Kärcher KIRA B50 Autonomous Floor Scrubber Robot

Commercial Robotic Floor Scrubber for Medium to Large Facilities

The Kärcher KIRA B50 is a professional autonomous floor scrubber designed to automate repetitive hard-floor cleaning across medium to large commercial facilities.

Combining autonomous navigation, 360° environmental sensing, intelligent route planning, obstacle and fall detection, automatic pre-sweeping, scrubbing, water recovery, cloud-connected reporting, and optional autonomous docking, the KIRA B50 allows cleaning and EVS teams to focus on higher-value work while the robot handles routine floor care.

With a 22-inch cleaning width, up to approximately 25,457 sq. ft./hour theoretical autonomous productivity, 14.5-gallon fresh and recovery tanks, approximately 4-hour battery runtime, automatic pre-sweeping, and safety certification for operation in public areas, the KIRA B50 is built for real-world commercial cleaning.

Ideal applications include:

• Hospitals and healthcare facilities
• Airports and transportation facilities
• Schools and universities
• Warehouses and distribution centers
• Manufacturing facilities
• Grocery and retail stores
• Hotels and hospitality
• Corporate campuses
• Convention centers
• Public buildings
• Commercial cleaning contractors

Automation Hub Price: $56,435.00

Kärcher KIRA B50 at a Glance

Kärcher's current KIRA BR 50 specifications confirm the core platform's 22-inch working width, 25,457 ft²/hr theoretical autonomous productivity, 14.5-gallon tanks, approximately four-hour runtime, 1,200 RPM brush speed, 69 dB(A) sound level and autonomous navigation capabilities.

Automate Repetitive Commercial Floor Scrubbing

Traditional commercial floor scrubbing requires an employee to continuously walk behind or ride on the machine.

The KIRA B50 changes that.

Once cleaning routes are configured, the robot can perform routine floor cleaning autonomously while employees concentrate on work that still requires people.

That can include:

• Restrooms
• Disinfection
• Touch-point cleaning
• Trash removal
• Spot cleaning
• Detail cleaning
• Patient or guest areas
• High-priority EVS tasks

For facilities facing labor shortages, employee turnover, increasing wages, or expanding cleaning requirements, autonomous floor care can help increase the amount of square footage each cleaning team can effectively maintain.

The goal isn't simply to replace a floor scrubber. It's to automate the labor required to continuously operate one.

Pre-Sweep, Scrub & Recover Water in a Single Pass

The KIRA B50 is designed to do more than simply scrub the floor.

Its cylindrical roller-brush cleaning system incorporates automatic pre-sweeping, allowing the machine to collect coarse debris while scrubbing.

The integrated side brush transports debris directly into the cleaning channel and improves cleaning along edges.

That means the robot can perform multiple floor-care functions during the same cleaning mission:

Pre-Sweep → Scrub → Recover Dirty Water

Combining these operations can reduce the amount of manual preparation and follow-up required from cleaning employees.

Up to 25,457 Square Feet Per Hour

Kärcher rates the platform for theoretical autonomous productivity of up to:

25,457 ft²/hr

Coverage per tank filling is approximately 19,698 square feet.

Actual productivity will vary depending on:

• Facility layout
• Obstacles
• Cleaning speed
• Route complexity
• Soil level
• Water settings
• Cleaning parameters

The important difference is that this square footage can be cleaned without an employee continuously driving the scrubber.

22-Inch Commercial Scrubbing Path

The KIRA B50 features a 22-inch brush working width with a 29.5-inch vacuum working width.

Its cylindrical roller brushes operate at up to 1,200 RPM, providing strong mechanical cleaning action while automatic pre-sweeping helps capture larger debris.

This makes the KIRA B50 particularly effective for commercial environments requiring frequent routine hard-floor maintenance.

360° Autonomous Navigation & Environmental Awareness

The KIRA B50 uses a sophisticated sensor system to continuously understand its surroundings.

Kärcher's autonomous platform provides:

• 360° environmental detection
• Lateral monitoring
• Obstacle detection
• Fall detection
• Person detection
• Autonomous obstacle avoidance
• Intelligent free-travel maneuvers when blocked

Rather than simply stopping every time something changes in the environment, the robot is designed to intelligently navigate around obstacles whenever conditions allow.

Safety-Certified for Public Areas

Autonomous equipment operating around employees, patients, customers, students, or visitors requires a high level of safety.

The KIRA platform is safety-certified according to IEC 63327 and designed for operation in high-traffic public environments.

