cleaning.
The delivery and retrieval of clothes is an automated function and hence will require no workers for it to be performed.
The cleaning, preparation and storage of clothes will be performed consecutively and hence will be performed by the same workers.
So the schedule of workers in the clothes hub will consist of going to the clothes hub in the evening to clean, prepare and store clothes.
From my research, these 3 functions will require 4 workers for every 20 residents and hence this industry standard can be used to calculate the number of people that the clothes hub will need to employ depending on the number of residents.
Can we upgrade existing apartments or houses to MAMA apartments?
In this article I am going to share my insights about the possibility of upgrading existing apartments or houses into MAMA apartments.
We can certainly upgrade existing houses or apartments to become MAMA apartments but most people and apartment complexes won’t be able to afford the upgrades as they will be too expensive.
Let us now discuss the upgrades needed to convert current houses or apartments into MAMA apartments so that we can understand why they are expensive:
Pod system
The first upgrade that will be needed is the pod system. The pod system will require the houses to build tunnel roads (and elevator systems if it’s a multilevel building) to each room.
For conveniences sake, the pod system will have to go to each room so that people can easily obtain their clothes from the clothes hub without going out of the room.
So the construction and operation of the pod system won’t be too expensive as long as there’s enough space for the tunnels and people or apartment complexes can afford the pod system price.
Food and Clothes hub
The 2nd upgrade that will be needed is the construction of the food and clothes hub.
As long as there is space for the food and clothes hub to be constructed, they can easily be constructed using standardized designs and technologies.
Since the hubs are semi automated and operated by house workers, people or apartment complexes will also have to pay for the house workers who will be working the hubs.
So the construction and operation of the food and clothes hub won’t be as expensive as long as there’s enough space in the house or apartment complex to construct them and the residents can afford to pay for house workers.
Self cleaning house
The 3rd upgrade that will be needed is the creation of autonomous robots that can fully clean the house.
This will be important as many house chores are about house cleaning and hence without a self cleaning house, an apartment cannot be considered a MAMA apartment since residents will still have to do the house chores involved with cleaning the house.
Although this upgrade seems simple as the house won’t need to have a kitchen, closet, appliances etc. it will still be complex as the autonomous robots will have to be designed to specifically clean the toilet, the windows, the store etc.
This can be offset by changing the windows, doors, toilet etc. to the standardized designs that the autonomous robots can already clean.
But you have to remember that this is not taking into account the outdoor areas that most houses have, which will also need to be cleaned in most houses.
The outdoor areas will likely be cleaned by a worker on a part time basis because if robots are used then they will have to be factory designed robots or will require a change of the outdoor areas to simplify cleaning.
So the creation of the self cleaning house won’t be cheap as there will have to be many upgrades and design changes if it’s to become a reality.
Conclusion
To conclude, upgrading existing apartments or houses to become MAMA apartments won’t be impossible but will certainly require a lot of effort and funds for it to succeed.
On my view, home upgrades will be common in places where MAMA apartments have already been built from scratch and the upgrades will be an extension of the MAMA apartment services to normal houses.
How will the automated clothes delivery and retrieval systems work?
In this article I will share my insights on how the automated clothes delivery and retrieval systems will work.
There are basically 6 steps involved with the autonomous delivery and retrieval of clothes. The 7 steps are: Ordering clothes, Pod taking clothes, Pod delivering clothes, pod returning clean bin, ordering a pod to take dirty clothes, Pod retrieving dirty clothes, pod removing dirty clothes.
Let us now discuss each step and understand how it functions:
Ordering clothes
The first step is ordering clothes. You can either order through your Smartphone app or order through voice commands depending on your choice and complexity of order.
For example, if you want to order your towel, you can use voice commands but if you want to order a specific shirt of yours, you have to use the app unless you have already set a specific voice command for the shirt.
Pod taking clothes
The second step is a pod in the clothes hub getting the clothes you ordered from the storage area.
