New small‑format robotic scrubber targets accelerating robotics adoption across retail, education, and healthcare environments

Tennant Company (NYSE:TNC), a world leader in autonomous professional cleaning robots, today announced the launch of the X2 ROVR SCRUB, its smallest and most nimble autonomous floor scrubber designed to deliver consistent, repeatable cleaning performance in tight, high‑traffic commercial environments. Built for small retail, grocery, healthcare, education, convenience stores, and other space‑constrained facilities, the X2 ROVR SCRUB enables organizations to automate routine floor cleaning in areas where larger machines are impractical, helping teams maintain high standards of cleanliness amid ongoing labor shortages and increasing pressure to do more with fewer resources.

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The Tennant X2 ROVR SCRUB with docking station.

The X2 ROVR SCRUB expands Tennant's purpose‑built autonomous ROVR portfolio as part of the Company's commitment to introduce 10 new products in two years and grow its robotics business to $250 million by 2028. The portfolio also includes the compact X4 ROVR^® for small‑ to mid‑sized commercial spaces and the mid‑sized X6 ROVR^® for large and complex facilities. Together, the ROVR lineup allows customers to deploy purpose‑built autonomous scrubbers across a wide range of facility sizes and applications.

The launch reflects Tennant's continued investment in robotics through Tennant Company Robotics, the Company's vertically integrated organization dedicated to developing, selling, servicing, and supporting autonomous cleaning solutions at scale. Powered by the BrainOS^® autonomy platform, the X2 ROVR SCRUB delivers intelligent, adaptive navigation designed for real‑world, high‑traffic environments. Its circular footprint allows the robot to pivot in place and maneuver through narrow aisles and congested layouts, helping ensure more complete coverage with less employee intervention.

Key features include:

Nimble, Circular Design with Intelligent Autonomy

The X2 ROVR SCRUB is Tennant's smallest autonomous scrubber, engineered to clean aisles and corridors as narrow as 29 inches/74 cm, as well as tight, space‑constrained layouts that larger robotic scrubbers cannot reach.
BrainOS^® Clean 2.0 – Advanced Adaptive Autonomy, Exclusive to Tennant

BrainOS^® Clean 2.0 advances how the X2 ROVR SCRUB operates and adapts, introducing elevated AI autonomy, visual intelligence, and autonomous path planning to support scalable automation in busy commercial environments. As part of Clean 2.0, SelfPath^TM AI enables the robot to navigate around people and obstacles in real time, dynamically adjusting routes as conditions change. By maximizing unique square footage cleaned and reducing redundant passes, SelfPath^TM AI helps improve productivity and deliver more consistent results in highly active spaces.
Complete Dock Ecosystem for Increased Autonomy

With the X2 Dock RFSH™, the robot autonomously recharges, empties recovered water, refills clean water and automatically dilutes cleaning solution to preset concentrations. This automates manual tasks and supports predictable, repeatable cleaning cycles with minimal human intervention.
Self-Deployable Setup and Everyday Operation

SmartSetup™ guided workflows, an intuitive touchscreen interface, and on‑demand training resources allow teams to move from unboxing to autonomous cleaning quickly without specialized technical expertise. Remote scheduling, fleet visibility, and performance tracking through the Tennant Robotics App support low‑touch operation across single- or multi‑site deployments.

Tennant supports the X2 ROVR SCRUB through its Robotic Support Ecosystem, which combines factory‑direct field service, dedicated customer success team, and automation success technicians to help customers adopt, operate, and scale autonomous cleaning with confidence. The X2 ROVR SCRUB is designed to align with Tennant's global distribution model, reinforcing the company's commitment to supporting channel partners as robotics becomes an increasingly important part of their portfolios. Tennant has successfully deployed and managed autonomous fleets across some of the world's largest retail, manufacturing, and logistics organizations, leveraging its trusted brand, secure data practices, sales and service model, and global support infrastructure to deliver proven results at scale.

"With the X2 ROVR SCRUB, we are extending autonomous cleaning into smaller, high‑traffic spaces customers clean every day but have struggled to automate," said Aaron Stotko, Director of Product, Robotics at Tennant Company. "Its compact form factor, exclusive SelfPath™ AI navigational software, and integrated dock ecosystem help customers clean more efficiently, reduce manual touchpoints, and achieve consistent results while making autonomous cleaning easier to deploy and operate."

The X2 ROVR SCRUB will be available to order in late May 2026. For more information about the X2 ROVR SCRUB click here.

About Tennant Company

Founded in 1870, Tennant Company (TNC), headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, is a world leader in the design, manufacture and marketing of solutions that help create a cleaner, safer and healthier world. Its products include equipment for maintaining surfaces in industrial, commercial and outdoor environments; detergent-free and other sustainable cleaning technologies; and cleaning tools and supplies. Tennant's global field service network is the most extensive in the industry. Tennant Company had sales of $1.20 billion in 2025 and has approximately 4,500 employees. Tennant has manufacturing operations throughout the world and sells products directly in more than 21 countries and through distributors in more than 100 countries. For more information, visit www.tennantco.com and www.ipcworldwide.com. The Tennant Company logo and other trademarks designated with the symbol "®" are trademarks of Tennant Company registered in the United States and/or other countries.

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