The future of commercial and industrial cleaning is here. At Performance Plus, we combine more than a century of professional cleaning experience with innovative technology to help businesses maintain cleaner, safer and more efficient facilities. By incorporating LionsBot AI-powered autonomous cleaning robots into commercial and industrial cleaning programs, Performance Plus can deliver consistent floor care while allowing professional cleaning teams to focus their time and attention on higher-value cleaning tasks.
From manufacturing plants and warehouses to distribution centers, corporate facilities, healthcare environments, educational buildings and other large commercial spaces, autonomous robotic cleaning can help transform the way facilities are maintained.
What Is AI-Powered Autonomous Cleaning?
AI-powered autonomous cleaning uses advanced robotics, sensors, mapping and intelligent navigation technology to perform repetitive floor-cleaning tasks with minimal employee intervention.
Rather than requiring an employee to manually operate a floor scrubber throughout an entire shift, LionsBot cleaning robots can be programmed to navigate designated areas and complete scheduled cleaning routes autonomously.
Depending on the LionsBot system, technology can include intelligent path planning, obstacle detection and adaptation, self-recovery capabilities, LiDAR mapping and remote fleet management. This allows robotic cleaning equipment to work efficiently in dynamic commercial and industrial environments where people, equipment and other obstacles may be present.
The result is not a replacement for professional cleaning crews. Instead, robotics can become another powerful tool that helps our Performance Plus cleaning teams work smarter and accomplish more.
Increase Cleaning Productivity
One of the biggest advantages of autonomous cleaning is increased productivity. Large commercial and industrial facilities can contain thousands or even hundreds of thousands of square feet of hard flooring. Manually scrubbing these areas can require a significant amount of employee time.
Autonomous cleaning robots can handle repetitive floor-cleaning routes while Performance Plus employees concentrate on detailed tasks that require a human touch.
While the robot handles the floors, cleaning professionals can focus on restrooms, breakrooms, offices, high-touch surfaces, entrances, windows and other areas throughout the facility. Instead of having one employee dedicated to operating a floor scrubber, robotic technology can allow the employee and cleaning equipment to work simultaneously.
Consistent Cleaning Results
Consistency is critical in professional facility maintenance. Autonomous cleaning robots follow established cleaning routes and processes, helping provide repeatable floor coverage from one cleaning cycle to the next. This can be especially valuable in large warehouses, manufacturing facilities and commercial buildings where maintaining consistent floor-cleaning standards manually can be challenging.
Robotic cleaning can also help Performance Plus develop more structured cleaning programs based on the specific layout, traffic patterns and requirements of your building.
AI-Powered Navigation & Obstacle Avoidance
LionsBot continues to incorporate advanced technology into its autonomous cleaning equipment. For example, LionsBot's R5 uses AI-powered navigation designed to detect obstacles, determine an efficient route around them and return to its cleaning path. Its AdaptiveMap technology can learn and adapt to a facility through repeated cleaning runs. Other LionsBot models incorporate technologies such as 3D LiDAR, intelligent path planning and live obstacle adaptation.
These capabilities are particularly useful in dynamic environments such as warehouses, manufacturing plants and distribution centers where carts, pallets, equipment and employees can change the environment throughout the day.
Ideal for Large Commercial & Industrial Facilities
Robotic floor cleaning can provide significant benefits for facilities with extensive hard-floor areas. Performance Plus can evaluate autonomous cleaning opportunities for:
- Manufacturing plants
- Warehouses
- Distribution and logistics centers
- Corporate facilities
- Healthcare facilities
- Educational buildings
- Retail environments
- Large commercial properties
- Industrial facilities
- Airports and transportation facilities
- Sports and entertainment facilities
For especially large environments, LionsBot offers high-capacity robotic equipment such as the R12 Rex Scrub, which is engineered for large-area cleaning.
The R12 Rex Scrub features an 810 mm cleaning width, brush pressure of up to 80 kg and average practical cleaning efficiency of approximately 16,146 to 26,910 square feet per hour. It can operate for up to eight hours and can be paired with an automatic refuel station that recharges the robot while managing clean and wastewater.
