Building Window Cleaning Robots
Robots that clean the glass on high-rise facades so crews spend less time on ropes and gondolas.
9 robots · 10 companies · from the Future of Built file
By trade
- Facade · 7
- Coating · 1
- Earthmoving · 1
Robots
Skyline Robotics
Lucid Bots
Serbot
PaintUP
SquareDog Robotics
KITE Robotics
hyCLEANER
ElidCompanies
- Skyline Robotics · Tel Aviv, Israel · founded 2017
Ozmo washes high-rise glass from a BMU platform. Facade cleaning without sending a person over the edge.
- Lucid Bots · Charlotte, United States · founded 2018
Sherpa is a drone that washes and coats exteriors. Charlotte-built, sold to contractors who already own a pressure washer and a lift.
- Serbot · Sion, Switzerland · founded 2013
GEKKO facade and solar-cleaning robots. Swiss climbing gear for the elevation.
- PaintUP · Lyon, France · founded 2018
Laser-guided telescopic carrier that cleans, strips, paints, and drills facades. France. Active service ops with OPPBTP safety work behind it.
- SquareDog Robotics · Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR · founded 2016
SkyDog and SkyCare climb facades without a gondola for clean, water-tightness, and inspection. Hong Kong landmark deployments. EMSD listed, awards on the shelf.
- KITE Robotics · Oldenzaal, Netherlands · founded 2012
Four-cable autonomous facade and window cleaning robot for towers past 200 m. Oldenzaal. Commercial systems shipping, not a concept reel.
- hyCLEANER · Gronau, Germany · founded 2010
facadeBRUSH, solarROBOT, and glassROBOT clean facades, PV, and glass roofs. Gronau since 2010. Clean Pro Expo 2026 - active customers, not a prototype.
- Skyform · Gravesend, United Kingdom · founded 2005
Sky Wash is a remote dual-cable facade and glazing cleaner. Gravesend, Kent. Active UK product page - the cradle a window crew used to ride.
- Carbon Origins · San Francisco, United States · founded 2021
Bobby is an AI + VR-supervised multipurpose compact track loader for solar, earthwork, dust control, and material handling. San Francisco roots, Minneapolis ops heritage. Hire-the-robot model on live sites.
- Elid · Singapore, Singapore · founded 1988
AXIOBOTS is a patented facade cleaning, painting, inspection, and water-tightness system for gondolas, boom lifts, and scissors - Singapore. Deployed on Singapore high-rises for exterior glass and cladding.
Frequently asked questions
- Do high-rise window cleaning robots exist?
- Yes. The robots on this page are built for building facades and glazing.
- Which companies are on the building window cleaning robots list?
- Future of Built lists 10 companies here, including Skyline Robotics, Lucid Bots, Serbot, PaintUP, SquareDog Robotics, KITE Robotics, hyCLEANER and Skyform.
- Where are these companies headquartered?
- By headquarters: United States (2), France (1), Germany (1), Hong Kong SAR (1), Israel (1).
- How many of these robots are deployed?
- Of the 9 robots on this page, 9 deployed, per the Future of Built file.