Skyline Robotics is disrupting the century-old practice of window washing with new technology that the startup hopes will redefine a risky industry.
Its window-washing robot, Ozmo, is now operational in Tel Aviv and New York, and has worked on major Manhattan buildings such as 10 Hudson Yards, 383 Madison, 825 3rd Avenue and 7 World Trade Center in partnership with the city’s largest commercial window cleaner Platinum and real estate giant The Durst Organization.
The machine is suspended from the side of a high-rise. A robotic arm with a brush attached to the end cleans the window following instructions from a LiDAR camera, which uses laser technology to map 3D environments.
The camera maps the building’s exterior and identifies the parameters of the windows.
Although the Ozmo is controlled by a human operator at the top of the building, Blum said the robot could be operated fully remotely.
“We don’t need a separate squeegee and a separate brush to get a perfectly clean window,” he said. “It’s one motion.”
The machine is part of a new wave of technology that can replicate human work.
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