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RETAIL CLEANING FOR THE HOLIDAY SEASON
Prepare for the Holiday Shopping Onslaught with These Tips
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Holiday shopping season is no longer limited to the weeks between Black Friday and December 25. This year, nearly 50% of shoppers will have begun their holiday shopping by Halloween, meaning that the time for retailers to prepare for larger crowds (and the mess they can bring) is NOW.
October 22 2024
KEEPING FACILITIES CLEAN DURING COLD AND FLU SEASON
Cleaning Automation Can Make a Big Difference
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It’s that time of year. Summer’s end heralds shorter days, cooler temperatures, and, for better or worse (in this case, just worse), the beginning of cold and flu season. For businesses and facilities, maintaining a clean and sanitized environment is crucial to protect the health of employees, customers, patients and students. Fortunately, autonomous commercial floor cleaning robots offer a practical solution that can help facilities stay ahead of the curve, augment their workforce, and ensure a healthier environment for everyone.
September 5 2024
HOW IMPORTANT ARE CLEAN FLOORS, REALLY?
They’re a Business Essential, and Here’s Why
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In the hustle and bustle of running a business or managing a facility, it’s easy to overlook the importance of clean floors. After all, we walk on floors every day without consciously paying much attention to them at all. And, with floor cleaning often taking up more than half of a custodian’s or cleaning crew’s time, it can be tempting to put floor cleaning and maintenance on the back burner.
August 14 2024
TAKING CAMPUS BY STORM
Useful Robotic Automation for Colleges and Universities
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While it might not feel like Fall quite yet, the things we associate with the season are back once again—like college and university campuses across the country bustling with the energy of a new academic year. These days, more and more students are returning to campuses where exciting new robotic technology awaits them. Let’s take a look at what they might find, and how robots for various purposes are becoming useful additions to the college and university landscape.
August 6 2024
SUPPORTING EMPLOYEE RETENTION AND WELLBEING WITH ROBOTICS
Commercial Robots Create a Better Work Environment to Benefit All
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Retail. Hospitality. Facility Services. Healthcare. These are industries that rely on large numbers of on-site employees to physically complete vital work operations each day. They’re also the industries with the highest rates of employee turnover. Commercial robots, such as floor cleaning robots and light delivery robots, are proving to be valuable tools in supporting employee wellbeing and reducing turnover. By automating mundane and physically demanding tasks, these robots help create healthier, more satisfying work environments. Let’s look at how.
July 30 2024
AUTOMATING FOR SAFETY
How Robots Contribute to a Safer Workplace
We talk a lot about how robotics can help facilities improve efficiency, cleanliness and worker satisfaction. But something we’ve really only mentioned in passing is the marked impact that robotic automation can have on workplace safety. This topic deserves a closer look.
July 16 2024
ROBOTS MAKE VACATION A BREEZE
How Robotics is Stepping Up to Support Travel and Leisure
Summer is the unrivaled king of the vacation calendar, and this year will see Americans taking full advantage of all that these warmer months have to offer, with 82% of adults planning to travel. If you’re among the vast majority of people planning a trip, you might be surprised to find that some of this leisure activity is now being supported and enabled by robotic automation.
July 15 2024
MILESTONE REACHED!
What a milestone! Pringle Robotics CC1 autonomous floor cleaning units have cleaned 50 million square feet of flooring at customer facilities since January 1, 2024! The most versatile commercial floor cleaning robot on the market, CC1 is a fully autonomous 4-in1 unit that vacuums, sweeps, mops and scrubs--so no one else has to! We're proud of the immense efficiency gains and improved facility cleaning experienced by our customers nationwide.
Want to experience revolutionary facility optimization through automated cleaning? Get in touch today!
June 25 2024
TRACKING AND RIGHT-SIZING YOUR FLEET
How Connected Assets Enable Ideal Facility Operations
It may seem like the dream of a distant future, but robot fleets are starting to become a “thing” for those who work in the facilities management field. Sounds scary? It might, if the term “robot fleet” conjures images of a malevolent robot army hellbent on coldblooded destruction. The reality is a lot less dramatic, far more useful, and actually, quite a bit more human.
