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Imagining the cleaning services of the future through biomimicry
Exploring the potential of living organisms to reinvent cleaning machines and robots
Context
The GSF Group is the leading player in the industrial site cleaning industry in France and the first company in its sector to obtain triple QSE certification.
Bionnov intervened with GSF's innovation management to identify high value-added biomimetic innovation avenues to improve tomorrow's cleaning technologies, robots and services.
Goals
Target and prioritize innovation themes that can benefit from a biomimetic approach
Imagine disruptive pre-concepts to explore during PoC (Proof of Concept)
Key topics explored
Wash better and cleaner thanks to living organisms
Clean more sustainably (products, water consumption)
Automatically reach hard-to-access or dangerous places
Improving existing cleaning machines and robots
Improving the safety conditions of operators in the field
Customer
GSF — Innovation and Strategy Department. Leader in hygiene, cleaning and related services in France (35,000 employees, ~6,000 clients)
Achievements
- Preliminary analysis of a series of key innovation themes communicated by GSF
- Presentation conference on biomimicry and its potential in the B2B cleaning industry
- Bionnov's biomimetic design thinking training at the GSF innovation lab
- Presentation of the main transfers of biomimetic technologies applicable to GSF
- Proposal of two disruptive concepts to improve the group's cleaning machines and robots
Deliverables
Conference on biomimicry for key collaborators of the innovation lab
Proposal for a study to create disruptive solutions for cleaning robots and machines
