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Technology BiTes

No longer on the runway
How cleaning robots have taken off

Pilots and trials are in the past; cleaning robots have finally entered

the mainstream of facility management in India. Apprehensions have
been assuaged, benefits calculated and the ROI understood and

appreciated. So which industries have become early adopters? How
have robots been adapted to Indian conditions? What changes may
present and future facilities need to make to their layouts to integrate

robotic cleaning? Runal Dahiwade, CEO, Peppermint Robotics and Alex
Cherian, CEO, Cleanfix- Schevaran Pvt Ltd. (which markets Cleanfix’s

cleaning robot in India) tell all.

Market uptake are evaluating how saving man- improving overall operational

“Most of our customers are hours through robotics can be efficiency. The pharmaceutical
leveraged to achieve operational
industry has stringent cleanliness
from manufacturing, warehousing, efficiency. Accountability is another and hygiene requirements,
healthcare and corporate office factor that works in favour of making robotic cleaning a reliable
spaces,” shared Cherian. “Most robots. and consistent solution to meet
customers are excited about what regulatory standards. Automotive
robotics can do for cleaning. Dahiwade offered reasons for facilities benefit by ensuring high
Industries where there is a why each individual segment cleanliness standards in vehicle
conscious requirement to reduce sees an incentive in incorporating assembly lines and painting areas.
human intervention – like data robotic cleaning: Public spaces such as airports,
centres, for example – have a In manufacturing, the integration malls and hotels, have high footfall
smoother transition into robotics.” of cleaning robots streamlines and require frequent cleaning,
Segments that are human- cleaning processes in production making robotic solutions a cost-
dependent for multiple functions facilities, reducing downtime and effective and efficient choice.

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