About Cleaning Bot

Sources we rely on

• IEC 63327:2021 Automatic floor treatment machines for commercial use — International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
  Safety requirements for the driverless mode of commercial scrubbers, sweepers and polishers that work near the public.
• ASTM F2709-19(2025) Measured nameplate recovery rate of stationary oil skimmer systems — ASTM International.
  Test method behind skimmer recovery-rate claims; it measures ideal conditions and advises de-rating for real spills.
• Slips and trips in cleaning — Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
  Guidance for cleaning employers on floors left wet after cleaning, keeping people off them and trailing cables.
• Working at height whilst window cleaning — Health and Safety Executive (HSE).
  How UK duty holders should plan window cleaning to avoid or control work at height, with water-fed poles as one option.
• Cleaning robots — Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation (Fraunhofer IPA).
  Applied research on robots for commercial cleaning and disinfection, including sensor-based capture of cleaning parameters.
• TIP 05: Use of skimmers in oil pollution response — ITOPF.
  Technical paper on choosing and running oil skimmers for different spill sizes, oil types and sea conditions.
• Plastic pollution and marine litter — UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
  UNEP's overview of plastic entering the oceans and of the Global Partnership on Plastic Pollution and Marine Litter.
• IEC issues new standard for automatic/robotic floor cleaning machines — ISSA.
  Cleaning industry association's explainer on IEC 63327 and how it sits alongside IEC 60335-2-72 for scrubbers.