The system provides contactless detection of:

• People
• Obstacles
• Drop-offs
• Environmental hazards

This makes the KIRA B50 well suited for occupied commercial facilities where autonomous equipment may encounter changing conditions throughout its cleaning route.

Teach & Repeat for Precise Cleaning Routes

For complex or confined areas, operators can manually teach the robot the exact route they want it to follow.

The Teach & Repeat functionality allows the KIRA B50 to learn a precise route and then reproduce it autonomously.

This is especially useful for:

• Narrow corridors
• Complex layouts
• Defined cleaning lanes
• Areas with fixed equipment
• Spaces requiring precise navigation

Smart Fill for Large Open Spaces

Large open areas don't necessarily need to be manually mapped lane by lane.

Kärcher's Smart Fill functionality allows autonomous route planning for larger open spaces.

This can simplify deployment in areas such as:

• Warehouses
• Airports
• Manufacturing plants
• Grocery stores
• Retail spaces
• Convention facilities
• Large corridors

Customizable Autonomous Cleaning Routes

After routes have been created, operators can modify cleaning parameters and establish specialized zones.

The system supports features including:

• No-go zones
• No-clean zones
• Speed filters
• Horn zones
• Interaction zones
• Interlinked cleaning routes
• Individual cleaning parameters

This allows the robot to adapt to the way your facility actually operates rather than requiring the facility to adapt to the robot.

14.5-Gallon Fresh & Recovery Tanks

The KIRA B50 incorporates:

• 14.5-gallon fresh-water tank
• 14.5-gallon recovery tank
• 1.3-gallon detergent tank
• 0.5-gallon debris hopper

These capacities support extended autonomous cleaning across medium and large commercial spaces.

Intelligent Water & Detergent Management

The KIRA B50 uses speed-dependent water dosing, helping the machine adjust resource usage based on operating conditions.

It also supports Kärcher's DOSE detergent dosing system for controlled chemical application.

This helps facilities manage:

• Water consumption
• Detergent consumption
• Cleaning consistency
• Operating costs

Approximately 4 Hours of Battery Runtime

The KIRA B50 platform provides approximately four hours of battery runtime.

Maximum charging time is approximately 5.8 hours.

With the optional docking station, however, facilities can take autonomy considerably further.

Optional Fully Autonomous Docking Station

Add the optional Kärcher KIRA B50 Docking Station to create a more hands-off autonomous cleaning system.

The docking station allows the robot to automatically:

• Recharge its battery
• Refill the fresh-water tank
• Drain the dirty-water tank
• Rinse the dirty-water tank

Kärcher specifically designed the docking system to replenish the resources required by the robot without an employee manually servicing the machine between cleaning cycles.

KIRA B50 Docking Station

Part Number: 2.042-000.0
Price: $3,195.00

For facilities seeking the highest level of automation, Automation Hub strongly recommends evaluating the docking station as part of the initial deployment.

Manual Operation When You Need It

Autonomous operation doesn't eliminate flexibility.

The KIRA B50 can also be operated manually.

This allows employees to use the machine for:

• Spot cleaning
• Unplanned spills
• Areas outside programmed routes
• One-time cleaning
• Direct operator-controlled tasks

You therefore get both an autonomous robot and a manually operable commercial floor scrubber in one platform.

Remote Monitoring & Cleaning Reports

Facility managers can remotely access robot information through Kärcher's equipment-management platform.

Available information includes:

• Cleaning reports
• Robot status
• Notifications
• Operating information
• Fault information
• Mobile-device status messages

This provides something conventional floor scrubbing often cannot:

Documented Cleaning Performance

Instead of simply assuming an area was cleaned, managers can gain greater visibility into autonomous cleaning activity.

Scheduled Autonomous Cleaning

The KIRA platform includes calendar functionality for scheduling cleaning tasks.

Facilities can build routine autonomous floor cleaning into their daily operations instead of waiting for an employee to become available to operate a scrubber.

This can be particularly useful for:

• Overnight cleaning
• Low-traffic periods
• Between shifts
• Recurring corridor cleaning
• Scheduled common-area maintenance

Designed for Medium to Large Commercial Facilities

The KIRA B50 is particularly well suited for medium and large hard-floor environments.

Hospitals & Healthcare Facilities

Allow EVS teams to focus on patient areas, disinfection, restrooms, and detailed cleaning while the KIRA B50 autonomously maintains appropriate corridors and common areas.

Airports & Transportation

Autonomously scrub large hard-floor areas while cleaning staff address higher-priority passenger-facing tasks.

Warehouses & Distribution Centers

Automate repetitive floor scrubbing across open warehouse and logistics areas.

Manufacturing Facilities

Maintain production and common areas consistently while reducing the amount of employee time devoted to routine floor scrubbing.