June 11 2024
SOLVING THE WAREHOUSE CLEANING CONUNDRUM
How Autonomous Robots Enable a Consistent Clean for These Busy Facilities
Warehouses and distribution centers are the bustling hubs at the heart of the logistics industry. Typically, what’s transported out of these facilities is viewed with greater importance than the conditions inside the facilities themselves. After all, unlike hospitals, schools or retail spaces, most consumers will never step foot inside one of these facilities. That said, these sizable buildings still need to be cleaned regularly and well maintained to ensure the safety of their workers, efficient operations, and adherence to ISO standards.
June 3 2024
CLEANING FOR CONVENIENCE
Floor Cleaning Robots a Natural Fit for Busy Convenience Stores
Convenience stores are a staple of American life, with an estimated one convenience store for every 2,204 people. In our largely car-dependent society, convenience stores offer an easy way for drivers to access all the things they need in one place—food, gas, restrooms, plus any little “extras” that catch the eye. But as American development continues at a rapid pace, convenience stores find themselves in fierce competition with not only other c-stores, but grocery chains and restaurants as well.
May 21 2024
MAKING THE LEAP TO CLEANING AUTOMATION
Are Floor Cleaning Robots Right for Your Facility?
If you’re a frequent reader of our blog, you’ll know it’s no secret that we’re passionate about the potential of autonomous floor cleaning robots, IoT sensors, and their related software integrations to not only transform the Jan-San industry, but the entire realm of facilities management as well. That’s because we’re seeing this impressive synergy first-hand at client sites across the country, leading to improved efficiency, vastly enhanced cleaning results, and streamlined operations. But we also know that delving into automation isn’t something most facilities can undertake at the drop of a hat. Ramping up to automated cleaning should be a careful process, full of thoughtful questions, considerations, and ideally, guided by the right robotics partner.
May 1 2024
CLEANING UP THE CLASSROOM
How Schools Can Score Top Marks by Automating Floor Cleaning
With the school year coming to a close, principals and administrators may be thinking about ways to streamline or enhance operations for the following year. Staffing, curriculum, technology platforms…these important operational considerations are fairly complex. But there’s one vital component that’s not—or doesn’t have to be. Cleaning and maintenance are the backbone of a healthy school environment, and are a key aspect of school operations ripe for simplification through automation.
April 24 2024
THE COST OF CLEAN
Why Floor Cleaning Robots are a Smart Investment for Facilities
Efficiency and cleanliness are paramount to the mission of any successful facilities management program. At the same time, facility managers face a perpetual challenge: balancing quality with cost. From hospitals to warehouses, maintaining pristine floors isn’t just about aesthetics–it's also about safety, hygiene, and overall productivity. However, many facilities find themselves trapped in an unrewarding cycle of inconsistency, lack of manpower, and less-than-stellar results when relying on traditional cleaning methods alone. Now, commercial and industrial grade floor cleaning robots are hitting the mainstream, disrupting the cycle and bringing immense value to the facilities management field.
April 17 2024
SUPPORTING SENIOR LIVING WITH ROBOTICS
Improving Operations and Giving Staff More Time for Care
Assisted living facilities, nursing homes and other senior care organizations have been among the hardest hit by staffing shortages since the Covid-19 pandemic. Four years later, this challenge has only become more pronounced. According to the latest AHCA/NCAL survey on the state of the sector, ninety-nine percent of nursing homes currently have job openings to fill, and sixty-six percent of facilities are concerned that if their workforce challenges persist they may have to close their facility.
As the elder care staffing crisis continues unabated, forward-thinking assisted living and nursing home administrators would be wise to look to robotic automation to not only fill some of the gaps caused by lack of staff, but rewrite the very working conditions that see so many care workers burn out and leave the industry. How can robots be of assistance in senior care settings?
April 9 2024
THE CONNECTED FACILITY
Harnessing IoT Connectivity for Optimized Facility Management
Facility management, as a field, is hugely important to the businesses, offices buildings, healthcare facilities, schools, and other common spaces that people utilize every day. According to the International Facility Management Association (IFMA), facility managers and their staff ensure that systems in the built environment work together as they should, that buildings fulfill their intended purposes, and that personnel are healthy and productive.
With a range of smart technology at their disposal—from labor-saving autonomous cleaning robots, to environmental monitoring, to predictive maintenance management—facility managers now have the ability to optimize building operations like never before.
