Commercial robotics

The next mile is inside the building.

Digital platforms have transformed how customers order and transact. Robotics can now transform how products, food, supplies and services move through the physical environment.

  1. Order
  2. Retailer
  3. Robot
  4. Lift
  5. Office
  6. Customer

The digital customer journey in South Africa is already sophisticated. The next opportunity is to automate more of the physical journey: the part between the loading bay and the desk, the kitchen and the room, the pharmacy and the ward.

Deliver

Food, parcels, medication, stock and supplies, moved by robot from where they are to where they are needed.

Clean

Autonomous cleaning for large commercial floors, scheduled and repeated without supervision.

Serve

Hospitality and customer-facing service applications that free staff for the guest in front of them.

Connect

Integration with doors, lifts, access control, ordering and building systems, so the robot can actually complete the job.

Where it works.

  • Retail and shopping centres

    Malls, large-format retail, mixed-use developments.

    • Customer orders
    • Meals
    • Parcels
    • Stock
    • Supplies
    • Documents

    In dense retail environments many retailers already share one property ecosystem. That is where internal delivery gets interesting.

  • Commercial property

    Office parks, corporate campuses, premium commercial buildings.

    • Lifts
    • Automatic doors
    • Access control
    • Reception
    • Food providers
    • Building management

    The proposition is not a robot moving around a floor. It is a robot that is part of how the building operates.

  • Hospitality

    Hotels, resorts, conference venues, restaurants.

    • Room service
    • Food delivery
    • Linen
    • Guest amenities
    • Cleaning
    • Internal logistics

    Service stays personal. The walking does not have to be.

  • Healthcare

    Hospitals and healthcare campuses.

    • Medication
    • Laboratory samples
    • Linen
    • Meals
    • Supplies
    • Cleaning

    Human care remains human. Robotics takes the repetitive transport and the predictable operational work.

The robot is only part of the solution.

MOTIV connects the robot to the doors, lifts, orders and systems it has to work with. That connection is what turns a robot into an operation.

Robot motiv Lifts Doors Access control Orders Building systems People

Move more without making people walk more.

Every robot pilot starts with one route and one job. If the numbers work, we scale it. If they do not, you have learnt something cheaply.

What job would you give a robot?

Tell us about repetitive movement, delivery, cleaning, handling or inspection in your operation. We will help you work out whether robotics makes commercial sense.