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ARA Robotics

Ara develops & builds AI-powered robotic autonomous facility operations and maintenance platforms.
95%+

consistent floor-maintenance quality

Up to 70%

reduction in operating costs

Up to 90%

reduction in fresh-water consumption

Solution Overview

for

Public owners / contracting authorities, Private developers, General contractors, Subcontractors / trades, Facility managers / asset operators, Investors / lenders

Large commercial, industrial and public facilities still rely heavily on manual floor maintenance, creating high labour costs, inconsistent cleaning quality, water and chemical waste, and limited operational visibility. Cleaning is often treated as a repetitive task rather than a measurable facility-management process. Facilities also struggle to maintain consistent standards across large areas, multiple shifts and high-traffic environments. ARA addresses this gap by automating floor maintenance while continuously collecting operational and environmental data, enabling more efficient, measurable and sustainable facility operations.

Our Solution:

ARA Robotics develops autonomous robotic platforms for commercial and industrial facility operations, with ARI as its flagship autonomous floor-maintenance robot. ARI autonomously maps facilities, plans and executes cleaning tasks, detects and avoids people and obstacles, and operates across large indoor areas. Its modular architecture supports sweeping, vacuuming, scrubbing, mopping and disinfection. Through AI-powered navigation, sensor fusion, task planning and operational analytics, ARI can work alongside people and automatically report performance. With Petek, its smart maintenance station, the robot can also autonomously recharge, refill, drain and manage water, enabling extended unattended operation.

How it works:

ARA combines robotics, AI, facility intelligence and sustainability into a single modular platform rather than offering a standalone cleaning machine. ARI uses multi-sensor fusion, AI-powered navigation, autonomous task planning and floor-condition inspection to transform floor maintenance into a measurable facility-management process. Its modular architecture allows different maintenance and inspection functions to be added without replacing the robot platform. The Petek maintenance station further enables autonomous water management and greywater recycling. This combination of physical automation, operational intelligence, modularity and resource efficiency differentiates ARA from conventi

Autonomous mobile floor cleaning, security and indoor logistics robots.

Classification & Use Cases

Lifecycle stage(s) addressed:

Construction execution (field management, robotics, drones, logistics, site monitoring, QA/QC, safety), Asset & facility management (smart building tech, CMMS, predictive maintenance, tenant experience)

Core technology types:

AI / machine learning, Computer vision, Robotics / automation, IoT / sensors / hardware (smart devices), Advanced materials / Prefabrication / 3D printing, Cloud / SaaS platform
Key use cases in practice:
ARI is designed for large commercial, industrial and public facilities including shopping malls, airports, hospitals, logistics centres, warehouses, manufacturing plants, sports facilities, terminals, offices and other high-traffic environments. Typical use cases include scheduled autonomous floor scrubbing, sweeping, vacuuming and mopping; night-time and off-peak cleaning; continuous maintenance across multi-shift facilities; floor-condition inspection and reporting; autonomous disinfection; and data-driven monitoring of cleaning performance. ARI can operate across large mapped facilities and support multi-floor and multi-robot operations, helping facility managers standardise service quality while reducing repetitive manual work.

Maturity & Traction

Stage
Growth (11тАУ100 customers)
Customers
26
Regions
Europe and Central Asia (ECS), Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan (MNA / MEA), North America (NAC)

Main:┬а

Germany, Turkey
Team
6тАУ15

employee(s)

Impact & SDGs

Contribution to any of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals:
Clean Water and Sanitation, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and Production

SDG 6 тАУ Clean Water and Sanitation: ARA’s Petek smart maintenance station enables automated greywater treatment and reuse, reducing dependence on fresh water and lowering wastewater generation.

SDG 8 тАУ Decent Work and Economic Growth: ARI automates repetitive, physically demanding floor-maintenance tasks, allowing facility personnel to focus on higher-value activities while improving operational productivity and consistency.

SDG 9 тАУ Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure: ARA combines AI, robotics, computer vision, sensor fusion and autonomous navigation into modular robotic infrastructure for commercial and industrial facilities.

SDG 11 тАУ Sustainable Cities and Communities: Autonomous maintenance helps large public and commercial facilities operate more efficiently, safely and continuously while maintaining clean and well-maintained environments.

SDG 12 тАУ Responsible Consumption and Production: ARI and Petek reduce resource consumption through controlled water and chemical use, autonomous operation, modular hardware and extended platform utilisation through upgradeable modules.
Main impact areas
Productivity / cost efficiency, Quality & defects reduction, Environmental performance & emissions

Ali Tan Serbetci

CEO

Team & Organization

Founding team:
Ali Tan ┼Юerbetci тАУ Founder & CEO: Robotics Engineer and serial entrepreneur, with extensive experience in robotics, autonomous systems and technology entrepreneurship.

Kemal Eren ┼Юerbetci тАУ Co-founder & CFO: Responsible for financial strategy, business development and corporate operations. https://www.linkedin.com/in/erenserbetci/.

Vahap O─Яuz Tokmak тАУ CTO: Robotics Engineer and Software Architect, leading ARA’s robotics software, autonomous navigation, AI and systems architecture. https://www.linkedin.com/in/vahapt/.