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Case Study · Education · 🇨🇳 China

Shanghai
Maritime
University.

How Shanghai Maritime University deployed 4 Gausium robots across its Navigation Science Building and student dormitories, achieving 24/7 autonomous cleaning without human supervision.

4Robots deployed
3Cleaning cycles/day
24/7Autonomous operation
2025Started
ClientShanghai Maritime University
SectorEducation / University
RobotsScrubber 50 + Phantas
LocationShanghai, China 🇨🇳
The challenge

Pristine campus 24/7. Without disrupting a single student.

Shanghai Maritime University (SMU) needed to maintain high hygiene standards across two very different environments: a busy multi-floor Navigation Science Building used daily by staff and students, and student dormitories requiring quiet, discreet cleaning at night. Both locations demanded consistent quality without any human supervision.

Manual cleaning teams could not meet the demand for continuous 24/7 coverage. The university sought an autonomous solution capable of handling multi-floor navigation, adapting to scheduled quiet hours, and operating entirely without manual charging or floor transitions.

  • 🏢
    Multi-floor buildings with elevator access
    Both the Navigation Science Building and the dormitories span multiple floors. Robots needed to navigate elevators autonomously, without human assistance.
  • 🌙
    Dormitories require quiet hours
    Student dormitories have strict early-morning schedules. Cleaning robots had to operate silently during designated quiet hours without disturbing residents.
  • 🔄
    Continuous coverage, zero supervision
    The university required cleaning to happen autonomously, no staff needed for charging, repositioning, or monitoring. Robots had to manage themselves entirely.
Gausium Phantas at Shanghai Maritime University
The solution

Two robots, two environments. One seamless system.

SMU deployed a two-robot solution matched precisely to each environment. The Gausium Scrubber 50 handles the hard floors of the Navigation Science Building, completing up to 3 full cleaning cycles per day. The Gausium Phantas covers the dormitories overnight, programmed for quiet hours, compact enough for tight corridors, detail-cleaning every room without waking a single student.

🛗
Autonomous elevator integration
Both robots integrate with the building elevator systems to navigate between floors entirely without human assistance, a key requirement in multi-storey university buildings.
🌙
Programmed quiet hours
The Phantas units in the dormitories are scheduled to clean during designated quiet hours, avoiding morning wake-up periods and adapting to the university's daily rhythm.
🔄
Up to 3 cleaning cycles per day
The Scrubber 50 in the Navigation Science Building completes up to 3 full cleaning cycles daily, ensuring the building stays hygienic throughout the day, not just once a morning.
⚡
Autonomous charging and return
When the battery depletes or a task is completed, robots automatically return to their dock and recharge, no human intervention required at any point in the cycle.
📐
Compact navigation in tight spaces
The Phantas is specifically designed for narrow corridors and tight living spaces. It navigates dormitory hallways and rooms with precision, reaching areas larger robots cannot access.
🎓
Zero disruption to campus life
By operating autonomously on a set schedule, the robots ensure classrooms, corridors and dormitories are spotless by morning, without a single disruption to students or faculty.
Robots deployed

Two robots. Two tasks. One campus.

SMU matched each Gausium robot to the specific demands of its location, hard-floor scrubbing for the academic building, quiet detail cleaning for the dormitories.

Gausium Phantas
2 units deployed
Gausium
Phantas
📍 Student Dormitories

A compact autonomous floor scrubber designed for indoor environments with mixed surfaces. At SMU, two Phantas units cover the student dormitories, programmed for quiet hours and navigating tight spaces autonomously via elevator.

LocationStudent dormitories
Quantity2 units
Special featureQuiet hours scheduling
NavigationAutonomous elevator use
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Gausium Scrubber 50
2 units deployed
Gausium
Scrubber 50
📍 Navigation Science Building

A compact autonomous floor scrubber built for hard industrial and commercial floors. At SMU, two Scrubber 50 units operate in the Navigation Science Building, completing up to 3 full cleaning cycles per day via autonomous elevator navigation.

LocationNavigation Science Building
Quantity2 units
Cycles per dayUp to 3 full cycles
NavigationAutonomous elevator use
View the Gausium Scrubber 50 →
The results

A campus that cleans itself. Every night. Without fail.

Since deployment, Shanghai Maritime University's campus maintains pristine condition overnight. Robots operate silently after daily activities cease, ensuring classrooms, corridors and dormitories are ready for the next morning, completely autonomously.

4
Gausium robots deployed across 2 buildings on campus
3
Full cleaning cycles per day in the Navigation Science Building
24/7
Autonomous operation, no human needed for charging or floor transitions
0
Disruptions to students or faculty, robots work around the campus schedule

"The campus maintains a pristine condition overnight as robots operate silently after daily activities cease, ensuring classrooms and spaces are ready by morning."

Shanghai Maritime University
Facility Management, Shanghai 🇨🇳
The robots in action

Gausium at
Shanghai Maritime University.

Gausium Scrubber 50 in the Navigation Science Building
Gausium Phantas among students at Shanghai Maritime University
Gausium Scrubber 50 cleaning on campus
Looking ahead

Autonomous campus cleaning. Now available in Belgium.

Shanghai Maritime University demonstrates that autonomous robots can manage the full cleaning cycle of a university campus, across buildings, floors and dormitories, without any human supervision. The same technology is now available for Belgian universities, colleges, and campus facility managers.

RoboCorpus guides Belgian educational institutions through the implementation of Gausium robots, from campus audit to installation, training, and local support. Whether it's lecture halls, corridors, student housing or sports facilities: we match the right robot to the right environment.

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SMU deployment at a glance
2×
Scrubber 50
Navigation Sci. Building
2×
Phantas
Student Dormitories
3/day
Cleaning cycles
per Scrubber 50
24/7
Autonomous
operation
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