an industrial manufacturer running a high-volume parts distribution center in the Midwest
How a Parts Distribution Center Freed 40 Weekly Scrubbing Hours With an AMR
A Midwest parts distribution center replaced more than 40 hours a week of ride-on scrubbing with an industrial AMR that now runs about 38–44 autonomous hours weekly.
- 40+ hr
- manual/wk
- 38-44
- auto hr
- 1
- AMR
- 0
- daily chem
Based on a documented real-world deployment. Figures are from public reporting; the organization is not named.
Dusty floors consumed a full-time scrubber role
This parts distribution center keeps high-volume pick lanes clean enough for scanners, forklifts, and audit walkthroughs. Manual ride-on scrubbing demanded more than forty hours of operator time each week and still left dusty buildup in busy aisles.
Leadership wanted cleaner floors, lower chemical use, and labor hours redirected toward revenue work in packaging and outbound processing.
- More than forty weekly hours on ride-on scrubbing
- Dusty floors from constant pallet and parts movement
- Chemical-heavy cleaning raised cost and residue concerns
- Need pre-mapped routes before installing automation
Industrial AMR with planned routes
The site trialed an industrial autonomous floor scrubber with detergent-free scrubbing technology, pre-planning routes before installation and training the team on coexistence with forklifts.
After purchase, the AMR became the first autonomous cleaner on site, running scheduled cycles while supervisors handled exceptions and detail work.
- Pre-plan scrubber routes with warehouse traffic in mind
- Trial detergent-free scrubbing on high-dust aisles
- Brief pickers and drivers on AMR schedules
- Track autonomous hours versus former manual time
Operator redeployed, floors cleaner
Published reporting states the former scrubber operator moved to the packaging area while the AMR runs autonomously about thirty-eight to forty-four hours per week.
The facility reports cleaner, less dusty floors without daily cleaning chemicals on the autonomous program.
What parts DCs and plants can copy
This account documents an industrial manufacturer parts distribution deployment, not a Service Robot Co. customer story. It still shows how a vendor-neutral integrator should scope AMR scrubbers: baseline weekly scrub hours, ninety-day autonomous runtime proof, then redeploy labor to value-added tasks.
Service Robot Co. selects scrubber platforms, runs site assessments, and supports warehouse cleaning robot rental or lease programs with a nationwide network of regional service engineers on one contract.