Cleaning robots hit milestone

Posted on Wednesday 8 December 2021

BRAIN CORP, which makes autonomous mobile robots for cleaning, including for warehousing, covered 500 million sq ft covered with its bots in Europe during 2021.

The company recording 226% growth in floor area covered autonomously between April and October. Logistics facilities was identified as one of the most significant growth areas for the bots.

“Autonomous robots are filling an increasing number of essential gaps within a supply chain which is struggling to employ and retain workers,” says Brain Corp SVP of international business Michel Sprujit. “Across multiple industries, leaders are building more sustainable operations through combining the data-driven sophistication of automated robots with human teams.”

According to the Labour Market Outlook Summer 2021 survey, the proportion of European employers with hard-to-fill vacancies in 2021 stood at 39%, up from 26% in 2020. Recruitment difficulties were prevalent in many sectors with 36% of transport and storage employers reporting problems.

During the April to October, 2021 period, through the escalating use of BrainOS-powered scrubbers, over 26,000 hours were given back to employees and operations managers, allowing them to focus on customer experience and other higher-value tasks.