Help Address Labor Challenges
Finding and retaining dependable commercial cleaning employees can be challenging, particularly for large facilities requiring extensive nightly or around-the-clock maintenance.
Robotic cleaning technology can help Performance Plus maximize the productivity of available cleaning personnel.
Instead of assigning employees to repetitive floor-scrubbing routes for hours, autonomous equipment can perform many of these predictable tasks. Cleaning professionals can then concentrate on areas where their experience, attention to detail and decision-making skills provide greater value. This human-plus-robot approach allows technology to support cleaning professionals rather than simply replacing them.
Clean During Off-Hours
Autonomous equipment also creates opportunities to schedule floor cleaning during periods when buildings have less activity. Depending on the facility and cleaning program, robotic floor equipment can perform scheduled cleaning routes during evenings, overnight periods or other lower-traffic times.
LionsBot systems also provide fleet-management capabilities that can allow multiple robots to be controlled, scheduled and monitored remotely. This gives Performance Plus another way to build efficient cleaning programs around the operational schedule of each customer.
Reduce Water Usage
Robotic cleaning can also contribute to more efficient use of cleaning resources. For example, LionsBot reports that its R3 Scrub uses approximately 6 liters of water per hour, significantly reducing water consumption compared with conventional equipment in its comparison.
Efficient water and chemical usage can be especially valuable for companies looking for ways to improve the sustainability of their facility-maintenance programs without sacrificing cleaning performance.
Powerful Cleaning for Demanding Industrial Environments
Industrial floors present challenges that are very different from ordinary office environments. Dirt, dust, debris, oils and heavy traffic can make maintaining floors difficult. LionsBot offers equipment designed specifically for demanding cleaning applications.
The R12 Rex Scrub, for example, provides up to 80 kg of brush pressure along with two 140-liter tanks, making it well suited for high-volume floor maintenance in large facilities.
Performance Plus can combine this robotic technology with professional cleaning crews and traditional commercial cleaning equipment to determine the right approach for different areas of your facility.
Better Use of Your Cleaning Budget
Autonomous cleaning isn't simply about introducing impressive technology into a building. The goal is to make the overall cleaning operation more efficient. When robotic equipment handles repetitive, time-consuming floor-cleaning assignments, labor can be allocated to areas that need more detailed attention.
Over time, this can help facilities maximize cleaning productivity, increase the amount of work completed during each shift and get greater value from their facility-maintenance budget.
Robotics + Professional Cleaning Crews
Robotics alone cannot provide complete facility maintenance. Restrooms still require detailed cleaning. Trash must be removed. High-touch surfaces need attention. Spills and unexpected situations require human judgment. Offices, windows, breakrooms and countless other areas require trained cleaning professionals.
That's why Performance Plus believes the real advantage is the combination of experienced people and intelligent technology. Our professional cleaning crews provide the experience and attention to detail, while LionsBot autonomous cleaning equipment can handle repetitive floor-maintenance assignments. Together, they can create a more productive and comprehensive cleaning program.
Why Performance Plus?
Performance Plus has been providing professional janitorial and commercial cleaning services since 1917. Today, we continue that tradition by investing in modern cleaning technology and state-of-the-art equipment that can help our customers maintain cleaner, safer and more efficient facilities.
Our services include janitorial cleaning, industrial cleaning, hard-floor maintenance, post-construction final cleaning, carpet cleaning, window cleaning and complete facility-maintenance solutions. Adding LionsBot AI-powered autonomous cleaning robotics gives Performance Plus another powerful tool for meeting the evolving needs of today's commercial and industrial facilities. If your company operates a large warehouse, manufacturing plant, distribution center, corporate building or other commercial or industrial facility, autonomous robotic cleaning may be an excellent addition to your facility-maintenance program.
Performance Plus can evaluate your facility, cleaning requirements, floor space and operational schedule to determine how LionsBot autonomous cleaning technology can complement a professional janitorial program. Put more than 100 years of cleaning experience together with the next generation of AI-powered cleaning technology.
Contact Performance Plus today to learn more about AI-powered autonomous robotic cleaning with LionsBot and discover how robotics can help improve cleaning productivity, consistency and efficiency throughout your commercial or industrial facility.
