Robots that sweep warehouses, factories, car parks and halls on their own. What an autonomous industrial sweeper does, how to choose one, and the models we deploy on site.
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On this market, the word "autonomous" covers two very different things. Let us be clear about which one we mean. In September 2026, Pudu announced an auto-empty station for its MT1 and MT1 Max sweepers.
LIDAR and camera navigation, site mapping, programmed routes: the robot sweeps on its own, steers around obstacles, returns to its station and uploads its cleaning reports. This page is about that family.
Some mechanical sweepers that mount on forklift forks are sold as "autonomous" because they work without a hydraulic or electrical connection. They are still driven entirely by a forklift operator: they are not robots.
Dust, light debris, swarf, leaves, cardboard and pallet residue: the side brushes draw the soil towards the collection hopper, with dust control to limit what is thrown back into the air.
An autonomous sweeper automates floor sweeping in commercial and industrial environments: the robot covers the long runs, your team keeps the congested zones and the finishing work. It is often the first robotic building block on an industrial or logistics site.
Three families of machine, three needs. The right choice depends on the type of soil you deal with.
Large volumes of dry soil, warehouse concrete, car parks, semi-open areas: the sweeper picks up quickly and in quantity, backed by a high-capacity hopper.
When fine dust matters as much as debris, the vacuum sweeper combines brushes and filtered suction in a single pass. It is the bridge to the family of commercial vacuum robots.
Grease, marks, stuck-on soil: that is the territory of autonomous floor scrubbers. Some models combine sweeping and scrubbing in a single pass to handle both at once.
In practice, many sites combine the two: daily sweeping of the aisles, scrubbing at whatever frequency the site needs. The on-site demonstration establishes the right mix for your floors and your soil.
From compact industrial sweeping to the large format for car parks and semi-open areas.
The large-area autonomous sweeper, designed for manufacturing and logistics.
1,800 m²/h70 cm35 L View the profile →The large-area autonomous sweeper with 3D perception, up to 2,200 m²/h, built for car parks and semi-open areas.
2,200 m²/h70 cm35 L View the profile →The autonomous vacuum sweeper for warehouses and large retail floors, with twin hoppers and HEPA filtration.
1,400 m²/h55 cm6 L + 2×7 L View the profile →The MT1 is our reference compact industrial sweeper: 70 cm cleaning width, 35-litre hopper, filtered suction to contain the dust. The MT1 Max steps up in throughput for car parks and semi-open areas, and the MT1 Vac adds a vacuum function for environments where fine dust dominates. When sweeping and scrubbing have to happen in a single pass, the BG1 builds a sweeping roller into the scrubber-dryer.
Pallet debris, plastic film, cardboard dust on concrete: the robot sweeps the aisles between activity peaks. See our approach to cleaning in logistics.
Swarf and production residue on the traffic routes: daily sweeping limits build-up and keeps dust from being stirred back up. Our approach to industrial cleaning.
Leaves, grit, dust brought in by vehicles: the large format covers car park levels outside peak hours.
Heavy footfall, diffuse dry soil: autonomous sweeping keeps visible cleanliness up throughout the day. Our approach to cleaning sports halls and local authority facilities.
Hopper volume dictates how often it has to be emptied, and therefore the real runtime on your site. 35 litres is a good compact industrial standard.
Side brushes included, the cleaning width determines the number of passes: 70 cm covers a hall with a minimum of back-and-forth runs.
Throughput in standard mode is the true measure. Targeted modes, which prioritise the dirty zones the robot detects, advertise higher figures.
Filtered suction behind the brushes stops the machine moving dust around instead of collecting it. Decisive in workshops and production areas.
Self-charging and resumption of an interrupted route: essential to cover several thousand square metres a day.
We do not deliver a machine, we guarantee a result.
The robot sweeps the long runs; your operatives or ours keep the congested zones, the corners and the finishing work.
Brushes, filters, sensors, updates: the machine keeps its performance, with nothing for you to organise.
If a robot breaks down, a replacement solution is in place within 72 hours. The floor stays clean, whatever happens.
The autonomous sweeper this page describes is a robot: it navigates on its own using LIDAR and cameras, follows programmed routes and returns to its docking station. Forklift sweeper attachments are called "autonomous" because they work without a hydraulic or electrical connection, but they are driven entirely by a forklift operator.
They deal with different kinds of soil. The sweeper picks up dry debris, dust and pallet residue. The scrubber-dryer handles stuck-on soil and marks with water and a squeegee. Many sites combine daily sweeping with scrubbing at a suitable frequency, and some robots do both in a single pass.
A machine that combines brush sweeping with filtered suction in the same pass. The brushes draw the debris towards the hopper while the suction captures fine dust, which stops it being thrown back into the air. The PUDU MT1 Vac is built on this principle.
Our compact industrial sweepers cover 1,800 m²/h in standard mode, and the large format reaches 2,200 m²/h. Targeted cleaning modes, which prioritise the dirty zones the robot detects, advertise higher figures depending on the manufacturer. Correct sizing is done on your actual floor areas, during the on-site demonstration.
The collection hopper, 35 litres on our compact industrial models, is emptied by hand. How often depends on how dirty the site is: it is one of the points we settle during the first weeks of deployment, along with the route plan.
The sweeper collects dust and debris dry, into a hopper; the scrubber-dryer scrubs with water and dries. On an industrial or logistics floor, the sweeper goes first and often, the scrubber-dryer afterwards and less often; the two are combined in the same route plan.
On a heavily soiled floor (cardboard, film, concrete dust), a 35 L hopper fills in one to three hours, which means three to eight emptyings over a night; on a clean floor, a whole shift. The auto-empty stations Pudu announced for its MT1 and MT1 Max in September 2026 remove this constraint.
In semi-outdoor areas for protected models (IP54 or higher, threshold crossing, water detection): covered car parks, loading docks, canopies; not on public roads. Compact indoor models tolerate neither rain nor grit.