March 25 2024
THE NEW POWER COUPLE
Why Custodians and Cleaning Robots are a Team to Watch
The Jan-San and cleaning industry is in the midst of a remarkable transformation with the integration of new technologies, foremost among them floor cleaning robots. While these robots are very efficient in autonomously managing routine cleaning tasks, an even greater synergistic potential lies in the collaboration between custodians and the robots they can count on as part of their “crew.” Let’s take a look at the symbiotic relationship between custodians and floor cleaning robots, and explore the numerous benefits that arise from this collaborative approach.
March 12 2024
SIMPLIFYING HEALTHCARE FACILITY MANAGEMENT
How Hospitals Can Take Advantage of the Service Robot Revolution
Like few other large facilities, hospitals are akin to small cities within their walls, with a constant score of moving parts that must be orchestrated perfectly to keep things running efficiently and safely. And hard at work behind the scenes of any large healthcare facility is an army of dedicated EVS and other support professionals whose careful, physically-demanding labor provides the scaffolding upon which operational success is built. But with an ongoing labor shortage and a high turnover for EVS roles, it’s never been more crucial to recruit, support and retain these valuable members of staff for the good of patients, their clinicians, and hospital operations as a whole.
How can hospitals and healthcare facilities better support these key staff members and fill in the gaps where staffing is tenuous? Today’s autonomous robotic solutions offer a smart way forward.
March 4 2024
FROM CUSTODIAN TO BOT MASTER
How Autonomous Robots Create New Career Opportunities in Facilities Management
Custodians and janitorial workers have long played a vital role in maintaining the cleanliness and hygiene of various facilities. But with one of the highest turnover rates of any profession, a shortage of janitorial workers is an ongoing concern for facility managers. Now, with the increasing adoption of robotic automation, this field is undergoing a significant shift that offers the potential for greater job satisfaction and a more reliable workforce.
February 20 2024
ROBOTIC AUTOMATION FOR LARGE VENUES
The Robot Revolution Coming to Stadiums, Arenas and Convention Centers
Large venues such as stadiums, arenas and convention centers are bustling centers of entertainment, education and connection. With millions of visitors each year, these massive facilities face a constant need for cleanliness, maintenance, security and visitor assistance to keep crowds happy, healthy and safe. Robotics, with their precision, versatility, and ability to perform complex tasks, offer myriad ways to assist in the operations of large venues.
Let’s take a look at some of the ways robotic technology and automation are helping to reshape operational efficiency, security protocols and guest experience within these colossal spaces.
February 5 2024
REVISITING SERVICE ROBOTS FOR CASINOS
A Total Hospitality Solution
We’ve touched on numerous use cases for service robots over the past year and explored the diverse capabilities that make them beneficial for a wide variety of businesses and facilities. Because we’ve discussed so many industries, we’d like to take some time to revisit some of the more complex scenarios. First up–casinos.
January 22 2024
CLEANING ROBOT MYTHS
Separating Fact from Fiction
Autonomous cleaning robots are taking the Jan-San and facilities management industries by storm, and for good reason. They offer the promise of improved efficiency, heightened cleaning standards, and a lightened workload for cleaning staff. But often twinned with that optimism is reticence, informed largely by the ongoing cultural narrative surrounding the role of robotics within our homes, schools, workplaces, and society at large.
January 15 2024
COBOT VS FULLY AUTONOMOUS
Why the Difference Matters When it Comes to Cleaning
Since their emergence on the scene some twelve years ago, commercial and industrial floor scrubbers capable of automated cleaning have been slowly changing the face of Jan-San and facilities management....With significant advancements being made over a short period of time, it’s worth discussing the differences between cobot and fully autonomous floor cleaning units.
January 3 2024
NEW YEAR - NEW CLEAN
Trends on the Jan-San Horizon for 2024
The janitorial and sanitation (Jan-San) industry has long been the backbone of facility management, its professionals working tirelessly to ensure clean, safe and optimally-functioning environments for numerous sectors. As the new year begins, let’s take a look at some of the trends shaping this vital industry in 2024.
December 18 2023
WINTER - THE PERFECT TIME FOR AUTOMATED FLOOR CLEANING
The Easiest Way to Keep Facility Floors Dry and Grime-Free
In the northern hemisphere, winter will officially be upon us come December 21. And for much of the US, that means months of snow, slush, rain and mud, all tracked into your facility multiple times each day. Particularly in northern climates, keeping high-traffic areas like entryways, lobbies, and hallways clean and dry can be a never ending battle for custodial teams.