--- title: RobotCheers uses Ubuntu to create hospitality robots description: Meet Spiro. Spiro greets you after a long day of travel, answers questions related to your stay and can give you a guided tour – in essence, all that a hotel concierge offers. Spiro was developed by RobotCheers to enhance the customer experience and is running in hotels across China. The service robot industry is […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/robotcheers-uses-ubuntu-to-create-hospitality-robots?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 11 April 2017 # RobotCheers uses Ubuntu to create hospitality robots [robotics](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/robotics) [Robots](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/robots) --- Share the article Meet Spiro. Spiro greets you after a long day of travel, answers questions related to your stay and can give you a guided tour – in essence, all that a hotel concierge offers. Spiro was developed by RobotCheers to enhance the customer experience and is running in hotels across China. The service robot industry is forecasted to surpass $7B by 2020. Learn more on how Spiro is looking to impact the face of the service industry, the challenges the development team faced and why it runs on Ubuntu. [Download the case study](https://pages.ubuntu.com/IoT-RobotCheers-CS.html) [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Extending ROS Noetic Support with ESM-Enabled Content Snaps](https://canonical.com/blog/extending-ros-noetic-support-with-esm-enabled-content-snaps) Canonical has now extended its ESM (Expanded Security Maintenance) for ROS coverage to ROS Noetic content-sharing snaps. With ESM for ROS now available in both deb and snap... [Florencia Cabral Berenfus](https://canonical.com/blog/author/flor-cabral) 17 December 2025 [### Discover your fully open source robotics observability at ROSCon 2025](https://canonical.com/blog/roscon-2025) Another year, another ROSCon! This year we’re heading to Singapore, and Canonical is once again thrilled to sponsor this important community event. Just like last year in... [Gabriel Aguiar Noury](https://canonical.com/blog/author/g-aguiar-noury) 22 October 2025 [### Canonical is now a platinum member in the Open Source Robotics Alliance](https://canonical.com/blog/osra-membership) Ubuntu is the home of ROS. The very first ROS distribution, Box Turtle, launched on Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, Hardy Heron, and since then, Ubuntu and ROS have grown hand in hand. With... [Gabriel Aguiar Noury](https://canonical.com/blog/author/g-aguiar-noury) 20 August 2025 [### ROS Noetic is EOL – take action to maintain fleet security](https://canonical.com/blog/ros-noetic-is-eol-take-action-to-maintain-fleet-security) As of May 2025, the Robot Operating System (ROS) Noetic Ninjemys officially reached its end of life (EOL). First released in 2020 as the final ROS (1) distribution, ROS Noetic... [Florencia Cabral Berenfus](https://canonical.com/blog/author/flor-cabral) 8 August 2025