Avidbots is building Neo 2W scrubbers into warehouse cleaning telemetry

Neo 2W extends Avidbots from a 1,000-plus robot fleet into warehouse cleaning, with DHL labor-hour claims, Christie Lites productivity proof, and Command Center telemetry.

25 Apr 23

Avidbots launched Neo 2W for warehouses and manufacturing sites on April 25, 2023, designed for floor debris, traffic and frequent layout changes. Source

In 2020, DHL and Avidbots expanded a partnership to install Neo robots in warehouses worldwide, with DHL saying floor-cleaning robots could reduce up to 80 percent of labor hours spent cleaning. At Christie Lites, the Las Vegas warehouse doubled from 80,000 to 160,000 square feet, and Dan Souwand said Neo doubled cleaning-team productivity while freeing staff for additional tasks. Source Source

Avidbots Command Center provides facility managers with cleaning maps, reporting, analytics and real-time monitoring for Neo 2W.

Faizan Sheikh and Pablo Molina founded Avidbots in 2014 after Waterloo mechatronics engineering training, and early Waterloo coverage recorded Neo cleaning more than 100 locations by 2018. The company stayed close to Waterloo’s robotics talent base while scaling the autonomy stack behind Neo. By the 2022 Series C, Waterloo reported more than 1,000 Neo robots working across more than a dozen countries.

The 2022 financing gave Avidbots room to turn that fleet base into a wider product line. The company raised $70 million in Series C funding, bringing total funding to more than $107 million, and Waterloo said the money would support new products plus fleet expansion in the United States and globally. Neo 2W followed as the warehouse and manufacturing branch of that product-development push.

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