Is there a robotic vacuum that works in a commercial setting?
Specifically, a concrete floor in a storage warehouse. The link below
is for a robotic vacuum designed for residential use.
http://store.yahoo.com/vacuumcleanerbacgs/karcroberova.html |
Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
18 May 2005 10:34 PDT
Please let me know if any of these devices would meet your needs:
Intellibot IS 750 Floor Scrubber
http://www.intellibotrobotics.com/category.cfm?uid=6203&context=category
Intellibot IV 800
http://www.intellibotrobotics.com/category.cfm?uid=6204&context=category
Robosoft Auto VacC 6
http://www.robosoft.fr/AutoVac-Robot.html
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Clarification of Question by
brian22-ga
on
18 May 2005 23:48 PDT
The first one would not work for my application. I'll be sure to keep
an eye out for the release date of the second one, the descriptiopn is
promising. The third one is the best and I'll look into the site in
more detail to see if I'm missing the answer to the following
question: What sort of debris is it able to vacuum? For example, is it
able to collect staples, small pieces of wood every now and then and
normal dust?
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Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
19 May 2005 10:33 PDT
I can't tell you more about the Robosoft Auto VacC 6, but you'll find
contact info for the manufacturer at the bottom of the page which I
linked above.
Please let me know if you decide that any of my findings are
satisfactory as the answer to your question.
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Clarification of Question by
brian22-ga
on
19 May 2005 14:25 PDT
Your answer was great! Thanks a lot for your help, I appreciate it.
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Thank you for accepting my findings as your official answer. I have
reposted the links below.
This was an interesting research project. I had expected to find many
more options! However, it appears that several planned products of
this type have been shelved in recent years. Commercial robotics is a
field where many things are proposed, and few come to market. It seems
likely that the success of the Roomba home-vaccuuming robot and
similar devices may give a boost to the development of heavy-duty
products of this type.
Intellibot IS 750 Floor Scrubber
http://www.intellibotrobotics.com/category.cfm?uid=6203&context=category
Intellibot IV 800
http://www.intellibotrobotics.com/category.cfm?uid=6204&context=category
Robosoft Auto VacC 6
http://www.robosoft.fr/AutoVac-Robot.html
My Google search strategy:
Google Web Search: robot OR robotic commercial OR industrial vacuum
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=robot+OR+robotic+commercial+OR+industrial+vacuum
Google Web Search: "autonomous vacuum cleaner"
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22autonomous+vacuum+cleaner%22
Best regards,
pinkfreud |
Clarification of Answer by
pinkfreud-ga
on
19 May 2005 15:01 PDT
One more thing that you may find intriguing. A European company is
gearing up to develop an autonomous vacuum cleaner that can also serve
as a security monitoring device:
"IXEurope, the specialist datacentre services company, has today
announced it is to link up with a team from the University of Reading
to fund a Cybernetics research project with the aim of developing a
robot featuring cleaning, monitoring and surveillance capabilities.
The robot, which will be custom-made from an existing ?autonomous?
vacuum cleaner? a battery powered device fitted with sensors and
electronics that enable it to clean a room without direct human
intervention ?, will be equipped to monitor the datacentres whilst it
cleans."
IXEurope
http://www.ixeurope.com/press/robot_2.12.04.html
~pinkfreud
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Clarification of Answer by
pinkfreud-ga
on
19 May 2005 15:36 PDT
I have just come across another option for you. The Ivac, made by
Floorbotics, is said to be "designed for industry":
Floorbotics: Ivac
http://www.floorbot.com/ivac.html
Contact info for Floorbotics is here:
Floorbotics: Contact
http://www.floorbot.com/contact.html
~pinkfreud
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Request for Answer Clarification by
brian22-ga
on
20 May 2005 09:09 PDT
I searched for a few hours prior to asking the question and found the
same information and links with the exception of the third link from
your original response. I assumed my web research skills were the
reason I couldn't find a company that had the product and was still in
business! Maybe I'm not so bad, eh? Maybe we should go off and invent
one that works!
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Clarification of Answer by
pinkfreud-ga
on
20 May 2005 09:59 PDT
It seems likely that someone who can invent a successful industrial
robo-vac will probably become very rich. The scarcity of such products
may indicate that the product isn't easy to bring to market. Surely
the demand exists; if the supply isn't meeting that demand, I suspect
that there may have been pitfalls in the reliability and efficiency of
prototypical products.
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