Peppermint: Making Cleaning Fresher, Better and Faster for Commercial spaces!

AI and Robotics are the two radical innovations that have revolutionized the way industries regulate their operations. The automation of industry has helped companies gain a competitive edge, create new opportunities, and aggrandize efficiency to meet the consumers’ demand. AI-powered Robotics has the potential to aid companies to deal with tedious tasks, minimizing the labor invested for the completion of the errands.

Slowly but surely, Robotics has made its introduction in our everyday life. We do not have to watch a sci-fi movie to see robots as efficient helpmates supporting humans sew up their per diem along with the many intricate chores. Cleaning robots have emerged as programmable machines that have curtailed the burden of cleaning floors at homes, public spaces, warehouses, hospitals, and others. Inventors are constantly striving to further technologize the cleaning robots to shape up the future of cleaning. COVID 19 on the other hand has prioritized the use of automated machines for cleaning and sanitization purposes which led to the rise in the adoption of these tech-enabled robots in the healthcare industry.

Pune-based industrial robotics startup, Aubotz Labs Pvt. Ltd., that sells its products under the brand-name Peppermint is exploring the potential of robotics to change the conventional method of completing mundane tasks like scrubbing and cleaning, making it undemanding and intelligent.This modern, smart and autonomous floor cleaning machine that make cleaning faster, better and fresher. Since we are living in a crisis situation where social distancing and limited human involvement is a necessity, Peppermint is devised to clean large areas without any human intervention,enabling industries to contend with the pandemic.

This leading intelligent housekeeping robotics developing firm was amongst the 12 finalists of the ‘Qualcomm Design in India Challenge’ 2020. The startup claims to have been India’s first intelligent housekeeping robotics maker, upgrading operations across Industries.

“We had been fortunate enough to have the opportunity to be part of the Qualcomm cohort. The many programs on product development, business and operations, which were rich in context and information helped us understand and serve the industry even better. We are availing the Qualcomm boards for the telematics program of Peppermint which will be standard fitment on our robots getting shipped across the world,” says RunalDahiwade, Founder & CEO,Peppermint.

This robotic floor cleaning machine’s preventive maintenance sends alerts to the operator, customer and OEM. It is capable of scrubbing dry up to 10-12,000 sq. ft. / hour and is formulized with steam bath features that clean 9.99 % bacteria on the floor and remove oil with a degreasing agent. It is a self-driving machine that changes scrubber pressure automatically for optimal cleaning, takes 5 minutes to drain wastewater and replenish freshwater with Aubotz Docking station D1. It is devised to swap batteries for seamless and continuous cleaning. “Our Core IP’s are around Intelligent Navigation, our patented Triple-action cleaning technology and Remote Telematics System. Our cleaning robots are currently deployed in warehouses, offices, and malls in India and the UAE,” informs MirajVora, Co-Founder &CSO, Peppermint.

The brainchild of RunalDahiwade and MirajVora, Peppermint has received the “Nidhi Prayas” grant from the Department of Science Technology (DST), Government of India which the team used to launch the early prototypes.Venture Catalysts, an integrated incubator, invests $250,000–$1.5 million in early stage start-ups.

Peppermint is all set to go from developing housekeeping robots to pioneer profound robots that can carry out outdoor and toilet cleaning operations with ease. The startup intends to design optimization software to spruce up housekeeping operations across our working and public spaces. It is planning to launch efficient deep cleaning robots for commercial spaces including Hospitals, Industries and Large offices where cleaning will not be demanding but will be managed by Robots and management.

“We have been leveraging NASSCOM CoE across two fronts .i.e. Product Excellence Support for Quality Certification, Production Certification and Technology Tools to streamline internal and external workflows for Peppermint,” he commented.

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