Sotetsu Group introduces robots for cleaning buildings Also at affiliated hotels

The Sotetsu Group is promoting efficiency and labor saving in operations utilizing information and communication technology and AI as a measure to reduce the number of workers in the future.
As part of these efforts, we are actively introducing information and communication technology into building maintenance work, and we are continuing various efforts toward high-quality operations with a small number of people.

From May 27, 2019 (Monday), an autonomous floor cleaning robot was introduced for the cleaning work of the “Sotetsu Headquarters Building” (Nishi-ku, Yokohama).

Self-supporting floor cleaning robot “Whiz”

The robot is called “Whiz”, a vacuum AI cleaning robot for offices developed by SoftBank Robotics, and is a dry vacuum cleaner robot that can run autonomously mainly for the purpose of cleaning floors such as carpets. Become.

From the materials released by Sotetsu Kigyo ( https://www.sotetsu.co.jp/news_release/pdf/190527_02.pdf )

The cleaning route stored in advance can be cleaned autonomously without the intervention of staff, and can be avoided according to the situation such as pedestrians, obstacles, and steps.

In addition, in the demonstration experiment at multiple facilities conducted by Softbank and Softbank Robotics in early 2019 over about 3 months, building owners and building owners said that they have high cleaning ability due to strong vacuum and that they can be operated smoothly after introduction. It is said that it received high praise from the cleaning company.

In addition, the operation information of “Whiz” can be checked at any time on the dedicated smartphone application or management site, and in the event of an emergency stop or inability to drive, the administrator will be notified and efficient cleaning operation can be realized. It is possible, and in the “Sotetsu Headquarters Building”, “with” will be used in common corridors, offices, conference rooms, etc.

This is not the first time that an automatic cleaning robot has been introduced.

In April of last year, the Sotetsu Group tried to improve work efficiency as a response to future labor shortages, and has a track record of introducing the automatic cleaning robot “TASKI Intellibot” to the commercial facility “Joinus Terrace Futamata River”.

The robot has a large body that stands out on the premise that it will be operated during business hours, and has a mechanism that emits a melody to call attention to the surroundings.
In addition, the body color is “Yokohama Navyblue” with the motif of Sotetsu 20000 series.

From the materials released by Sotetsu Kigyo ( https://www.sotetsu.co.jp/news_release/pdf/180417_02.pdf )

Labor saving and operational efficiency of Sotetsu Group

The labor shortage is becoming more serious in various fields, but as mentioned above, the Sotetsu Group is considering improving the efficiency and labor saving of business operations using AI and information and communication technology as a response to the future decrease in workers. We are proceeding with this, and we hope that these will provide users with high-quality cleaning and comfortable facility space.

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