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Cleaning robots: what they cost, with receipts

We have 70 prices with receipts for 20 of 20 cleaning jobs. A commercial floor scrubbing robot lists at $18,000–$95,880 to buy (10 prices), or $599–$2,900 a month to rent or subscribe (9 prices). Drone window-cleaning operators publish $0.12–$0.50 per sq ft; the one published rate for people on lifts or ropes is $0.50–$3.50. A month of floor-scrubbing robot rent costs what a cleaning contract charges for about 3,500 to 32,000 sq ft of office, or about 8 to 38 hours a week of a US janitor's median wage (a wage, not the cost of employing them). See the yardstick and the same rents in hours.

  • 70prices with receipts
  • 20/20cleaning jobs priced
  • 96companies listed
  • 38source websites

Heading to ISSA Show North America 2026 (Mandalay Bay Convention Center, Las Vegas; expo 17–19 Nov 2026, dates checked 2026-10-27)? Bring this page. We are not connected to ISSA or to any seller listed here. Prices are what sellers, dealers and public buyers published; your quote will differ. Newest receipt Oct 27, 2026; the page rebuilds whenever a price is added.

Every price, on one scale

Each dot is one published price; a bar is a published range; a hollow dot is a "from" price. Hover or tap for the source. US dollars only, because converting currencies would add our guess to theirs; the 21 prices in other currencies or units are in the receipts below.

Not on these scales: CAD 5 CNY 5 EUR 4 CHF 1 JPY 1 KRW 1 RUB 1 USD per contract, per job 3. European sellers price in EUR (4) and CHF (1); we keep francs and euros as published, never converted. See them all.

To buy per robot or kit, USD · 28 receipts · log scale

To rent, subscribe or lease per month, USD · 17 receipts · log scale

To hire it done per square foot, USD · 5 receipts · log scale

robot price people, not a robot (for comparison; more in the yardstick) older than 18 months

Rent or buy? The same robot, two price tags

For 12 cleaning robots, one seller lists both a purchase price and a monthly price on the same page. Rent adds up to the purchase price after 35.2–54.7 months (median 35.9). 11 of them state a 36-month term; over the full term you pay 66–102% of the purchase price, and you don't own the robot at the end. That can still be the right call: the monthly price usually covers support and swaps, and you can walk away when the term ends.

  • LionsBot R3 Vac $13,000 or $369/mo = 35.2 months robotlab.com
  • Gausium Phantas 1.3 $29,600 or $829/mo = 35.7 months robotlab.com
  • SoftBank Whiz $25,000 or $699/mo = 35.8 months robotlab.com
  • CenoBots L50 $41,820 or $1,169/mo = 35.8 months robotlab.com
  • Pudu MT1 Vac $20,000 or $559/mo = 35.8 months robotlab.com
  • CenoBots L4 $35,833 or $999/mo = 35.9 months robotlab.com
  • CenoBots L3 $24,000 or $669/mo = 35.9 months robotlab.com
  • LionsBot R12 Rex CS $81,150 or $2,259/mo = 35.9 months robotlab.com
  • Gausium Scrubber 75P $95,880 or $2,669/mo = 35.9 months robotlab.com
  • Gausium Vacuum 40 $42,000 or $1,169/mo = 35.9 months robotlab.com
  • LionsBot R3 Scrub Pro $31,250 or $869/mo = 36 months robotlab.com
  • Gausium Scrubber 50 Pro $53,600 or $979/mo = 54.7 months robotlab.com

Commercial floor scrubbing: buy vs rent vs hire → · Commercial carpet vacuuming: buy vs rent vs hire →

Robot or cleaning crew? The per-square-foot yardstick

A cleaning contractor prices by the square foot. ISSA's pricing guide puts routine cleaning of a general office at $0.09–$0.17 per sq ft, worked out as the monthly contract cost divided by the cleanable floor. Set that next to the 9 published monthly prices for a floor-scrubbing robot and you get a rough size of building where the two cost the same.

Cheapest floor-scrubbing robot rent

$599/mo

buys what a cleaning contract charges for about 3,500–6,700 sq ft of office ($599 ÷ $0.17 and ÷ $0.09).

