Covered car parksDry sweeping

Assessing robotic sweeping for your covered car park

Some clear areas of a covered car park can be assessed for robotic sweeping. The choice depends on the floor, the debris to be collected, the obstacles and how traffic is organised.

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Debris

Define what needs to be picked up.

A dry sweeper picks up dry dirt. Everything else calls for another kind of intervention.

What dry sweeping can target

Leaves, paper and small dry debris
Dry dust settled on the driving lanes
Dirt compatible with the machine, confirmed by a sample taken on site

What calls for another intervention

Oil and fuel stains
Water, puddles and mud
Glass and sharp objects
Hazardous or bulky waste
Particular types of dust not validated for the machine

Whether a type of dirt is compatible is checked against the model’s documentation and by observing the site. No liquid treatment is associated with sweeping.

Areas

Identify the areas that are genuinely accessible.

A covered car park combines lanes, bays, fixed obstacles and level changes. Each one is recorded on site.

What we check, item by item. Crossing limits are read from the model’s validated product sheet and confirmed during the assessment: this page sets none.
Item	What we check
Driving lanes	Their width, the floor condition and whether they can be cleared at the time of the pass.
Parking bays	The share of free bays at the planned time slots; an occupied bay stays off the route.
Columns and walls	Corners and column bases, which leave areas to be finished by hand.
Wheel stops	Their height and layout, which mark out the possible routes.
Joints and gratings	Their width and condition, to compare with the limits in the model’s validated product sheet.
Thresholds	Steps between areas and between levels.
Slopes and ramps	Their gradient and length, to compare with the limits in the validated product sheet: no ramp is treated as passable by default.

Day-to-day operation

Organise the work with the operator.

Sweeping fits into how the car park is run, not the other way round.

01

Occupancy

Busy and quiet hours, day by day, and the least-used levels.

02

Access

Barriers, badges, doors and goods lifts: who opens, who accompanies, who is informed.

03

Separating traffic

The areas closed to traffic during the pass and the signage provided by the operator.

Vehicle traffic is not shared by default

The image at the top of the page shows parked vehicles. PURE SWEEP is not presented as able to share traffic automatically: time slots and passing areas are defined with the operator, when traffic allows.

One option

PURE SWEEP, one option for dry sweeping.

Its product sheet lists covered car parks among its intended uses. It remains to be checked whether your car park is suitable.

ÆNIX PURE SWEEP

An autonomous sweeping robot for large professional floors with little furniture. It sweeps dry: it does not wash and does not vacuum.

Function: Dry sweeping
Sweeping width: 890 mm
Waste hopper: 30 L, to be emptied
Uses listed on the product sheet: Warehouses, workshops, logistics centres, covered car parks

Information taken from the ÆNIX product sheet. Outdoor car parks, rain and ramps are not covered by this page.

See the PURE SWEEP page Sweeping in warehouses

What remains

Keep the specific interventions.

The robot complements how the car park is run; it does not replace every intervention.

What stays with your teams or contractors

Stains and liquid spills
Waste not compatible with the machine
Corners, edges and column bases
Areas excluded from the route
Emptying the hopper and routine care of the machine
Tasks defined by the operator

Pilot area

Prepare a pilot area.

A simple grid is enough to frame the assessment and any trial.

Pilot area — to fill inCar park: _____________

Usable areaThe lanes and bays that can genuinely be cleared.

Floor type and conditionConcrete, resin, joints, gratings.

Sample of dirtWhat is actually on the floor.

Possible hoursLow-occupancy time slots.

ConstraintsAccess, levels, ramps, wheel stops.

Evaluation criteriaDefined before the trial, checked after it.

These details frame the assessment; they assume neither that the car park is compatible nor what the result will be.

Frequently asked questions

What car park operators ask us.

Another question? Write to us.

Does a sweeping robot wash the floor?

No. PURE SWEEP sweeps dry: it collects dry dirt in its hopper. It does not wash, does not vacuum and does not deal with liquids.

Are all covered car parks suitable?

No. The floor, the debris present, obstacles, joints, gratings, slopes and traffic organisation vary from one car park to another. The assessment identifies the areas where robotic sweeping could be considered, and those where it could not.

How are vehicles managed?

Passes are planned in areas and at time slots agreed with the operator, when traffic allows. An occupied bay stays off the route, and sharing vehicle traffic is not presented as automatic.

What constraints do ramps and wheel stops impose?

Wheel stops mark out the routes and leave areas to be finished by hand. Ramps and level changes are compared with the limits in the model’s validated product sheet: none is treated as passable by default.

Can it work outdoors?

This page only covers covered car parks. Use outdoors, in the rain or on a wet floor is not covered here and would require a specific check of the model and the site.

The PURE SWEEP page Warehousing & logistics The site readiness checklist

Assessing your car park

Let’s assess your car park.

Describe the levels, the floor, the dirt you deal with and the possible time slots. We assess the areas where robotic sweeping could be considered, and on what conditions.

Usable area
Number of levels
Floor type
Dirt
Hours
Access