Twenty Minutes at Avalon. The Battery Barely Noticed.
Some demos take a long time to explain.
This one came back with a cleaning report.
We brought the CleanPro C30 to Avalon Apartments in Inver Grove Heights and got the chance to work with Mitch, the property manager.
Mitch was a really cool guy.
Easy to talk to.
Straightforward.
And genuinely interested in seeing whether the C30 could make sense for his building—not just whether it looked impressive moving through a hallway.
That makes for a good demo.
Because the robot still has to prove something.
We walked the first floor, looked at the areas Mitch wanted handled, built the map, created the cleaning route, and tested it around the normal corners and obstacles that come with an apartment property.
Then we let the C30 go to work.
The result?
2,839 square feet cleaned.
20 minutes and 1 second of working time.
92% route coverage.
And only 9% battery used.
The robot finished its assignment looking like it still had somewhere else to be.
Honestly, it had more energy after its shift than most of us have before coffee.
But this is where the numbers start to matter.
The C30 is compact, quiet, and built for repetitive dry-floor care.
It can sweep, vacuum, and dust-mop the mapped route without someone manually walking behind a vacuum for every pass.
That does not mean the robot replaces everything the property staff does.
It means routine floor work does not have to compete with every other responsibility on their list.
And apartment teams always have a list.
Resident requests.
Maintenance issues.
Move-ins.
Move-outs.
Deliveries.
Common areas.
Unexpected problems.
Then somebody looks at the hallway and remembers it needs to be vacuumed again.
That is where a robot like the C30 starts making sense.
The next part of the conversation with Mitch was not really about whether the C30 could move around the building anymore.
It had already done that.
The real question became:
How do we make the numbers work for the property?
Purchase?
Lease?
A longer pilot so the building has time to measure the value before making a bigger commitment?
Those are the kinds of conversations we want to have.
We are not trying to force every customer into the exact same structure.
Different properties have different budgets, approval processes, and timelines.
Our job is to prove the robot can do the work, then help find a path that makes operational and financial sense.
Avalon gave us a strong first answer.
The route worked.
The report looked good.
Mitch loved the robot.
And after cleaning nearly 2,900 square feet, the battery meter basically shrugged.
Twenty minutes.
Nine percent battery.
One very solid apartment proof of concept.