Cobotic Cleaning Innovation In Banking Environment Case Study

The Cobotic 1700 is an autonomous high performing compact robotic vacuum cleaner designed to be able to fit under furniture and reach the edges of any room. It is designed to work alongside cleaning colleagues not replace them, completing repetitive, tedious tasks so colleagues can focus on detailed areas.

Facts

• Size: 350mm x 350mm x 98mm
  
• Power: 50W
  
• Sound Level: 73dB
  
• Run Time: 270 minutes
  
• Charge Time: 240 minutes

Key Benefits

• Fit for purpose
  
  
  • It delivers an effective clean with just one pass and can get under furniture.
    
  • Therefore, it can navigate complex offices without getting stuck while thoroughly cleaning all reachable areas.
    
• Autonomous
  
  • The base station acts as both a charger and a bin, so the vacuum will return to the base once it has finished the task, place itself back on charge, and empty itself, so the cleaning colleagues will only need to empty the base bin once it is full.
    
• Programmable
  
  
  • It can be programmed to complete specific cleaning instructions, create virtual walls and remain in designated areas.
    It can also programme itself to perform the most efficient cleaning task.
    
  • It is fitted with two rotary brushes that allow it to get into corners and right to the edge of the wall.
    

Implementation With Our Customers

• Innovation Implemented: Location Cobotic 1700 with Dust Collector Bin Carpeted and hard floor areas, excluding washrooms and kitchens.
  

National Banking Customer

• Our banking customer is the largest retail bank in the United Kingdom and the world’s largest building society, serving over 16 million members.
  
• It operates as a British mutual financial institution, owned by and run for the benefit of its members.
  
• TCFM has worked with our national banking customer since 2014, beginning as a small window cleaning provider and expanding to delivering core cleaning services across half of their estate.
  
• TCFM trialled these vacuums in a nationwide non office locations and found that, once the cost of the vacuum was subtracted, even a five minute reduction could save, on average, £500 over five years.
  
  

Online Retail Distribution Customer

• Our customer is a leading UK based online retailer. It offers various products, including fashion, electronics, homeware, and beauty.
  
• TCFM has worked with this customer since 2021 providing core cleaning services to all of their office and distribution sites.
  
• TCFM launched robotic vacuums in areas of this site that were inaccessible outside of a complete shut down of the area.
  
• As these robotic vacuums are so small, they are able to fit under conveyor belts and machines without disruption.
  
• These vacuums have eradicated the large dust problem and saved time during shut down so cleaning colleagues are able to focus their time elsewhere.
  
• Due to the accessibility under the belts, the robot vacuum needed a return function to ensure they did not get lost.
  
  

The app allowed for the vacuums to have virtual boundaries set up stopping them from getting lost and allowing them to be called back to its charging station.