LionsBot International

Not all robotics begins with a humanoid on a stage. Singapore's LionsBot International does something less glamorous but familiar to anyone who runs a shop or an office: it cleans floors. The company's founding year is not, so we do not guess it. What is known is what LionsBot builds its offering on: commercial cleaning robots for facilities where a clean floor is a business card, such as retail, offices and logistics halls. The R3 family comprises the two models we describe, the R3 Vac vacuum and the R3 Scrub Pro scrubber, both in regular sale. The equipment reaches customers through America's RobotLAB and European resellers, among which the sources list Leobotics. Prices are public, which is rare in this industry. A price list published by Grab a Robot gives both purchase and rental under RaaS (robot as a service), meaning a monthly subscription instead of a one-off payment. For a shopping-mall manager that is a fundamental difference: instead of capital expenditure, they get a steady line in operating costs. The rest of the company's story, including milestones, funding and headcount, is not publicly documented and awaits confirmation from the manufacturer. We will write more about the whole segment in the service robots category.

The R3 family has two different characters. The LionsBot R3 Vac is the lighter of the two: an autonomous vacuum with 3D LiDAR, 52.1 cm tall and weighing 53 kg, with a runtime of about 2.5 hours. It costs USD 13,000 (about PLN 50,390 (≈ EUR 11,530)) or USD 369 a month under RaaS. The heavier LionsBot R3 Scrub Pro is an autonomous scrubber weighing 85.3 kg, priced at USD 31,250 (about PLN 121,131 (≈ EUR 27,710)) or USD 869 a month. The sources point to shops and logistics for it, meaning places with large, smooth floors. The price gap between the models shows how much wet cleaning costs compared with vacuuming. As a reference point in this class there is the Gausium Scrubber 50 Pro, and a broader market overview can be found in the article “Commercial Cleaning Robots in Practice”. Prices in zloty are indicative conversions, not offers from a Polish distributor, and retail uses are gathered under “Retail and shops”.

We know nothing about LionsBot's funding or valuation: the company does not disclose investment rounds, and none appear in the sources. What is visible is the sales model: distribution through RobotLAB in the US and resellers in Europe, plus a RaaS option that lowers the entry threshold for a facility owner. In commercial cleaning robots the most frequently named competitors are China's Gausium, whose Gausium Scrubber 50 Pro we describe, and America's Brain, which supplies autonomy software to many brands. The difference is strategic: LionsBot bets on its own closed hardware platform rather than licensing someone else's software. For the customer that means a single supplier responsible for the whole. Another alternative is the offering from Pudu Robotics. For buyers the arithmetic is simple: with the R3 Vac, nine months of subscription at USD 369 comes to roughly the purchase price, so RaaS pays off mainly for those who do not want to tie up capital or prefer to hand servicing to the supplier. It is worth running the numbers yourself.

We have not confirmed a direct LionsBot presence in Poland. The manufacturer does not name a Polish distributor, and the only European reseller named in the sources is Leobotics, with no information on whether it serves our market. We know of no Polish deployments or university tests. Availability in Poland therefore depends on individual partners, not on a manufacturer channel. Anyone who wants to buy or rent an R3 should ask directly about service, spare parts and the software language. The zloty prices listed are conversions from dollars. Before signing a contract, ask for references from another European country and check who will actually come to repair the robot in Poland.

Cleaning is a boring segment, but it is exactly where robots enter everyday life fastest. LionsBot has two concrete products with public prices and a subscription option, but no confirmed presence in Poland. A good reference point for comparisons, but before anyone orders it for a Polish shop or office, a local service partner has to be found. For the owner of a Polish store the takeaway is practical: compare the subscription cost with what local cleaning companies charge first, and only then with buying the machine. A comparison of models in the class is in the service robots category.