Robot model
ICE Cobi 18
BrainOS-powered autonomous floor scrubber (18-inch path) offered as Cobot-as-a-Service.
- Manufacturer
- ICE Cobotics
- Form factor
- commercial_cleaning
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 2
- Website
- icecobotics.com ↗
The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies ICE Cobi 18, a commercial cleaning by ICE Cobotics (commercial): 2 verified deployments on record. 4 sources back the record.
Overview
BrainOS-powered autonomous floor scrubber (18-inch path) offered as Cobot-as-a-Service. Autonomous mapped routes plus a fill-in perimeter-mapping mode. Deployed across convenience-store and fuel-retail chains.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Robot
Productivity and size (company-stated)
Noise (company-stated)
Battery and tanks (company-stated)
Sensing and privacy (company-stated)
Specs
Autonomy
Availability
Cleaning type
Autonomy provider
Data & sources
Web sources
4
4 sources backing this record.View all →
Pricing
No verified price is on record for ICE Cobi 18. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (2)
- ICE Cobi 18 at Bowling Green, Ohio, USAoperational
Bowling Green State University deploys Cobi 18 in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.
- ICE Cobi 18 at United Statesoperational
Phillips 66 deploys ICE Cobi 18 autonomous scrubbers powered by BrainOS across its fuel-retail locations, which include 66, Conoco, and 76 branded sites as well as Kum & Go convenience stores.
ICE Cobi 18 on the deployment map
View the global mapWhere ICE Cobi 18 is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 6, 2026
ICE Cobotics Cobi 18 reveal
- Record createdJun 6, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJun 1, 2024
at United States
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedMar 13, 2023
at Bowling Green, Ohio, USA
Deployment-verified media (1)
ICE Cobotics' global reveal of its Cobi 18 autonomous floor scrubber. Cobi 18's autonomy is provided by Brain Corp's BrainOS, a third-party autonomy operating system: the robot is route-taught and then repeats the route.
From deployment: United States
Runs on (1)
- BrainOSos-layer · production
Supply chain (1)
Foundation model / software
- Brain CorpBrainOS autonomous-navigation platformlicenses
Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.
Safety record
No incidents on record for ICE Cobi 18.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (4)
Mentioned on (5)
Registry pages whose text names ICE Cobi 18.
Companies (1)
AI systems (1)
Deployments (2)
ICE Cobi 18 at Bowling Green, Ohio, USA, ICE Cobi 18 at United States
People (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-10
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-10
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: commercial
Lifecycle: active
Architectural position
Cohort: commercial_cleaning
Sources by quality tier
- 4
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for ICE Cobi 18.Recent coverage
ICE Cobi 18 in third-party press
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning ICE Cobi 18 from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
J&H Family Stores Adds Cleaning Robots in Stores
RaceTrac piloting floor-scrubbing robots in its travel centers
RaceTrac cleans floors with robotic scrubbers
How hotel robots are reducing costs, bettering operations
BGSU employing robots to help clean floors on campus
Kum & Go debuts floor-cleaning robots across its store network
Kum & Go to roll out cleaning robots
Phillips 66 to debut autonomous cleaning bots to its store network
Phillips 66 deploys autonomous cleaning robots
Autonomous Retail Floor Scrubbers
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/ice-cobi-18.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/7317cffc-3a1d-48be-86e2-484689326b6a
- Revision history: /models/ice-cobi-18/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
ICE Cobi 18 draws attention at the 35th percentile but verifies reality at the 66th percentile among commercial_cleaning robots. Hype Gap -30.6, 11th widest among commercial_cleaning robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Limited independent press and video coverage to date.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 20, 2026