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Kas
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Avidbots · working robot

Kas

A smaller autonomous scrubber for stores, schools and other tight spaces.

Price
—Not published
Height
—Not published
Weight
—Not published
Payload
—Not published
Speed
—Not published
Battery
—Not published

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Why it matters

Kas is on the market today.

Real-world use

Canadian Tire Welland store tested Kas before launch; aimed at retail, transportation, health care and education

Timeline

First shown
2024-04-10
Released
2024-06
Launched

Maker

AvidbotsCompany · founded 2014 · Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Backed by True Ventures, Next47, GGV Capital and Golden Ventures

Public attention

How much public attention Kas gets, from open data.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • 2 news stories from reputable press listed on this page

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-14; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

The parts the company has talked about publicly.

Movement
Wheeled base
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Staff start a mapped cleaning plan and it scrubs on its own.
Sensors & vision
15-sensor suite for navigation and obstacle avoidance
Battery & power
Swappable lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries; 3+ hours continuous cleaning per charge, longer with exchanged packs
AI & software
Avidbots Autonomy (proprietary AI navigation with dynamic planning and real-time obstacle avoidance); Avidbots Command Center for fleet reports
Other details
Compact autonomous scrubber-dryer with dual tanks for tight retail, transport, health-care and school spaces; no seat or steering wheel.

Lineage

Every Avidbots machine in order.

  1. Neo 2Neo 22020Commercial
  2. No public photo yetWe only show photos we're allowed to useNeo 2W2023Commercial
  3. KasKas2024Commercial

Watch Kas

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Made, sold and where

Unit counts are usually company figures; analysts often disagree.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found
Built
First production units came off Avidbots' Kitchener-Waterloo line in June 2024
Where it is sold or used
Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Customers and pilots
Canadian Tire Welland store tested Kas before launch; aimed at retail, transportation, health care and education

News

The latest 2, newest first. Summaries are ours; tap through for the original.

  1. First production Kas units ship

    Avidbots said the first production Kas scrubbers from its Kitchener-Waterloo plant were heading to customers.

    Avidbots
  2. Avidbots launches Kas

    Avidbots launched Kas as a smaller fully autonomous floor scrubber for tight commercial spaces, after a pilot at a Canadian Tire store.

    Avidbots

Sources

Figures come from the maker. Every link below backs something on this page.

Business Wire Avidbots launches smaller autonomous cleaning robot avidbots.com Kas: how it is operated Avidbots Kas product page Avidbots Avidbots launches smaller autonomous cleaning robot Avidbots Kas rollout gathers speed

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