Tennant Company

Explainers

Plain-language answers to the questions people ask about Tennant Company, from DEPLOY’s explainer library. Each is written in the language of the question and cross-checked against this registry.

• What are commercial cleaning robots and how do they work?

  Commercial cleaning robots are autonomous floor scrubbers, vacuums, and mopping machines deployed in airports, shopping malls, warehouses, hospitals, and office buildings. The category divides along a platform axis: BrainOS-powered robots (Tennant AMR, SoftBank Robotics Whiz) license autonomy software from Brain Corp, while own-stack makers (Avidbots, Gausium, Karcher, LionsBot) develop their navigation internally.

• What is Brain Corp BrainOS and which cleaning robots use it?

  Brain Corp is a San Diego-based AI company founded in 2009 that develops BrainOS, an autonomy software platform licensed to commercial cleaning robot OEMs. Tennant Company and SoftBank Robotics are the two largest BrainOS partners at commercial deployment scale. SoftBank Group is a major Brain Corp investor. BrainOS powers both teach-and-repeat (Whiz) and full-SLAM (Tennant T16AMR) autonomy modes.

Current leadership (1)

• David Huml President & CEOreported, not verified

Safety record

No incidents on record for Tennant Company.

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Peer companies

• Gausium3 models
• Avidbots2 models
• Pudu Robotics2 models
• Ecoppia1 model
• Enway1 model
• Genrobotics1 model

Supplied by (2)

Inbound supply edges feeding this company directly or via the models it owns. Same source bar as the outbound view (verified against at least two strong sources).

Financial state

Reporting basis

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Lifecycle stage

mature

Counterparty risk class

low

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Partnerships (1)

• Tennant Company x Brain Corp with Brain Corptechnology

Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

• Verified media added✓VerifiedJun 11, 2026

  Tennant T7AMR robotic floor scrubber product overview

• Verified media added✓VerifiedJun 6, 2026

  Tennant X4 ROVR autonomous scrubber

• Record createdJun 6, 2026

  Added to the verified registry

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Sources (2)

1. https://www.braincorp.com/resources/tennant-announces-full-specification-capabilities-of-x4-rovr-autonomous-floor-cleaning-machine-its-first-purpose-built-robotic-scrubber ↗
2. https://www.tennantco.com/ ↗

Common questions

What is Tennant Company?

Tennant Company (NYSE: TNC) is a Minneapolis-based manufacturer of industrial and commercial floor cleaning machines and autonomous mobile robots, with $1.29 billion in 2024 sales and approximately 4,500 employees. Tennant partnered exclusively with Brain Corp to accelerate robotic floor cleaning innovation, generating $85M in annual robotics sales with $27M in autonomous mobile robot sales in Q1 2025 alone. The company has manufacturing operations throughout the world and is a leader in the commercial cleaning robotics market.

What does Tennant Company make?

Tennant Company has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: Tennant T7AMR, Tennant X4 ROVR (Tennant Company builds physical robots).

Is Tennant Company publicly traded?

Yes. Tennant Company is publicly traded on public markets, per the DEPLOY registry.

Who competes with Tennant Company?

On the DEPLOY registry, peer companies to Tennant Company building in the same form factors include Gausium, Avidbots, Pudu Robotics, Ecoppia.

Who is the CEO of Tennant Company?

David Huml is the ceo of Tennant Company, per the DEPLOY registry.