{"id":1004369573,"date":"2019-11-19T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T20:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004369573"},"modified":"2019-11-19T12:41:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T20:41:25","slug":"robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Robot Carpet Cleaner Invades America"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1004369576\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Whiz.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004369576\" data-attachment-id=\"1004369576\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\/whiz\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Whiz.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,620\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Whiz\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Whiz. &lt;i&gt;Image courtesy of SoftBank Robotics America&lt;\/i&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Whiz.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004369576 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Whiz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Whiz.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Whiz.jpg?resize=300,233 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Whiz.jpg?resize=768,595 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004369576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Whiz. <i>Image courtesy of SoftBank Robotics America<\/i><\/p><\/div>\n<p>SoftBank Robotics America and ICE Robotics have introduced Whiz, a commercial-grade vacuum robot that cleans carpets autonomously in spaces from airports to offices. The 66-pound robot can repeat a cleaning route on its own after being \u201ctrained\u201d by staff and can store up to 600 routes, freeing up janitorial teams to focus on higher-value tasks.<\/p>\n<p>The intelligent vacuum sweeper, which comes with a touch display and separate notification pager, is designed to handle soft surface cleaning in commercial or institutional facilities. Using computer vision navigation, Whiz can hug walls and weave around obstacles as it sends out real-time alerts to flag any unexpected issues. BrainOS autonomous navigation software allows the device to maneuver complex, dynamic environments.<\/p>\n<p>SoftBank Robotics America developed the product jointly with ICE Robotics, a division of Hong Kong-based Intelligent Cleaning Equipment Group. Whiz is now available in North America after previously being launched in Japan and select Asian markets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jointly developed by SoftBank Robotics America and ICE Robotics, the 66-pound Whiz automates the vacuuming process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":744,"featured_media":1004369576,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23891,21742],"tags":[45557],"class_list":["post-1004369573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-latest","tag-softbank-group"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.0 (Yoast SEO v28.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Robot Carpet Cleaner Invades America - Commercial Property Executive<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Robot Carpet Cleaner Invades America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jointly developed by SoftBank Robotics America and ICE Robotics, the 66-pound Whiz automates the vacuuming process.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Commercial Property Executive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CPExecutive\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-11-19T20:41:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2019\/11\/Whiz.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"620\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Greg Isaacson\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cpexecutive\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Greg Isaacson\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1a92010198045e41b0b801129a41b3d8\"},\"headline\":\"Robot Carpet Cleaner Invades America\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-11-19T20:41:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":170,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/46\\\/2019\\\/11\\\/Whiz.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"SoftBank Group\"],\"articleSection\":[\"National\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.commercialsearch.com\\\/news\\\/robot-carpet-cleaner-invades-america\\\/\",\"name\":\"Robot Carpet Cleaner Invades America - 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