Autonomous floor-cleaning robot subscription (Rendara), starting price · rendara.com, as of 2026-10

Priciest floor-scrubbing robot rent

$2,900/mo

buys what a cleaning contract charges for about 17,000–32,000 sq ft of office ($2,900 ÷ $0.17 and ÷ $0.09).

Avidbots Neo autonomous floor scrubber lease, as quoted by an Avidbots account executive · mlive.com, as of 2024-01 older than 18 months

Here's the catch: it isn't like for like. The contract covers trash, restrooms, dusting and floors, done by people. The robot only scrubs open floor, and someone still fills its tank, swaps its pads and does the edges. Treat the square footage as arithmetic on two published numbers, not a quote or a forecast.

Or count it in hours

The same two rents, divided by what a US janitor is paid: the BLS puts the median hourly wage for janitors and building cleaners at $17.71 (May 2025). Each bar is one 40-hour working week.

  • Cheapest rent $599/mo ÷ $17.71/h ≈ 34 hours a month, about 8 h a week
  • Priciest rent $2,900/mo ÷ $17.71/h ≈ 164 hours a month, about 38 h a week rent older than 18 months

Here's the catch: $17.71 is the gross wage paid to the worker, not what it costs to employ them. Benefits, payroll taxes, supervision, supplies and a contractor's margin come on top, so a person's real cost per hour is higher and the rent buys fewer hours than shown. This is a modelled estimate (arithmetic on two published numbers, 1 month = 52 ÷ 12 weeks), not a quote or a forecast. For a full model with employer on-costs, robot uptime and the edges a robot skips, try the robot vs human calculator.

Wage: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Occupational Outlook Handbook: Janitors and Building Cleaners” (Page last modified 2026-08-27 (OEWS May 2025 data); read 2026-10-27). Our record of this figure (confidence: high). Rents: the receipts linked in the cards above.

What people charge USD per sq ft · ISSA guide, Dec 4, 2025 · linear scale

  • General office
    $0.09–$0.17
  • Medical & healthcare
    $0.14–$0.29
  • Industrial or manufacturing
    $0.08–$0.20
  • Retail
    $0.07–$0.15
  • Schools & education
    $0.07–$0.14
  • Hard floor scrub & recoat (one-off job)
    $0.20–$0.40
  • Hard floor strip & refinish (one-off job)
    $0.30–$0.60
  • Carpet cleaning (one-off job)
    $0.08–$0.25
  • Electrostatic disinfection (one-off job)
    $0.10–$0.30

Source: ISSA, “Commercial Cleaning Rates per Square Foot: Full Pricing Guide” (2025-12-04, read 2026-10-27). ISSA calls the ranges general guidelines, not fixed prices, and gives no method or region; routine rates are monthly by ISSA's own formula, the last four are one-off jobs. Our record of this figure (confidence: low).

All 20 cleaning jobs, priced or not

Bot or Not? Cleaning edition

A robot makes sense when

  • The same big, open floor gets cleaned every night (warehouses, airports, malls, schools).
  • Your crew spends hours pushing a machine in straight lines instead of doing detail work.
  • You need proof it was done: robots log coverage maps and run times.
  • The job is dangerous for people: high-rise glass, confined ducts, tanks.

Hire people (or keep your crew) when

  • The space is small, cluttered or changes every day.
  • Most of the work is restrooms, edges, spills and touch points; robots are weakest there.
  • You clean once a month: renting a machine or a crew beats owning a robot that sits in a cupboard.
  • Nobody on site will own the robot (empty the tank, swap the pads, call support).

Who this page is not for: anyone shopping for a home robot vacuum, pool robot or window robot. Those are consumer jobs with their own pages: home vacuums, pool cleaning, home windows.

What to ask on the show floor

  1. Is that the robot, or the robot plus everything it needs? Docks, water stations, mapping, set-up visits and training are often separate lines. Ask for the price of the first working week, not the robot.
  2. Who maps the building, and who re-maps it? Floors change: new racking, moved furniture, a tenant fit-out. Find out if re-mapping is free, a fee, or your job.
  3. What exactly does the monthly price cover? Repairs, consumables (pads, brushes, filters, squeegees), software updates, a loaner when it breaks. Get it in writing, per item.
  4. What happens when the term ends? Return, renew, or buy out, and at what price. Ask before signing, not in month 35.
  5. Which floors and spaces will it not do? Edges and corners, stairs, thick carpet, wet entrances, tight restrooms. Someone still has to do those, so count their hours.
  6. Can you put the price on your website? Sellers who publish prices get a "Publishes prices" badge here and their prices appear on this page with the receipt. Ranking never changes either way.

