What is BrainOS® Clean 2.0? Enabling the next generation of Tennant floor cleaning robots

For years, the robotics industry has relied on a foundational training practice: “teach and repeat.” An operator manually pushes the robot along a precise route, teaching it exactly where to travel. It’s a highly accurate method, but it’s also less flexible.

The reality of commercial spaces is that they are living, breathing environments. When a facility’s layout changes, a rigidly trained robot must be retrained.

True autonomy should not require the environment to accommodate the robot; the robot must intelligently adapt to the environment.

That’s the guiding principle behind BrainOS® Clean 2.0. Featuring our groundbreaking SelfPath™ AI technology and available exclusively on Tennant Company’s X-series robotic floor cleaners, this is the most advanced AI autonomy available for simple, intelligent performance. By also combining visual intelligence and workflow-aware automation with dynamic path generation, BrainOS® Clean 2.0 transforms your robot into your most reliable, productive teammate.

Here is how we’re redefining what a truly autonomous clean looks like.

1. Masterful routing: Simplified deployments with SelfPath™ AI

Historically, deploying a robot meant mapping out every single movement — pushing it along entire routes to train it. SelfPath™ AI completely revolutionizes this process from day one. Deployers no longer need to train complete routes. Instead, deployers simply walk the robot through a facility to create its site map. From there, advanced path-generation algorithms automatically create, adjust, and continually enhance expert-level cleaning paths — meaning the robot generates its cleaning paths all on its own.

The operational impact of this simplified process is profound, especially because it also eliminates the need to retrain routes as layouts change. By allowing the AI to automatically determine the most productive paths every clean, facilities are seeing deployments happen at least 3x faster, and retraining time drop to 0. And because the robot optimizes its own path to minimize overlap, fleets are achieving a 22% improvement in unique coverage.

2. Fluid Adaptation: Visual intelligence in a dynamic world

A robot is only as intelligent as its ability to handle the unexpected. In a dynamic facility, stopping in front of an unexpected pallet or a misplaced shopping cart is not true autonomy — it is an interruption.

BrainOS® Clean 2.0 introduces a new standard of visual intelligence and real-time replanning. The robot understands exactly what is happening around it and responds instantly. When it encounters an obstacle, it dynamically reroutes, navigates safely around the blockage, and automatically recovers its cleaning path to ensure the job gets done.

By empowering the robot to recognize and adapt rather than just stop and wait, facilities are experiencing a 55% improvement in overall autonomy. This drastically reduces the need for human intervention and virtually eliminates the hours previously spent retraining routes every time a layout shifts.

3. Seamless harmony: Workflow-aware automation

The ultimate goal of automation is to remove tasks from your team’s daily workload, not add new ones. To truly master floor care, the technology must fit effortlessly into the natural rhythm of your facility.

BrainOS® Clean 2.0 is built with workflow-aware automation, meaning it fits into existing workflows and requires minimal oversight. The robot is designed to seamlessly integrate into daily routines by automatically managing the details: it can run on scheduled cleans, automatically navigates to key Points of Interest (POIs) like a refilling station, and independently manages its own charging.

The ultimate outcome: A better clean, every time

When you combine optimized, self-generated routes with visual intelligence and seamless workflow integration, the result is an entirely new standard of automation. BrainOS® Clean 2.0 delivers more consistent performance, more complete coverage, and fewer interruptions.

Furthermore, this highly intelligent approach to path planning directly supports facility sustainability goals. By cleaning smarter and reducing redundant overlap, fleets naturally optimize their consumption, driving meaningful reductions in water, chemical, and battery usage.

We believe that your technology should be as dynamic as the spaces you operate in. With BrainOS® Clean 2.0, achieving a smarter, more adaptive, and flawlessly autonomous clean is finally a reality.