There are many different automated mechanisms that can be used to put the correct clothes ordered into a pod for delivery and the following is the simplest that I have been able to come up with after my years of research.
Once you order the clothes, a pod in the clothes hub will first pass through a bin docking system consisting of a row of bins of different sizes stack together.
The pod will pass underneath the stack of bins that will fit the amount of clothes you have ordered.
The bin will mechanically dock on the pod and another bin will then fall from the rack waiting for another pod to pass.
The pod that has successfully taken a bin will then go to the location the clothes or shoes you have ordered have been hanged.
Once the pod is in position, the hanger will automatically release the clothes into the pod. If you have ordered many clothes, the pod will repeat this process until it has collected all the clothes you have ordered.
Pod delivering clothes
The third step is the pod delivering clothes to your house through passing through the small tunnels and an elevator system if it’s a multi level building.
When it reaches your home, the voice assistant or notification will beep in your phone to notify you that the clothes have arrived and you will then open the doors of the mini elevator and find the pod inside.
You will then take your clothes and close the doors of the mini elevator which will signal for the pod to return to the clothes hub with its empty bin.
Pod removing empty bin
The fourth step is the pod removing the empty clean bin in the clothes hub. There are many different automated mechanisms that can be used to remove the bin from the pods and store them.
The following is the simplest mechanism that I have been able to come up with after my years of research.
The pod will go to a location where the bin will be mechanically removed through a trap system while the pod will continue its journey to its parking area.
The bin will then be vertically hoisted up by an automated system and put into a rack of clean bins where it will stack with the other clean bins. The vertical system will put it in a rack of bins of the same size to ensure they stack together.
Ordering a pod to come take dirty clothes
The fifth step is someone ordering a pod to come collect dirty clothes and take them to the clothes hub.
When you want to return dirty clothes, you will order for a pod to take your dirty clothes for cleaning and storing through the Smartphone app or voice command.
If there’s a pod that has brought clean clothes, you can order it to return the dirty clothes through the Smartphone app or voice command.
Pod retrieving dirty clothes
The 6th step is the pod retrieving dirty clothes from the house of the resident who ordered for the task.
Once you order for a pod to come retrieve dirty clothes, a pod in the clothes hub will first pass through a bin docking system with a row of bins of different sizes stack together.
The pod will pass underneath the stack of bins that will fit the amount of dirty clothes you have ordered to be retrieved.
The bin will mechanically dock on the pod and another bin will then fall from the rack waiting for another pod to pass.
The pod will then travel to the resident’s house and when it arrives the resident will be notified through a voice prompt or a notification beep in the Smartphone.
You will then open the doors of the mini elevator and find the pod and you will put the dirty clothes in the pod.
When you close the doors of the mini elevator, the pod will then take the dirty clothes to the clothes hub.
Pod removing clothes
The 7th step is the pod removing the bin with dirty clothes and going to its parking space.
There are many different automated mechanisms that can be used to remove the bin from the pods and store them to wait for workers to take out the clothes and clean them.
The following is the simplest mechanism that I have been able to come up with after my years of research.
The pod will go to a location where the bin will be mechanically removed through a trap system and it will continue its journey.
The bin will then be vertically hoisted up by an automated system and put into a rack of used bins where it will stack with the other used bins. The vertical system will put it in a rack of bins of the same size to ensure they stack together.
Conclusion
To conclude, the automated clothes delivery and retrieval system is simple and can be created using existing technologies.
How will the automated food delivery and retrieval systems work?
In this article I will share my insights on how the automated food delivery and retrieval systems will work.
There are basically 7 steps involved with the autonomous delivery and retrieval of clothes. The 7 steps are: Ordering food, Pod taking food, Pod delivering food, pod returning clean bin, ordering a pod to take dirty dishes, Pod retrieving dirty dishes, pod removing dirty dishes.
