Tennant Company launched the X16 SWEEP, what is said to be the first autonomous, robotic sweeper engineered for complex industrial environments such as warehousing, logistics centers and light manufacturing operations.
“Industrial customers are making more deliberate investments in automation as a core operational necessity,” says Pat Schottler, SVP, robotics at Tennant Company. “We launched Tennant Company Robotics with a focus on advancing cleaning automation for those environments. The X16 SWEEP is the first of many products we’re bringing to market through Tennant Company Robotics, giving facilities a faster path to reliable autonomous cleaning that can keep pace with changing industrial conditions.”
Key takeaways:
· Earlier this year, Tennant Company established a dedicated autonomous robotics organization designed to accelerate the adoption and scaling of its robotic cleaning solutions. This new group unifies expertise across product design and engineering, production, commercial strategy, marketing, business development and customer support, creating an integrated team focused on advancing Tennant’s autonomous product roadmap, expanding production capacity and supporting customers throughout deployment and ongoing operation.
· The X16 SWEEP is the first product introduced through this new organization.
· Powered by Brain Corp’s BrainOS, the X16 SWEEP integrates the advanced AI autonomy, visual intelligence, and workflow-aware automation capabilities of the latest BrainOS software featuring SelfPath AI to generate and optimize its own cleaning paths, and the ability to intelligently recognize and adapt cleaning behavior in real time.
- The DustShield system actively contains debris and dust during sweeping through purpose-built skirting. This system is designed to prevent dust from reaching the 2D planar LiDARs, helping the X16 SWEEP stay productive in dusty environments.
- The Tennant Smart-Sense hopper indicator reduces guesswork and unnecessary downtime by alerting operators when the debris hopper is full, helping maintain more consistent cleaning cycles.
- With the optional Tennant X16 CHRG Dock, the machine autonomously recharges between cleaning cycles, reducing the need for manual intervention, minimizing downtime, and supporting continuous, multi‑shift cleaning operations.
With the X16 SWEEP’s Visual Intelligence, the machine is designed to precisely adapt to dynamic environments, avoid problematic debris, and optimize cleaning performance.
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