Window-cleaning robots hang out in New York for world-first deployment

Image caption: Skyline Robotics says that “1133 Avenue of the Americas is now the only skyscraper in the world utilizing an automated window cleaning system” Image courtesy of Skyline Robotics. Article by Paul Ridden. New Atlas – August 29, 2024. Source: Skyline Robotics.

A 45-story office tower in New York has become the first in the world to deploy the Ozmo automated window cleaning system, where a platform dangled from the roof is home to robots that spritz the glass 3x faster than human cleaning crews. The Ozmo setup essentially mounts a pair of Kuka robotic arms to a cleaning platform that hangs from the roof of a tower, and equips each with a brush head and water. […]

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Video: Ozmo at 1133 Avenue of the Americas – The Durst Organization