Then put it in writing: how to write a robot quote request · RaaS contract red flags · hidden costs of robots · Buy, rent or hire? calculator

The receipts (71 rows)

Every row links to the page it came from. "As of" is when the price was published or when we read it. Rows a provider published about its own service say so.

Commercial floor scrubbing 24 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
from $599
/ month · US		Autonomous floor-cleaning robot subscription (Rendara), starting pricerendara.com as of 2026-10
$829–$2,669
/ month · US		Gausium autonomous scrubbers via RobotLAB: RaaS on 36-month termrobotlab.com as of 2026-10
$29,600–$95,880
/ unit · US		Gausium autonomous scrubbers purchase price (RobotLAB)robotlab.com as of 2026-10
$2,250–$2,900
/ month · US		Avidbots Neo autonomous floor scrubber lease, as quoted by an Avidbots account executivemlive.com as of 2024-01
older than 18 months
$18,000
/ unit · US		ICE Cobotics Cobi 18 autonomous floor scrubber (18" path), authorized retailer list price, free shipping (OneUp Cleaning)oneupcleaning.com as of 2026-10-27
$24,000
/ unit · US		CenoBots L3 autonomous scrubber-dryer robot, dealer list price (HPro Clean)hproclean.com as of 2026-10-27
$41,820
/ unit · US		CenoBots L50 heavy-duty autonomous scrubber, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB ("starting at")robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$1,169
/ month · US		CenoBots L50 autonomous scrubber, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (contract term not stated on the page)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$24,000
/ unit · US		CenoBots L3 autonomous scrubber-dryer, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB (robot only; $27,500 with WS3 workstation)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$669
/ month · US		CenoBots L3 autonomous scrubber-dryer, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$35,833
/ unit · US		CenoBots L4 autonomous scrubber, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLAB ("starting at")robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$999
/ month · US		CenoBots L4 autonomous scrubber, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$31,250
/ unit · US		LionsBot R3 Scrub Pro commercial scrubbing robot, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLABrobotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$869
/ month · US		LionsBot R3 Scrub Pro commercial scrubbing robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$53,600
/ unit · US		Gausium Scrubber 50 Pro AI robotic scrubber, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLABrobotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$979
/ month · US		Gausium Scrubber 50 Pro AI robotic scrubber, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$81,150
/ unit · US		LionsBot R12 Rex CS large scrubbing robot (autonomous and manual), purchase price listed by reseller RobotLABrobotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$2,259
/ month · US		LionsBot R12 Rex CS large scrubbing robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$24,000
/ unit · US		Pudu CC1 Pro 4-in-1 cleaning robot (sweep, scrub, vacuum, dust mop), purchase price listed by reseller RobotLABrobotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
C$2,500
/ month · CA		Pudu CC1 Pro 4-in-1 cleaning robot, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoringmaxavt.com as of 2026-10-27
C$2,150
/ month · CA		Pudu CC1 4-in-1 cleaning robot, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoringmaxavt.com as of 2026-10-27
C$2,650
/ month · CA		Pudu BG1 large scrubber-dryer robot, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoringmaxavt.com as of 2026-10-27
C$2,850
/ month · CA		Pudu BG1 Pro large scrubber-dryer robot, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoringmaxavt.com as of 2026-10-27
$1.1M
/ contract · US-WA		Spokane Public Schools (WA): 14 Tennant autonomous robot floor cleaners (one per middle and high school), total cost USD 1.08 million with a two-year labour and three-year parts warranty, per district spokesperson in The Spokesman-Review via GovTech, 2026-02-05; model not named; about USD 77,000 pergovtech.com as of 2026-02-05
