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CenoBots S5.

The workhorse autonomous sweeper for Australian warehouses, distribution centres and industrial sites. 820 mm brush, 50 L hopper, fully managed Perth deployment.

CenoBots S5 autonomous industrial sweeper
2,500m²/h
Coverage rate
820mm
Cleaning width
5–7h
Runtime per cycle
50L
Debris hopper
Every angle

The S5 from every side.

Front, top, three-quarter and rear: the full sweeper, control screen and sensor head.

Cenobots S5, front three-quarter view
What it does

An autonomous sweeper that runs a clean shift, every shift.

The S5 removes the labour overhead of cleaning sealed concrete and polished hard floors at scale. Point it at a warehouse, distribution centre, transport hub or covered carpark and it sweeps the floor on a schedule you set. Full coverage, the same way every time, no supervision required.

It's built for dry debris: cardboard offcuts, banding, dust, plastic strapping, pallet shrapnel. The day-to-day waste of a working industrial site. The 820 mm brush and 50 L hopper mean fewer empty cycles on long sweep paths; the auto-return charging station lets it run back-to-back shifts without anyone having to plug it in.

Under the hood: 32-beam 3D LiDAR at 150 m range, depth cameras, and on-board NVIDIA AI that classifies forklifts, pallets, people and spills in real time. It shares the floor with your operations team. It doesn't replace them, and it doesn't need the place cleared to do its job.

Capabilities

What it does, in motion.

Short, silent loops: debris pickup, vehicle awareness and multi-robot TeamClean.

Clean debris

Twin side brushes sweep cardboard, dust and plastic strapping into the hopper.

Forklift & vehicle detection

3D LiDAR and vision pick up forklifts and vehicles, so the S5 slows and steers around live traffic.

TeamClean sweep-then-scrub

Multiple units coordinate across one floor: sweep first, scrub behind, for full coverage in a single pass.

Best for

Where the S5 earns its keep.

If you're cleaning a sealed hard floor at scale, you're the buyer. The S5 is happiest on large continuous floor plates with dry debris loads.

Cenobots S5 sweeping a distribution-centre floor between racking
In its element: sweeping a distribution-centre floor between racking.

Warehouses & distribution

Pick aisles, dispatch zones, racking corridors and cross-docks where pallet movement creates daily debris.

Industrial & manufacturing

Production floors, assembly bays and back-of-house yards on sealed concrete or polished hard floors.

Transport hubs

Cross-dock terminals, freight yards, indoor depot floors and rail/road transfer stations.

Covered carparks

Sealed multi-storey and underground carparks where dust and tyre debris build up between manual sweeps.

Mining accommodation

Camp common areas, mess halls, gym floors and corridor circulation. Fits the FIFO schedule and runs unattended.

Large-format retail

Big-box concourse, hardware, automotive and trade-supply floors where labour cost dominates the cleaning P&L.

How it works

From dock to dock, fully autonomous.

Site survey, one-off map, then it runs itself. The operations team sets a schedule and the dashboard tracks coverage.

Step 01

Plan

Our engineer scans your site, builds the 3D map and sets cleaning zones, exclusion areas and schedules. One day on site for most facilities.

Step 02

Sweep

The S5 follows its optimised path with the brush down, classifying obstacles in real time and reseaming any zones it had to dodge.

Step 03

Charge

At low battery, or end of cycle, it returns to the dock for a 2-hour fast-charge and resumes where it left off. No human in the loop.

Step 04

Empty

Site staff empty the 50 L hopper when the dashboard flags it. That's the only manual touch in the daily cycle.

See it in action

A full S5 walkthrough.

A short walkthrough of the S5 on the floor. Press play.

Specifications

Every number, on the record.

Headline numbers up top; full datasheet collapsed below. We confirm site-specific figures during the survey.

Performance
Category
Autonomous sweeper (industrial)
Coverage rate
~2,500 m²/h
Cleaning width
820 mm
Min. passable width
810 mm
Runtime
5–7 hours per cycle
Debris hopper
50 L
Navigation & safety
Primary sensor
32-beam 3D LiDAR 150 m range
Secondary sensing
Stereo depth camera, forklift / vehicle detection class
AI compute
NVIDIA · 100 TOPS
Operating sound
~70 dB(A)
Max. climb
Power & physical
Charging time
2 hours fast-charge
Workstation
Auto-return charging dock
Weight
130 kg
Suitability
Best floor type
Sealed concrete, polished hard floors
Outdoor capable
Limited — covered carparks & loading docks only
Typical sites
Warehouse, industrial, carpark, transport hub, mining camp
Australian deployment

Built for the conditions, not the brochure.

