Verobotics

Verobotics builds robots for autonomous facade care. The 20-pound robot walks vertically on buildings, and is equipped with cameras that scan their surfaces and autonomously detect window frames to crawl over. As it cleans with a dry brush, the robot collects data with its five cameras and 15 sensors to build a real-time digital twin of the building and monitor facade health. Building owners are alerted to window cracks or HVAC leaks so they can carry out proactive maintenance or repair. Verobotics robots work up to 10x faster than traditional workers, with less danger, and can work around-the-clock.

Verobotics offers its robots through a leasing model rather than selling them outright. The robots-as-a-service (RaaS) model makes sense for its customers, since building owners don’t need their facades cleaned every day of the year. The company doesn’t share pricing on its website, but co-founder and CEO Ido Genosar says that two cleaning cycles for a 60-floor building in the United States cost around $150k. The robot requires no additional infrastructure—such as cranes—to set up, and one operator can work up to four robots at a time.