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Reinventing how the world cleans with autonomous floor cleaning robots
Tennant Company designs, manufactures, and markets autonomous floor cleaning machines including the X4 ROVR (20-inch disk scrub path for small spaces in retail, education, healthcare), X6 ROVR, T380AMR, and T7AMR robotic scrubbers. Powered by BrainOS, these purpose-built robots address labor shortages with nimble navigation, obstacle avoidance, and up to 2.5 hours runtime on lithium batteries. They operate in commercial facilities across the US and globally.
Company facts
- HQ
- Schaumburg, United States
- Founded
- 1840 · 186 yrs
- Website
- www.tennantco.com
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Awards & recognition
- Good Design Award2024gooddesignawards.org ↗
Milestones
Unveiled full specifications of X4 ROVR, its first purpose-built autonomous floor scrubber.
X4 ROVR received Good Design Award recognition
Press coverage
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