Robot model
Trombia Free
The Trombia Free is a fully autonomous, electric heavy-duty street sweeper (about 5,000 lb) that navigates with LiDAR and machine vision, picks up wet and dry…
- Manufacturer
- Trombia Technologies
- Form factor
- commercial_cleaning
- Maturity
- pilot
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
The verified answer
As of Aug 2026, DEPLOY verifies Trombia Free, a commercial cleaning by Trombia Technologies (pilot): 1 verified deployment on record. 2 sources back the record.
Overview
The Trombia Free is a fully autonomous, electric heavy-duty street sweeper (about 5,000 lb) that navigates with LiDAR and machine vision, picks up wet and dry debris, and operates day or night using roughly 6 to 10 kW, a fraction of conventional suction sweepers.
Verified vs. claimed
- Maturity stage
- pilot(Small-scale deployment in controlled or trial conditions.)
- Sources on file
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Key facts
Weight
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Specs
Class
Power
Battery
Max speed
Weight kg
Navigation
Data & sources
Web sources
2
2 sources backing this record.View all →
Autonomy: verified vs claimed
- What it actually does
- Autonomous
Pricing
No verified price is on record for Trombia Free. Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.
Deployments (1)
- Trombia Free at Espoo, Finlandoperational
First commercial pilot program of the Trombia Free autonomous street sweeper launched in Espoo, Finland, demonstrating 10x faster area cleaning with zero carbon emissions.
Trombia Free on the deployment map
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Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 24, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2021
at Espoo, Finland
Safety record
No incidents on record for Trombia Free.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Sources (2)
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Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-22
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-07-22
Maturity + lifecycle
Maturity stage: pilot
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 Trombia Free.Recent coverage
Trombia Free 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 Trombia Free from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Trombia Free vs Traditional Sweepers
Introduction Most cleaning processes are built around intervals. A shift ends, a driver takes a machine through a site, and the ground is cleared before everything resumes —…
Robotic Trombia Free sweeper system in operation in Jätekukko, Kuopio, Finland
KUOPIO, FINLAND — At Jätekukko Oy’s sorting facility in Kuopio, the autonomous Trombia Free sweeping system is shown tackling one of the toughest cleaning environments: a…
Port Authority of NY and NJ Shared Their Experiences with Trombia Free
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has been one of our collaborators during the build-up of the real-world autonomous area sweeping. Worldsweeper.com - sweeping industry's…
Trombia Technologies at the IFAT 2024 fair
Wie geht's! Trombia Technologies will be back in Munich again. This time bigger and prouder than ever as we are rolling out sales of safety-standardized Trombia Free autonomous…
Trombia Free: World’s First Full-Power Autonomous Sweeper at IFAT 2022
Finnish sweeping and snow removal technology developer Trombia Technologies launches the world’s first full-power, electric and autonomous area sweeping system. The sales launch…
Conclusions From the Trombia Free Airport Pilot
Industrial sites and semi-closed environments such as airports or seaports will be the first places where autonomous vehicles will hit the duties full scale. The results of the…
Autonomous Sweeper Can Revolutionize the Way Urban Streets are Cleaned
The Trombia Free Pilot Program was carried out in the streets of the City of Helsinki, capital of Finland, as a part of Jätkäsaari Mobility Lab innovation program last spring.…
Trombia gives street sweepers the autonomous treatment - Institution of Mechanical Engineers - IMechE
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Commercial buildings - Autonomous street sweeper pilot moves to Helsinki Airport - Smart Cities World
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Trombia tests a fully autonomous electric street sweeper - Inhabitat
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Trombia Free is an autonomous street sweeper that works in any weather — Future Blink - Mashable
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trombia free is an electric, autonomous and silent street sweeper - Designboom
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/trombia-free.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/b1516ed0-61c3-4810-8c84-5177c00941f3
- Revision history: /models/trombia-free/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Reality vs attention
Trombia Free draws attention at the 50th percentile but verifies reality at the 36th percentile among commercial_cleaning robots. Hype Gap +14.3, 6th widest among commercial_cleaning robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
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: Aug 17, 2026