Very large floors
Thousands of square metres of hard floor across building, garden and storage are hard to cover by hand in one shift.
Industry solution · DIY stores
Keep large sales floors robustly clean without tying up staff.
DIY stores carry dust, soil and cardboard abrasion across thousands of square metres of hard floor every day, while pallets and shoppers move through the aisles. A large-area scrubber runs the floor on schedule and keeps it consistently clean, instead of tying cleaners to a mop. werob picks the right robot vendor-neutrally and runs it for its whole life.
Industry solution · DIY stores
Robust cleaning for floors with heavy movement.
A DIY store easily reaches 5,000 to 10,000 square metres of sales floor, plus a garden section, timber cutting and a drive-in. Those floors gather dust from the building materials area, soil from the plant range and abrasion from pallet traffic. Such areas are hard to cover by hand in a single shift, and good cleaning staff are scarce. A large-area scrubber works the long main aisles on a fixed cadence, steers around people and pallet trucks, and logs every pass. That keeps the sales floor clean throughout long opening hours, without pulling staff away from advising customers.
Challenges in DIY retail
Dust and soil
Building dust, soil from the plant range and cardboard abrasion settle on the floor continuously.
Pallet traffic
Pallet trucks and pallets shape the operation, and cleaning has to steer clear of that traffic safely.
Staff for advice
Employees are needed on the shop floor advising customers, not permanently at the mop.
What your store gets
Large areas handled robustly
- Long main aisles scrubbed on a fixed cadence
- High area throughput per charge
- Built for dust and coarser soiling
- Automatically avoids pallet trucks and people
Staff freed for selling
- Cleaners available for advice and service
- Steady floor care without extra shifts
- Consistent cleanliness instead of one-off pushes
- Cleaning records exportable on every pass
Vendor neutral
Recommended robots for DIY stores
We are tied to no manufacturer and pick the robot that fits your floor and soiling profile. A proven selection for large-format DIY stores:
- Gausium Scrubber 75
- Pudu MT1
- CenoBots L50
- Pudu CC1
Common questions
- Can a robot handle the floors of a DIY store?
- Large sales floors are exactly where large-area scrubbers belong. They are built for high area throughput and work the long main aisles on a fixed cadence. In the spec werob defines which areas the robot takes on and where a manual touch-up still makes sense.
- Can the robot cope with dust and soil?
- The scrubbers used are built for robust cleaning on hard floors and pick up dust, soil and abrasion in the wash pass. Coarse items such as timber offcuts or screws still belong in a sweep. werob matches the detergents and brushes to your floor coverings.
- Does cleaning disrupt pallet traffic?
- No. The navigation recognises people, trolleys and pallet trucks and steers around them automatically. The robot runs quietly, often under 55 decibels, so it can work during opening hours without holding up goods movement or shoppers.
- Who handles maintenance and wear parts?
- werob runs the robot for its whole life. Brushes, filters, detergents, software updates and maintenance run centrally through one point of contact, with no manufacturer hotlines. The robot stays ready without your team spending time on it.
Cleaning is a newly available werob solution. Hardware and cadence are representative; per-site scope and economics are set in your spec.
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Describe your floors and soiling profile in plain language. First spec in 48 hours, first robot on site in eight weeks.