Let us now discuss each step and understand how it functions:
Ordering food
The first step in the autonomous delivery and retrieval of food is a resident ordering food.
You can either order through your Smartphone app or order through voice commands depending on your choice and complexity of order.
For example, if you want to order a bottle of water, you can use voice commands but if you want to order your dinner, you have to use the app unless you have already set a specific voice command for the details of your dinner.
Pod autonomously taking food
The second step in the autonomous delivery and retrieval of food is a pod autonomously taking the correct food.
There are two kinds of food that will be delivered to houses. The two types of food are: Main food and Standard food. Let us discuss what they are and how pods will take each from the food hub:
Main foods
The main food will be food that has to be prepared by cooks and has a specific time to be delivered such as breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Once the cooks have prepared the main foods, they will mechanically dock the containers with the main foods on the pods.
Standard foods
The standard foods will be food that is not prepared by cooks and is instead available at any time of the day. These foods include snacks, water, drinks, fruits, alcohol etc.
There are many different automated mechanisms that can be used to put the correct standard food ordered into a pod for delivery and the following is the simplest that I have been able to come up with after many years of research.
Once you order the standard food, a pod in the food hub will first pass through a bin docking system with a row of bins of different sizes stack together.
The pod will pass underneath the stack of bins that will fit the amount of standard food you have ordered.
The bin will mechanically dock on the pod and another bin will then fall from the rack to the docking area where it will wait for another pod to pass.
The pod that the bin has successfully docked on will then go to the location of the storage area of the standard foods.
The standard foods will be stored in containers that are vertically stacked together in an automated system.
Once the pod is in position, an automated system will automatically release a box containing the desired standard food into the bin of the pod.
If you have ordered many standard foods, the pod will repeat this process until it has collected all the standard foods you have ordered.
Drinks that can be ordered in bulk by people will also be put inside bins that can mechanically dock on pods when they pass underneath them. These include water, alcohol etc.
Pod delivering food
The third step in the autonomous delivery and retrieval of food is the pod delivering food to the resident’s house.
Once the pod has already collected the correct order of food, it will then deliver it to your house through passing through the small tunnels and when it reaches your home the voice assistant or notification will beep in your phone to notify you that the food has arrived and you will then take your food through opening the doors of the mini elevator and finding the pod inside.
Once you take your food and close the doors of the mini elevator, the pod will return to the food hub with its bin.
The containers will have to be of high quality to ensure the main food doesn’t go cold and there can also be an on the ground microwave that the pod can pass through and reheat the food if the food has started getting cold.
Pod removing empty bin
The fourth step is the pod removing the empty clean bin in the food hub. There are many different automated mechanisms that can be used to remove the bin from the pods and store them.
The following is the simplest mechanism that I have been able to come up with after my years of research.
The pod will go to a location where the bin will be mechanically removed through a trap system and it will continue its journey.
The bin will then be vertically hosted up by an automated system and put into a rack of clean bins where it will stack with the other clean bins. The vertical system will put it in a rack of bins of the same size to ensure they stack together.
Ordering a pod to come take dirty dishes
The fifth step is ordering a pod to come retrieve dirty dishes.
When you want to return dirty dishes, you will order for a pod to take your dirty dishes for cleaning and storing or if there’s a pod that has brought clean dishes, you can order it to return the dirty dishes through the Smartphone or voice command.
Pod retrieving dirty dishes
The sixth step in the automated delivery and retrieval system is the pod retrieving dirty dishes.
Once the order is received in the food hub, a pod will first pass through a bin docking system with a row of bins of different sizes stack together.
The pod will pass underneath the stack of bins that will fit the amount of dirty dishes you have ordered to be retrieved.
The bin will mechanically dock on the pod and another bin will then fall from the rack waiting for another pod to pass.
The pod will then travel to the resident’s house and when it arrives, the resident will be notified through a voice prompt or a notification beep in the Smartphone.