Commercial carpet vacuuming 12 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
$699
/ month · US		SoftBank Whiz commercial vacuum robot RaaS (RobotLAB)robotlab.com as of 2026-10
$25,000
/ unit · US		Buy: SoftBank Whiz commercial vacuum robot (RobotLAB)robotlab.com as of 2026-10
¥29,800–¥104,800
/ month · JP		SoftBank Whiz rental in Japan by contract term (1/3/5 yr; incl. warranty option, ex tax)softbank.jp as of 2019-05
older than 18 months
$10,348
/ unit · US		Kärcher KIRA CV 50 autonomous commercial vacuum, dealer price (in stock) — Vacuum Specialistsvacuumspecialists.com as of 2026-10-25
$22,000
/ unit · US		Pudu CC1 4-in-1 commercial cleaning robot (sweep, scrub, vacuum, mop), purchase via reseller RobotLABrobotlab.com as of 2026-10-25
$13,000
/ unit · US		LionsBot R3 Vac 3D-lidar vacuum robot, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLABrobotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$369
/ month · US		LionsBot R3 Vac vacuum robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$20,000
/ unit · US		Pudu MT1 Vac robotic sweeper and vacuum (carpet and hard floors), purchase price listed by reseller RobotLABrobotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$559
/ month · US		Pudu MT1 Vac robotic sweeper and vacuum, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$42,000
/ unit · US		Gausium Vacuum 40 3-in-1 vacuum/sweep/dust-mop robot, purchase price listed by reseller RobotLABrobotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
$1,169
/ month · US		Gausium Vacuum 40 robot, RaaS price listed by reseller RobotLAB (36-month term per RobotLAB's product cards)robotlab.com as of 2026-10-27
C$1,750
/ month · CA		Pudu MT1 Vac robotic sweeper and vacuum, RaaS via MaxAVT (Canadian Pudu RaaS reseller), standard 36-month agreement incl. deployment, training, maintenance, OTA updates and remote monitoringmaxavt.com as of 2026-10-27
High-rise window & facade cleaning 4 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
$0.12–$0.25
/ sq ft · US-FL		Drone high-rise window cleaning (Miami)vistadronecleaning.com as of 2026-10
$0.25–$0.50
/ sq ft · US-CA		Drone window/facade cleaning (Southern California)peninsulapressurepro.com as of 2026-10
$0.50–$3.50
/ sq ft · US		Conventional (lift/rope) exterior cleaning bids for comparison, excl. lift charges people, not a robotskypsi.com as of 2026-10
$0.12–$0.25
/ sq ft · US		Drone facade / window cleaning, commercial buildings (operator-published)vistadronecleaning.com as of 2026-10
Airport & transit hub cleaning 4 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
CN¥244,720
/ contract · CN-NX		Yinchuan Hedong Airport property company (Western Airport Group Ningxia property & landscaping services): autonomous ('unmanned-driving') automatic floor scrubber purchase, first-ranked candidate Ningxia Shengke New Energy Technology at CNY 244,720 incl. tax (CNY 216,566.37 excl. tax); the next two ningxia.jianyu360.cn as of 2026-06-18
CHF 297,253
/ contract · CH		Zurich Airport (Flughafen Zürich AG): Robonnement AG awarded CHF 297,253 for 17 autonomous service robots moving through the terminals: 15 mobile waste-collection robots (passengers drop waste into them) and 2 robots equipped as service stations for catering areas; rented for at least one year with airport-information.com as of 2026-08-07
up to 27.8M RUB
/ contract · RU-SPE		Pulkovo Airport, St Petersburg (Air Gates of the Northern Capital LLC): tender for 13 robotic sweeper-scrubbers for terminal areas (check-in, security, lounges, galleries, baggage claim), 7 robots of at most 65 kg and 6 of at most 130 kg, incl. delivery, commissioning, fleet-system integration, navisanktpeterburg.bezformata.com as of 2026-08-27
₩781M
/ contract · KR		Incheon International Airport Corporation: 'autonomous cleaning robot introduction project' (Korea Public Procurement Service notice R26BK01295065), winning bid KRW 781,000,000 by CleanTech Co. (크린텍) against an estimated price of KRW 894,702,513; other bids KRW 794.4M (Big Wave Robotics) and 963.6M kjebi.com as of 2026-03-10
