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Trombia Free
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Pilot useFinlandSupervised

Trombia Technologies · working robot

Trombia Free

A car-sized, battery-electric street sweeper that drives itself using lidar and machine vision tuned for rain and snow. Trombia says it uses under 15% of the power of a conventional suction sweeper.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
2600 kgHeavier than 96%
Payload
—Not published
Speed
10.0 km/hFaster than 90%
Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

Billed by its maker as the first full-power autonomous street sweeper.

Real-world use

City pilots in Espoo and Helsinki in 2021 with an operator accompanying it.

Timeline

First shown
2020-09-29
Released
Not yet
Product launch by Trombia Technologies

How it stacks up

Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

Not published by the maker: height, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

A hidden gem: a recent robot with full published specs that gets little attention so far.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Wheeled base
How it runs
Supervised. Works by itself while a person watches and steps in.

From the maker

Trombia Free is the only machine from Trombia Technologies in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found

Side by side with its peers

Picked by the same rules for every robot: another maker’s robot that moves the same way, is at the same stage and does at least one of the same main jobs, first shown within two years. Closer size and price rank higher. Few robots match closely, so these are the nearest matches. How we choose

Full comparison
MeasureTrombia FreeTrombia FreeTrombia TechnologiesRobo Street SweeperRobo Street SweeperWeRide with YutongSame job: street sweeping · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilotsRobosweeper S1Robosweeper S1WeRideSame job: street sweeping · Both on wheels · Both on sale or in pilots
First shown2020-09-292022-04-282024-04-03
StatusPilot usePilot useCommercial
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Weight2600 kg——
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Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

The Robot Report Trombia Free autonomous street sweeper launched Cities Today Helsinki trials autonomous street sweeper Forum Virium Helsinki Robot to sweep street dust in Helsinki quietly and without emissions at night

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