You will then open the doors of the mini elevator and find the pod and you will put the dirty dishes in the pod.
When you close the doors of the mini elevator, the pod will then take the dirty dishes to the food hub.
Pod removing dirty dishes
There are many different automated mechanisms that can be used to remove the bin from the pods and store them to wait for workers to take out the dishes and clean them.
The following is the simplest mechanism that I have been able to come up with after my years of research.
The pod will go to a location where the bin will be mechanically removed from it and it will continue its journey.
The bin will then be vertically hoisted up by an automated system and put into a rack of used bins where it will stack with the other used bins.
The vertical system will put the bin in a rack of bins of the same size to ensure they stack together.
The bin of dirty dishes will then stay in the rack until workers remove them from the racks to clean them in the washing machines.
Conclusion
To conclude, the automated food delivery and retrieval system is simple and can be created using existing technologies.
Can the food hub really be fully automated?
In this article I am going to share my insights on the topic of automation of the food hub. The first thing I realized when I was inquiring about the possibility of automating the food hub was that most of the automations already exist.
There are already fully automated dish cleaning systems, fully automated food ingredients systems, fully automated food factories etc.
Hence I quickly realized that it was 100% possible to automate the hubs and the big problem was the cost of automation as most of the automations I found run into the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and even millions to create.
So the question of automation of the food hub is not if the processes can be automated but if the benefits of automation can justify the cost of automation.
The main criterion for justification of an automation of the food hub that I used was if the automation will be used in all MAMA apartments all over the world.
Let us now discuss each function of the food hub and analyze if the automation of the function can be used in MAMA apartments all over the world.
Storing standard foods
Standard foods are foods that aren’t cooked by the chefs of the food hub. These include water, snacks, drinks, alcohol etc.
The process of storing standard foods involves workers putting standard foods in the containers that are then stacked vertically in an automated system.
Automating the process of storing standard foods is justified as the automation will be used all over the world in all MAMA apartments.
Cooking main food
Main food is the food that is cooked by the chefs of the food hub as breakfast, dinner or lunch of the residents of MAMA apartments.
The process of cooking main food involves chefs cooking the food, putting the food in containers and then docking the containers on pods that then take the food to the resident’s houses.
Automating the process of cooking food is not justified as there are many variations of food and hence no cooking automation will be used all over the world.
Delivery and Retrieval
The process of delivery and retrieval is already automated and hence we have no need to discuss it.
Washing dirty dishes and storing them
The process of washing dirty dishes and storing them involves workers removing dirty dishes from the bins and then cleaning and storing them.
Automating the process of cleaning and storing dirty dishes is justified as the automation can be used in MAMA apartments all over the world.
Conclusion
Therefore only the function of cooking food is subject to local preferences and hence is not justified to be automated.
Honestly speaking, I wish to create the standardized automations for delivery and retrieval, storing standard foods, washing dirty dishes and storing them and make their software and hardware open source so that anyone in the world can use the technology to easily build MAMA apartments.
Can the clothes hub be fully automated?
In this article I am going to share my insights on the topic of automation of the clothes hub. The first thing I realized when I was inquiring about the possibility of automation of the clothes hub was that most of the automations already exist.
There are already fully automated clothes cleaning systems, fully automated clothes storage systems, fully automated clothes preparation systems etc.
Hence I quickly realized that it was 100% possible to automate the clothes hub and the big problem was the cost of automation as most of the automations I found run into the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands and even millions to create.
So the question of automation of the clothes hub is not if the processes can be automated but if the benefits of automation can justify the cost of automation.
The main criterion for justification of an automation of the clothes hub that I used was if the automation will be used in all MAMA apartments all over the world.
Let us now discuss each function of the clothes hub and analyze if the benefits of automation can justify the cost of the automation.
Storing clothes
The process of storing clothes involves workers putting clothes on automated hangers and the putting the hangers on racks.
