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Skyline Robotics disrupting $40B window cleaning industry

Organization: Skyline Robotics
Country: USA
Website: skylinerobotics.com
Year Founded: 2017
Number of Employees: 11-50
Innovation Class: Technology, Product & Services
Innovation Subclass: Technology & Product Introduction

Description:
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Skyline Robotics in March 2022 debuted Ozmo, a robot designed to automate skyscraper window cleaning. Ozmo combines artificial intelligence, machine learning, computer vision, robotic control and an array of sensors to create a system that offers a safer alternative to human window washers. Ozmo uses LiDAR to scan building surfaces to memorize every curve and edge of the area, while force sensors provide it with a sense of touch and sight.

Analysis:
In the last 100 years, buildings have scaled dramatically in height and window surface area. Yet the method of cleaning these buildings has remained unchanged. Humans clean these windows while suspended on a platform in the air.

Ozmo addresses several needs and concerns, including worker safety, labor shortages and building health. According to Skyline, 74% of window cleaners in the USA are over the age of 40, but only 10% are between the ages of 20 and 30.

Skyline claims Ozmo is three times faster than traditional window cleaning and reduces onsite labor costs by up to 75%. But, most importantly, it removes humans from the cleaning platform, leaving them to safely supervise the robot from the rooftop. Skyline Robotics is disrupting the $40 billion window cleaning industry. - Mike Oitzman

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