SINGAPORE, LONDON and FRANKFURT, Germany, April 8, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — LionsBot International, a robotics company based in Singapore specializing in professional cleaning automation, announced today a collaboration agreement with WISAG Facility Service, one of the leading German service providers for buildings. Through this agreement, WISAG shared its operational expertise to help develop LionsBot’s latest cleaning robot, the R5.
As the cleaning sector faces a shortage of manpower and increasing operational requirements, this collaboration reflects a growing shift towards robotics, driven not only by technical innovation but also by close interaction with key service providers active in real environments.
Thanks to this partnership, WISAG provided operational insights and feedback from practitioners that helped improve the user-friendliness, reliability, and readiness of the R5 for deployment in commercial settings.
Technical innovation to operational reality
LionsBot’s development philosophy focuses on creating robotic solutions tailored to the needs of cleaning professionals. The R5 reflects this approach, combining professional cleaning performance with a compact and highly maneuverable design suitable for real-world facilities such as transportation centers, commercial buildings, healthcare environments, and highly frequented public spaces.
“Robotics must solve real operational problems to be truly adopted,” said Dylan Ng, co-founder and CEO of LionsBot International. “By working closely with experienced operators like WISAG, we ensure that solutions like the R5 are shaped not only by technological innovation but also by the realities of daily cleaning operations.”
This pragmatic approach reflects LionsBot’s broader strategy to collaborate with industry partners to ensure that robotics deliver measurable productivity improvements and a better return on investment while supporting cleaning professionals.
Supporting the future of facility services
Both organizations view robotics as an essential tool to help service providers address labor challenges while enhancing consistency, efficiency, and service quality. This collaboration shows how technology firms and service providers can work together to accelerate practical innovation and contribute to the evolution of the facility services sector, catering to buildings and occupants.
“The development of facility services depends on a close alignment of innovation with operational practices and customer needs. By working with LionsBot, we have brought our operational expertise to help design a solution that supports our employees and creates added value for customers through improved efficiency, quality, and reliability,” said Andreas Heinzel, Managing Director of the Commercial Cleaning Business Unit at WISAG.
Presentation of the R5 at Interclean Amsterdam 2026
LionsBot will showcase the R5 at the Interclean Amsterdam 2026 exhibition, where the company will explain how practitioner-led robotic development contributes to accelerating the adoption of this technology across the cleaning sector.
The collaboration with WISAG demonstrates LionsBot’s commitment to developing automation solutions designed for deployment, scalability, and operational impact. Video link: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/2951937/2026_03_30_LionsbotxWISAG_r5_v03__1.mp4.
