Nilkfisk has launched a global program designed to ‘deliver the most intelligent and technologically advanced autonomous cleaning solutions to the industry’.
Working with Carnegie Robotics, LLC, a provider of advance robotics sensors and software, Nilfisk’s Horizon Program is a strategic, long-term program of multiple product launches, the first to be released in 2017.
“Consistent with our history, Nilfisk is continuously responding to the changing needs of markets and customers with innovative products and solutions,” explained Nilfisk president and CEO Jonas Persson.
“With the Horizon Program, we are setting a course for a long-term, strategic program of autonomous and connected cleaning solutions and putting forth the most sophisticated technology that will completely redefine how we look at productivity and total cost of ownership.”
The Horizon Program focuses on bringing state-of-the-art, autonomous cleaning technologies to the market, providing customers with the opportunity to deploy unmanned floor cleaning with accuracy and precision.
The program is dedicated to developing intelligent and connected cleaning products, giving customers greater control and more flexibility.
“With Nilfisk and Carnegie Robotics, we are combining a century of cleaning expertise with machine vision and autonomous technologies proven to work safely in unstructured environments such as military operations, agriculture and mining,” shared Carnegie Robotics president and CEO Steve DiAntonio.
“From the beginning, our partnership has focused on thorough, intensive research and exhaustive, rigorous testing to develop the most sophisticated, highest functioning autonomous cleaning products the industry has seen to date.”
The first product to launch in Spring 2017 in select markets will feature an optionally manned scrubber/dryer; one that can be, at the customer’s choice, autonomously or manually operated. It will include highly refined features designed to increase productivity, reliability and safety, and make the product very easy to use.
Nilfisk will showcase this first product in the Horizon Program at the ISSA trade show – 26 to 28 October 2016 – where customers will have the opportunity to experience it live.