Is Your Building Robot-Ready?

1. Floors and surfaces

Check for steps, steep ramps, loose mats, difficult thresholds, floor transitions and other route conditions that may affect the selected platform.

2. Connectivity

Map network coverage wherever the robot must operate, especially corridors, service zones, lift lobbies and back-of-house areas. The exact connectivity requirement varies by platform and integration.

3. Lifts and doors

If the route crosses floors or controlled doors, treat those systems as explicit integration items with named owners, approved interfaces and fallback behaviour.

4. Route width and congestion

Measure narrow points and review peak traffic. A route that works in an empty building may behave differently during visitor, patient, guest or staff peaks.

5. Charging and home position

Identify a suitable power and docking location outside the main traffic flow and close enough to the robot operating area.

6. People and operating rules

Public-facing environments need a documented operating model for children, elderly visitors, crowds, blocked routes and manual intervention.

Walk-the-route checklist

Use the real mission path during assessment.

• Suitable surfaces and no blocking steps
• Connectivity checked along the complete route
• Lift or door integration feasibility reviewed
• Narrowest route points measured
• Charging location identified
• Peak traffic and exception scenarios reviewed
• Local owner assigned for daily operation and escalation

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