Deployment
SoftBank Whiz at United States
Autonomous commercial vacuum robot powered by Brain Corp's BrainOS. Teach-and-repeat mapped routes with autonomous obstacle avoidance; cleans up to ~1,500 m2 per charge. 10,000+ units in offices, hotels, airports and hospitals.
SoftBank Whiz by SoftBank Robotics · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified
Recent coverage
- SoftBank starts mass production of AI robots - Tech in AsiaGoogle News · 2026-06-24
- SoftBank Robotics Commences Mass Production - 36KrGoogle News · 2026-06-24
- Icetana AI Signs Distribution Agreement With Softbank Robotics America - TradingViewGoogle News · 2026-06-11
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /deployments/softbank-whiz-hotels.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/robots/20f95c0f-f75d-496e-86ed-ea1b05ee6bb4
- Data documentation: /data
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Footage
SoftBank Robotics' customer testimonial showing its Whiz autonomous vacuum sweeper cleaning corridors and conference areas at a Paris hotel. Whiz's autonomy is provided by Brain Corp's BrainOS (route-taught, with up to about 600 routes), not in-house.
SoftBank Robotics operates Whiz commercial cleaning robots at major U.S. hotel chains including Marriott and Hilton, using BrainOS for autonomous vacuuming. According to SoftBank Robotics, there are 10,000+ Whiz units deployed worldwide.
Key facts
- Operator
- Major hotel chains (Marriott, Hilton)
- Use
- BrainOS autonomous vacuuming in offices and hotels; 10,000+ Whiz units worldwide
Safety record
No incidents on record for SoftBank Whiz at United States.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
- Trust tier
- Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
- Last updated
- 2026-07-10
- Model
- SoftBank Whiz
- Company
- SoftBank Robotics
- Location
- United States
- Status
- operational
- Operator type
- maker operated
- ID
20f95c0f-f75d-496e-86ed-ea1b05ee6bb4
Timeline
- Jun 2026created
- Jul 2026Current status: operational, reviewedLatest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.
On the deployment map
SoftBank Whiz operates in United States. Explore the full verified map:
Sources (2)
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-10
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: commercial_cleaning
Sources by quality tier
- 2
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for SoftBank Whiz at United States.Common questions
- What is the SoftBank Whiz deployment at United States?
- SoftBank Whiz, built by SoftBank Robotics, is recorded as a deployment at United States on the DEPLOY registry. SoftBank Robotics operates the deployment directly.
- Who operates SoftBank Whiz at United States?
- SoftBank Robotics, the manufacturer of SoftBank Whiz, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
- Have there been incidents at the SoftBank Whiz deployment at United States?
- No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.
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