Avidbots releases floor-scrubbing robot for industrial spaces

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Avidbots’ Neo 2W was designed to wash flooring in warehouses and manufacturing environments. | Supply: Avidbots

Avidbots introduced the launch of the Neo 2W, a cleansing robotic designed particularly for warehouses and manufacturing environments to enhance cleansing high quality, effectivity and productiveness. 

The Neo 2W was designed in collaboration with industrial shoppers to beat the challenges that warehouses and manufacturing environments pose for robots. Warehouses can include further ground particles, dynamic exercise and frequent structure adjustments. 

Avidbots’ Neo 2W has an unique AI and {hardware} configuration that helps the robots clear with out human intervention. It’s additionally outfitted with Particles Diverter, which limits the affect of particles on Neo by diverting it, defending the wheels and lowering dangers of clogs within the vacuum hose and tank. 

Neo 2W additionally comes with Bulk Navigator, which makes use of superior localization algorithms that enable the robotic to wash in dynamic and difficult environments, and Superior Impediment Detection (AOD). AOD makes use of machine studying capabilities to establish and keep away from obstacles like pallets and forklift or pallet mover tines, on the ground.

“The discharge of Neo 2W comes at a well timed second when 3PL and manufacturing corporations are searching for options that carry the best operational efficiencies,” Faizan Sheikh, CEO and co-founder at Avidbots, mentioned. “With the usage of Neo 2W, corporations are in a position to fight labor provide challenges and automate the time-consuming, labor-intensive activity of conserving their amenities clear.”

The Neo 2W additionally consists of industrial-strength, swappable batteries that ship six hours of cleansing on a single cost and Residence Base, which ensures Neo 2W can begin and return from any location. Different commonplace security options, like 3D cameras, lasers and sensors to keep away from collisions, and direction-indicating security lighting, are additionally included. 

“Neo 2W is the results of intensive involvement from clients primarily based on their experiences utilizing autonomous robots in warehouse settings. Avidbots gathered suggestions, examined prototypes in real-life eventualities and utilized this knowledge to ship a very purpose-built robotic,” Sheikh mentioned. “Given this strong course of, we’re in a position to ship even better worth to industrial clients. For example, the targeted answer delivers extra cleansing productiveness – as much as 42,000 sq. toes per hour – resulting from Neo 2W’s distinctive skill to maneuver in difficult warehouse environments.”

In September 2022, Avidbots brought in $70 million in a Series C funding round, which it deliberate to make use of the spherical of funding to broaden its fleet of robots and improve its autonomy software program. The corporate’s flagship robotic Neo 2 is an autonomous robotic ground scrubber. The robotic will help clear companies, airports, faculties and warehouses. 

Avidbots has raised $107 million to this point and at the moment has greater than 1,000 robots deployed in additional than a dozen nations all through North America, Asia, Australia, the Center East and Europe. Together with the funding, Avidbots introduced that it has doubled down on its funding in Kitchener-Waterloo by securing further area to help R&D and testing.