Asda trials floor cleaning robots in handful of stores

Asda is testing out autonomous floor cleaning robots at three of its stores.

These are based on machines built by Tennant Company, which are fitted with artificial intelligence systems from Brain Corp. 

“Not only will these scrubbers be commonplace in grocery stores, but they will become known as a practical and essential part of retail cleaning programmes, especially as cleaning challenges have increased in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,” Tennant states.

Brain Corp’s technology is currently being used by Walmart and Kroger in the US to power hundreds of automated cleaning robots, but Asda is the first major supermarket to green light a trial in the UK.

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