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I am pretty sure I've seen videos of commercial robots power washing public bathrooms. Probably not a solution for normal bathrooms with wood furniture and fabric items but it is definitely possible today.

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In Scandinavia you get a lot of ceramics, such that a shower+toilet can effectively be the "water room". I'd think that ceramic tiles can be tackled by a 'bot. A flat, unyielding surface, usually with a light color that provides high contrast with gunk. Bring on the ScrubBots(TM).

As a Norwegian in the UK, I've spent 24 years despairing over - and annoying anyone within earshot by talking about - the lack of proper wetrooms in most UK houses. In fact, a lot of British builders seem to think making floors waterproof requires dark magic.

It's slowly getting better, but it's still confusing enough of them.

yeah, properly designed public toilets such as these could easily be cleaned by a robot https://portlandloo.com/

Reminds me, I read once about a guy who made a plastic-lined living room with plastic furniture and a drain in the floor. Post-party cleanup was just pointing a hose at it all.

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