Drone pressure washing & soft washing 3 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
$0.12–$0.35
/ sq ft · US		Drone roof soft washing: commercial $0.12-$0.25, residential $0.25-$0.35exteriordronewashing.com as of 2026-10
$2,950–$4,600
/ month · US		Lucid Bots Sherpa cleaning drone subscription for operators (24 mo, $0 down)pricing.lucidbots.com as of 2026-10
from €15
/ m² · FR		Drone roof moss removal and cleaning, from €15/m² (AirClean, Essonne/Île-de-France; VAT status not stated on the homepage, 10% residential VAT rate mentioned)airclean.fr as of 2026-10-25
HVAC duct cleaning & inspection 3 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
$7,210
/ unit · US		Nikro 862117 HVAC duct robotic inspection and air-washing system, dealer list price (Net Zero Tools)netzerotools.com as of 2026-10-25
$8,107
/ unit · US		Nikro 862117 robotic inspection and air-washing system, dealer list price (Jendco Safety Supply)jendcosafety.com as of 2026-10-25
$9,400
/ unit · US		Nikro 862117 robotic duct inspection and air-wash system, dealer list price (US Cleaning Tools)uscleaningtools.com as of 2026-10-25
Restroom cleaning robots 3 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
$1,500
/ month · US		Somatic bathroom cleaning robot, flat monthly plan: 8 hours a day on weekdays (deployment and onboarding included)getsomatic.com as of 2026-10-25
$4,500
/ month · US		Somatic bathroom cleaning robot, flat monthly plan: 16 hours a day, weekdays and weekendsgetsomatic.com as of 2026-10-25
$3,000
/ month		Somatic bathroom-cleaning robot, flat monthly service: 16 hours/day on weekdays (deployment included) (Somatic's own price)getsomatic.com as of 2026-10-25
Kitchen exhaust duct cleaning 3 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
$7,400
/ set · CN		RJ-BOT (Guangzhou) zero-entry kitchen grease duct cleaning set: G36 crawler robot (ducts >28 cm, 2 HD cameras, 360° nozzle) + 2,900 PSI washer with vacuum recovery + 95°C heater + chemical sprayer, USD 7,400 EXW China; freight, duties and taxes extra (retrieved 2026-10-26)rj-bot.com as of 2026-10-26
$3,500
/ unit · CN		RJ-BOT G36 kitchen duct cleaning robot alone (needs the washer, heater and sprayer to clean): USD 3,500 EXW China (retrieved 2026-10-26)rj-bot.com as of 2026-10-26
$2,300–$2,400
/ unit · CN		Anhui Kuaitong KT-8001 kitchen grease duct cleaning robot (50–800 mm ducts; chemical, hot or cold water), manufacturer list price USD 2,300–2,400 (undated page, retrieved 2026-10-26)ktductclean.com as of 2026-10-26
Parking lot & outdoor sweeping 2 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
CN¥293,000
/ unit · CN-HB		Xiangyang Vocational and Technical College (Hubei): campus vehicle-road-coordination package; line item 'unmanned sweeper' CVCCI-ASV-Pro (brand China Automotive Engineering Research Institute), 1 unit at CNY 293,000; the whole package (incl. remote-driving cockpit, unmanned patrol car and shuttle) whub.zhiliaobiaoxun.com as of 2026-03-05
CN¥1.1M
/ contract · CN-HB		Xuan'en County urban management and law enforcement bureau (Enshi, Hubei): autonomous ('unmanned-driving') street-sweeping equipment purchase, won by Guangzhou Saite Intelligent Technology at CNY 1,060,000; quantities and models are in an attachment not read here (award notice 2026-10-21)ahzb.net as of 2026-10-21
Graffiti removal 2 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
$86,000
/ unit · US-WA		Washington State DOT graffiti pilot: the battery-powered, ground-tethered paint-spraying drone it uses cost $86,000 (bought before the $1M pilot; $22,000 of graffiti covered by drone to date), as reported by the Seattle Times / Washington State Standard (2024-12-24)seattletimes.com as of 2024-12-24
older than 18 months
$30,000
/ unit · US-WA		Aquiline Drones AD (Spartacus) Endure tethered coaxial octocopter used by Washington State DOT to paint over graffiti on bridges and overpasses: about USD 30,000 per drone, as reported in a 2026-03-31 explainer (a secondary source; WSDOT's 2024 report counted 21 missions covering about USD 22,000 ofhyperlific.com as of 2026-03-31