Automating the process of storing clothes is justified as the automation will be used all over the world in all MAMA apartments.
Delivery and retrieval
The process of delivery and retrieval is already automated and hence we have no need to discuss it.
Washing and preparing clothes
The process of washing and preparing clothes involves workers removing dirty clothes in bins and washing them in washing machines and then preparing them.
Automating the process of washing and preparing clothes is justified as the automation will be used all over the world in MAMA apartments.
Conclusion
Therefore all functions of the clothes hub can be used in all MAMA apartments and hence their automations are justified.
Honestly speaking, I wish to create the standardized automations for all functions of the clothes hub and make their software and hardware open source so that anyone in the world can use the technology to easily build MAMA apartments.
How will people pay for the hubs services?
In this article, I will share my insights on how people will pay for the services provided by the hubs of MAMA apartments.
The services provided by the hubs of MAMA apartments can basically be divided into 3: Food hub services, clothes hub services and cleaning services.
Let us now discuss each service and analyze how the resident will pay for the service:
Food hub services
The food hub services will include the selling of standard and main foods. Let us now discuss how it can price both types of foods:
Standard foods
Standard foods are foods that aren’t cooked by the chefs of the food hub. These include water, snacks, drinks, alcohol etc.
People will pay for the standard foods like how they currently pay or the price might be lower because they are bought in bulk.
So this will be dependent on the owner of the apartments but basically the price will be more or less the same.
Main foods
Main food is the food that is cooked by the chefs of the food hub as breakfast, dinner or lunch of the residents of MAMA apartments.
The price of main foods will depend on how and for what purpose the apartments were built.
If they were built for profit and the apartments are rented or are on mortgage then the price of food will be more or less the same with the price in the local area.
If the apartment were built by a coop and is owned by the residents then the price of the food will be lower than the price of food in the local area.
Hence the price of main foods will be completely dependent on the type of ownership of the apartments.
Clothes hub services
The clothes hub service includes the washing, preparation and storing of clothes of the residents.
The price of the clothes hub services will depend on how and for what purpose the apartments were built.
If they were built for profit or the apartments are rented or are on mortgage then the price of clothes hub services will be more or less the same with the price of laundry services in the local area.
If the apartment were built by a coop and is owned by the residents then the price of the clothes hub services will be lower than the price of laundry services in the local area.
Hence the price of the clothes hub services will be completely dependent on the type of ownership of the apartments.
Cleaning services
The assumption here is that the apartments were built from scratch and hence designed to be fully cleaned by autonomous cleaning robots.
Logically speaking, the cleaning services will be cheaper than the normal rate for cleaning services since the cleaning is done by robots.
But the exact price and type of cleaning services will depend on the owners of the apartments.
If they were built for profit or the apartments are rented or are on mortgage then the price of cleaning services will be more or less the same with the price of cleaning services in the local area.
If the apartments were built by a coop and are owned by the residents then the price of the cleaning services will be lower than the price of cleaning services in the local area.
Hence the price of the cleaning services will be completely dependent on the type of ownership of the apartments.
Conclusion
Therefore the prices of the hubs services will mostly depend on the owners of the MAMA apartments but should logically be lower than the prices in the local area.
How big will the food hub be?
In this article, I will share my insights about true size of the food hub through explaining the sizes of the different areas were the different functions of the food hub will be performed.
Let us now discuss the size of the different areas of the food hub:
Storage area
The storage area will consist of vertically stacked boxes of standard foods on an automated system.
Standard foods are foods that aren’t cooked by the chefs of the food hub. These include water, snacks, drinks, alcohol etc.
The storage area will take little space as there won’t be many vertically stacked boxes of standard foods since the workers are mostly available in the food hub and hence can refill the few automated rows of standard food when they are out of stock.
Pods area
The pod area consists of a vertical parking system that has pods of the same size and a row of vertically stacked bins of different sizes that can dock on pods when the pods pass underneath the racks.
