Stores "Magnet" began to clean up robots

On May 14, Magnit announced the beginning of the use of the MARK-1 robot cleaner. It is designed by Robots to Business for automatic daily wet floor cleaning.

According to Magnit, a robot with moderate pollution of a store with an area of ​ ​ about 6 thousand square meters. m requires 35 liters of water and 350 ml of detergent. For a month, the use of a robot instead of a classic breakwater machine saves about 4.5 thousand liters of water and about 45 liters of detergent.

The first supermarket in which the retailer began to use MARK-1 was Magnit Family. The robot uses a computer vision system to orient itself in space. It includes a laser rangefinder, three depth cameras, an optical camera, ultrasonic sensors, a gyroscope and an accelerometer. MARK-1 has algorithms for classifying types of obstacles, distinguishes between people and stationary objects, which allows it to perform cleaning tasks with people. External lighting devices attract the attention of visitors to avoid a collision.

Magnit stores began to clean up MARK-1 robots

The robot MARK-1 knows how to build a map of the room and navigate it. This allows you to conduct effective cleaning without missing small areas and random repetitions - the robot always knows with high accuracy where it cleaned and where it is not yet. He can also determine where people went and places with maximum traffic, after which he builds an additional cleaning route.

MARK-1 operates on one charge for 2.5 hours and returns to the base station if the charge ends or the entire area is cleaned. In case of an emergency situation, the robot will send an audio signal and a signal to the operator's mobile application.

The main advantages are high cleaning quality and serious savings in water and detergents, minimal human intervention and 100% compliance with the cleaning schedule, "said Yevgeny Jamalov, innovation director of the Magnit network[1]

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