SoftBank Robotics · working robot
Whiz B
A heavy-duty autonomous sweeper with a large dust box for big sites such as logistics warehouses and factories; SoftBank says it can clean over 40,000 m2 in a night.
- Price
- —Not published
- Height
- 68 cmTaller than 36%
- Weight
- 100 kgHeavier than 57%
- Payload
- —Not published
- Speed
- —Not published
- Battery
- 2.8 hRuns longer than 5%
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Why it matters
Whiz B is on the market today.
Real-world use
Logistics warehouses and factories targeted; SoftBank has shipped over 40,000 Whiz-series robots worldwide since 2019
Timeline
- Released
- 2026-05-13
Maker
SoftBank RoboticsCompany · Tokyo, JapanHow it stacks up
Against other working & field robots that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Whiz B is taller than 36% of the 72 other working & field robots that publish a height. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Whiz B is heavier than 57% of the 75 other working & field robots that publish a weight. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Whiz B runs longer than 5% of the 86 other working & field robots that publish a battery. Bars show the 7 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: speed, payload, joints, price.
Public attention
How much public attention Whiz B gets, from open data.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- 1 news story from reputable press listed on this page
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What’s inside
The parts the company has talked about publicly.
- Movement
- Wheeled base
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. It sweeps big sites overnight by itself.
- Sensors & vision
- Multiple sensors for people, vehicles, obstacles and steps
- Battery & power
- Up to 2.75 h (standard mode); 2.5-hour charge
- AI & software
- Links with SoftBank's SBX Connect facility-management AI platform (data held in Japan)
- Other details
- Large sweeper for warehouses, factories and car parks: about 960 x 650 x 680 mm, 100 kg; picks up gravel, cans and bottles; over 40,000 m2 a night.
Lineage
Every SoftBank Robotics machine in order.
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
- Where it is sold or used
- Developed, designed and quality-controlled by SoftBank Robotics, Japan
- Customers and pilots
- Logistics warehouses and factories targeted; SoftBank has shipped over 40,000 Whiz-series robots worldwide since 2019
News
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- SoftBank launches three new Whiz cleaners
SoftBank Robotics put Whiz P and Whiz B on sale and opened advance orders for Whiz V.
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Sources
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