Litter picking robots 2 receipts
PriceWhat it isSource
€3,000
/ month · DE		Angsa litter-picking robot rented by the city of Saarbrücken for a park trial, as reported by SR (Saarländischer Rundfunk)sr.de as of 2025-05-13
€50,000
/ unit · DE		Angsa Robotics (Munich) autonomous AI litter-collecting robot for parks and green spaces: 'the machine currently costs EUR 50,000'; leasing also possible (Abendzeitung München news report, 2025-11-07; secondary source)abendzeitung-muenchen.de as of 2025-11-07
UV disinfection robots 1 receipt
PriceWhat it isSource
$86,900
/ unit · US		UVD Robots Model C UV-C disinfection robot purchase (RobotLAB)robotlab.com as of 2026-10
Industrial tank cleaning 1 receipt
PriceWhat it isSource
$411,000
/ job · US-NY		Bristola (Des Moines, IA): submersible robotic cleanout of a 1.2-million-gallon EnviTec anaerobic digester in New York, 12 days, USD 411,000, with the digester kept in service and no human entry (the vendor's own case figure, in a blog post dated 2026-09-07; the date of the job is not stated)bristola2.com as of 2026-09-07
Escalator & stair cleaning 1 receipt
PriceWhat it isSource
from $6,101
/ unit · US		Buy: HydraMaster TreadMaster escalator tread cleaner, US distributor price (same for 28-32 in treads)cleaningsupplywarehouse.com as of 2026-10
Glass roof & atrium cleaning 1 receipt
PriceWhat it isSource
€34,000–€35,000
/ unit · DE		hyCLEANER glassROBOT pro (Gronau, Germany): remote-controlled glass-roof cleaning robot with AutoDrive and edge-detection fall protection, 1,100–2,400 m²/h, roofs up to 25° (47%) inclination; EUR 34,000 with two 1,100 mm brushes, EUR 35,000 with 1,300 mm brushes, excl. 19% VAT, plus shipping (manufahycleaner.de as of 2026-10-27
Sewer & drain robotic cleaning 1 receipt
PriceWhat it isSource
CN¥148,000
/ contract · CN-GD		Foshan Water Affairs Bureau: robot pilot desilting (清淤) project, awarded CNY 148,000 (supplier chosen 2026-08-27; notice via qianlima, 2026-08-28). Whether the robots work in sewers, culverts or channels is not stated on the free pageqianlima.com as of 2026-08-27
Chimney sweeping robots 1 receipt
PriceWhat it isSource
from $434
/ unit · US		Buy: Wöhler Rotary Viper Duct M10 rotary cleaning kit, 16 ft with 7-inch brush (US list price; drill not included)wohlerusa.com as of 2026-10
Hospital disinfection services 1 receipt
PriceWhat it isSource
$86,900
/ unit · US		UV-C disinfection robot purchase (UVD Model C via RobotLAB)robotlab.com as of 2026-10
Silo & hopper cleaning 1 receipt
PriceWhat it isSource
CN¥687,500
/ unit · CN-JL		Jiusan Group Changchun storage department: replacement automatic silo-clearing machines, 2 double-screw rail-mounted units at CNY 687,500 each (single-source award, 2026-10-13). An automated sweep-auger machine, not a crawler robotxianlanzhaobiao.com as of 2026-10-13
Elevator shaft inspection 1 receipt
PriceWhat it isSource
$230,745
/ contract · US		NIH order (via Treon Support Services) for a Flyability Elios 3 confined-space inspection drone system, for inspecting equipment, stacks and confined or hazardous spaces without scaffolding, total obligated per USAspending award 75N99026F00003 (the drone type used for shaft inspections; this order iapi.usaspending.gov as of 2026-01-28

How this page is built

  • Jobs: every job in our Cleaning & Facilities category, plus hospital disinfection.
  • Prices: our editorial price rows for those jobs, plus a company's own published price when the row names the job or the company does only that job. The same source and amount appear once.
  • Nothing is converted, scaled, averaged into a "typical" price or estimated. Ranges on this page are the lowest and highest published numbers in one currency and unit.
  • Published prices are list, dealer, subscription or tender prices, not quotes. Sellers' prices change; every row keeps its date, and our price history is append-only.
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