The bins will be stacked together and hence will use very little space as they will mostly occupy the vertical space in the room.
The pods parking space won’t take much space as the pods won’t be big in size considering the fact that they are carrying food and will utilize the vertical space ensuring they don’t take as much horizontal space.
Another reason for the pod area not being as big is that there will be on average one pod for every resident in the food hub.
Cooking area
The cooking area consists of a kitchen consisting of a storage area of main food ingredients, storage area of utensils for main food and cooking appliances.
The kitchen area will be the biggest part of the food hub and to estimate its size you can assume a normal kitchen in a restaurant or a cafeteria which handles the same amount of people as the number of residents of the MAMA apartments.
Cleaning area
The cleaning area consists of a row of racks of bins containing dirty dishes that have been returned by residents and dish washers that workers use to clean the dirty dishes.
The cleaning area won’t be big as the racks will utilize the vertical space as they are stacked together and the space the dish washers take will depend on the number of residents of the MAMA apartments.
Conclusion
To conclude the food hub has 4 main areas which are the storage area, the pod area, the cleaning area and the cooking area.
As we discussed, the storage and pod area take very little space as most mechanisms utilize the vertical space and the amount of standard foods and pods is the same as the number of residents.
Hence the size of the food hub is completely dependent on the size of the cooking and cleaning areas.
This means that to know the size of the food hub for a specific number of residents we just need to look at the size of the kitchen of a cafeteria or restaurant that handles the same number of people in a day as the residents.
How big will the clothes hub be?
In this article, I will share my insights about true size of the clothes hub through explaining the size of the different areas were the different functions of the clothes hub will be performed.
Let us now discuss the size of the different areas of the clothes hub:
Storage area
The storage area consists of racks of clothes hanged on automatic hangers that can release the clothes whenever they are ordered.
Theoretically, the storage area will take little space as the racks containing clothes don’t take much space but practically this will depend on the number of residents and the amount of clothes stored in the storage area.
Pods area
The pod area consists of a vertical parking system that has pods of the same size and a row of vertically stacked bins of different sizes that can dock on pods when the pods pass underneath the racks.
The bins will be stacked together and hence will also use very little space as they will mostly occupy the vertical space in the room.
The pods parking space won’t take much space as the pods won’t be big in size and will utilize the vertical space ensuring they don’t take as much horizontal space.
Another reason for the pod area not being as big is that there will be on average one pod for every resident in the clothes hub.
Cleaning area
The cleaning area consists of a row of racks of bins containing dirty clothes that have been returned by residents and washing machines that workers use to clean the dirty clothes.
The cleaning area won’t be big as the racks will utilize the vertical space as they are stacked together and the spaces the washing machines take will depend on the number of residents of the MAMA apartments.
Preparation area
The preparation area consists of ironing boards for ironing clean clothes and bins full of clean clothes and hangers that workers can use to put the clean clothes on racks.
The preparation area won’t be big as the bins will utilize the vertical space as they are stacked together and the space ironing boards take will be small since the number depends on the number of workers of the clothes hub which is 4 or 5 per shift for 20 residents.
Conclusion
To conclude the clothes hub has 4 main areas which are the storage area, the pod area, the cleaning area and the preparation area.
The pod area takes very little space as the mechanisms utilize the vertical space and the amount of pods is the same as the number of residents.
The storage area also takes very little space as the clothes are put in hangers on racks which take very little space.
Hence the size of the clothes hub is completely dependent on the size of the cleaning and preparation areas.
This means that to know the size of the clothes hub for a specific number of residents, we just need to look at the size of the Laundromat or dry cleaner that handles the same number of people in a day as the residents.
CONCLUSION
I hope through this book you have gained a lot of insight and knowledge about how MAMA apartments will work.
It’s taken me a long time to develop these systems that make up MAMA WORLD and I would like to give a very big thank you to all you guys for making it possible!
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