WA industrial sites generate dust loads that imported floor-cleaning specs don't account for: red dust off worksite vehicles, fine concrete dust from green slabs, plastic banding from pallet receiving. The S5's 820 mm brush plus 50 L hopper is the sweet spot: wide enough to clear a typical pick-aisle in one pass, and a hopper big enough that staff aren't emptying it every two hours.

For mining accommodation and FIFO sites, the appeal is autonomy at distance. One robot covers the mess hall, common rooms and corridor circulation overnight while crew sleep. Camp managers see consistent results without recruiting cleaners for remote rosters. The auto-return dock means it's still operating in week 12 when the camp manager has rotated out.

Service distance matters. We're an Australian dealer (Fiction Labs Pty Ltd, trading as Perth Robots) with local engineers, local mapping, and parts on the ground in Perth. For metro deployments we offer same-day on-site response; for regional WA we ship spares overnight and resolve most software issues remotely via the cloud platform.

Sound profile (~70 dB) is appropriate for back-of-house and overnight operation in industrial settings. For public-facing or daytime patient/guest environments we deploy the quieter SP50 or the L-series scrubber-dryers instead. Different robot, same partnership, same management dashboard.

Service & support

Australian-based, end-to-end.

No offshore tickets. Perth-based engineers handle survey, deployment, training, mapping changes and incident response.

Mapping & deployment

One-day site survey, full 3D map, zone and schedule setup. We hand over a running system, not a box.

Operator training

On-site session for site managers and supervisors. Dashboard, hopper emptying, fault response, escalation flow.

Response SLA

Perth metro: same-day on-site. Regional WA: next business day. Cloud-resolvable issues: under an hour.

Purchase, lease or RaaS

Outright purchase with a Care Plan, 2–4 year lease-to-own, or Robotics-as-a-Service: fixed monthly fee, all-inclusive, scope-flex.

Working out whether a robot is cheaper than another cleaner on your floor? Open the WA cost calculator →

Why Perth Robots

Honest credibility, not just claims.

Engineering-led.

Built by someone who has engineered advanced systems and operated them in demanding environments — we know what these machines can and can't do.

WA-based service, not a reseller.

We deploy and service every unit ourselves across WA. If a robot's down at 2am on a mine site, that's on us — same time zone.

Multi-OEM, honest advice.

We recommend the right robot for your site, not the only one we carry.

Low-risk by design.

RaaS is a flat monthly subscription, not a capital gamble — the risk sits with us. Run the robot as often as you need.

FAQ

Common buyer questions.

Can the S5 work outdoors?
It's rated for sealed, hard floors. Covered carparks, loading docks and transit forecourts under cover are fine. For open-air plazas, parks and exposed forecourts we deploy the Perth Robots XG outdoor sweeper instead.
How does the S5 handle forklifts, pallets and live traffic?
32-beam 3D LiDAR (150 m range), depth cameras and dedicated forklift/vehicle detection classes. The robot will slow, stop or reroute around forklifts, pallets, people and spills without breaking its sweep pattern. It is rated for operation in live commercial environments.
How long does it run between charges?
Five to seven hours per cycle depending on floor type and sweep mode, then a two-hour fast-charge at the auto-return dock. That supports two back-to-back shifts plus an overnight clean from a single robot.
Is the S5 sold or leased?
Both. Outright purchase with an Australian-based service contract, a 2–4 year lease-to-own, or Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) with a fixed monthly fee covering hardware, maintenance, mapping, software updates and SLA support.
What's the response time if it breaks down?
Perth metro: same-day on-site. Regional WA and FIFO mining sites: next business day for spare-parts swap; remote diagnostics and most software issues are resolved within an hour via the cloud platform.
Does it need a perfect, empty floor?
No. The S5 is designed to share floors with people, forklifts and stock movement. It maps your site once, then handles day-to-day clutter (moved pallets, parked trolleys, new signage) without remapping. Map updates for permanent layout changes take an hour on-site.
Can one S5 cover multiple buildings or levels?
One robot per contiguous floor area is typical. Across multiple buildings or levels we usually deploy one robot per location with a shared dashboard, fleet management and reporting. We'll scope this during the site survey.
What does it cost to run?
Electricity is negligible: under $2 per shift on Perth tariffs. Consumables (brushes, filters) are scheduled maintenance and covered under RaaS. The headline number is labour displacement: most clients see 60–80% reduction in floor-cleaning hours within the first quarter.
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