SMART MOVE: FROM TOOLS TO ROBOTS, AUTONOMOUS ROBOT FLOOR CLEANERS AND PRODUCTIVITY IN SMART FACILITIES MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Autonomous robot floor cleaners (industrial floor cleaning robots) have been touted to bring benefits to the built environment through increased productivity to combat these issues through smart facilities management to bring greater customer satisfaction to building owners through cost-savings and higher performance. Industrial floor cleaning robots should also help to lighten the work done by elderly cleaning personnel.

Currently, most scholarly articles are focused on perfecting and promoting the robotics technology — few have dealt with the true impact the innovation has brought to facilities management. This dissertation aims to fill the research gap by examining the effectiveness of current implementation in a specific site study.