Case Study: Tennant achieves smarter autonomous floor cleaning with RealSense

Tennant improves floor cleaning autonomy with RealSense D435 millimeter-level depth accuracy

Tennant, a commercial floor cleaning equipment manufacturer, faced the challenge of labor shortages and high turnover making it difficult for their customers to perform routine cleaning. Their autonomous robots needed to operate safely in unpredictable environments like warehouses and retail stores. To solve this, they partnered with vendor RealSense and integrated the RealSense D435 depth camera into their robots' perception stack.

The solution from RealSense provided millimeter-level depth accuracy and real-time 3D sensing, enabling the robots to detect obstacles and navigate safely around people and moving objects. This allowed Tennant to expand its autonomous product portfolio, with results including customers being able to clean more frequently without adding staff and redirecting employees to higher-value work. The RealSense technology also provides a platform for ongoing software improvements without needing to replace the hardware.

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