Schools & Universities

Use autonomous cleaning across hallways, common spaces, student centers, and other compatible hard-floor areas.

Grocery & Retail

Maintain large customer-facing floors while employees concentrate on shelves, displays, restrooms, spills, and detail work.

Hotels & Hospitality

Automate compatible hard-floor common areas while housekeeping and cleaning teams focus on guest-facing tasks.

Commercial Cleaning Contractors

Increase the amount of square footage a cleaning team can maintain while providing customers with documented autonomous cleaning activity.

Kärcher identifies retail, healthcare, public facilities, transportation, industry and building cleaning among the platform's primary applications.

Kärcher KIRA B50 Technical Specifications

Kärcher KIRA B50 Accessories & Replacement Parts

Configure your KIRA B50 for the flooring, soil conditions, and cleaning requirements of your facility with genuine Kärcher accessories and replacement wear components.

Brush Options

Red Standard Brush – $160

A general-purpose brush for routine commercial floor cleaning.

White Soft Brush – $366

A softer brush option for compatible sensitive flooring and applications requiring less aggressive mechanical action.

Orange Hi/Lo Brush – $390

Designed for compatible structured or uneven flooring where different brush heights can improve contact with the floor surface.

Green Aggressive Brush – $646

A more aggressive brush option for demanding compatible cleaning applications and heavier soil.

Microfiber Sleeve – $426

Provides an additional cleaning option for applications where microfiber floor contact is preferred.

Automation Hub can help determine the correct brush configuration for your specific flooring.

KIRA B50 Squeegees & Water-Recovery Parts

Proper squeegee selection is important for effective dirty-water recovery and dry floors.

Oil-Resistant Squeegee Blades

A strong option for facilities where the robot may encounter oils or other substances requiring compatible recovery components.

Linatex Squeegee Blades

Replacement recovery blades for maintaining effective water pickup and consistent floor drying.

Additional KIRA B50 Accessories

Blue Spotlight Kit – $484

Adds an additional visual indicator to help increase awareness of the autonomous machine operating in the facility.

Detergent Tank – $106

Replacement/additional detergent tank for the KIRA B50 detergent-dosing system.

Docking Station – $3,195

Allows the KIRA B50 to autonomously replenish critical resources, including charging, fresh-water refill, dirty-water disposal, and recovery-tank rinsing.

KIRA B50 Software & Autonomous Operation Plans

The KIRA B50 is a sophisticated autonomous cleaning platform that combines physical cleaning equipment with navigation software, mapping, reporting, scheduling, and autonomous operation.

Automation Hub's current Kärcher pricing provides both 3-year and 5-year software-license options.

3-Year Software License

Part Number: 9.849-019.0
Price: $18,000

Provides a three-year software-license option for the KIRA B50 autonomous cleaning system.

5-Year Software License

Part Number: 9.849-021.0
Price: $30,000

Designed for organizations planning a longer-term autonomous cleaning deployment.

Software Installation

Part Number: 9.849-020.0
Price: $1,000

Covers software installation for the autonomous platform.

Automation Hub can coordinate the software, robot deployment, facility setup, and training as part of a complete implementation.

Kärcher KIRA B50 Service Plans

Autonomous floor scrubbers combine mechanical cleaning systems with batteries, sensors, navigation technology, software, and connectivity.

Long-term service should therefore be considered as part of the deployment strategy.

Kärcher states that its KIRA 3- and 5-year service plans include parts, labor and travel, with two preventive-maintenance visits per year, subject to plan terms and exclusions; wear parts are excluded.

3-Year Service Package

Part Number: 9.849-023.0
Price: $5,040

A multi-year support option for organizations that want predictable service and preventive maintenance during the initial years of deployment.

5-Year Service Package

Part Number: 9.849-022.0
Price: $8,988

Designed for organizations planning to keep the KIRA B50 as a core part of their cleaning operation for the long term.

Recommended KIRA B50 Packages

For most organizations, Automation Hub recommends evaluating the KIRA B50 as a complete autonomous cleaning system, not simply purchasing the base robot.

3-Year Autonomous Cleaning Package

Add Docking Station: $3,195

Complete 3-Year Package With Dock:

$83,670

5-Year Autonomous Cleaning Package

Add Docking Station: $3,195

Complete 5-Year Package With Dock:

$99,618

Brushes, squeegees, wear parts, detergent, freight, taxes, installation requirements, and other optional equipment may be additional.

Why Software, Service & Deployment Matter

The KIRA B50 isn't simply a floor scrubber with nobody sitting on it.

It combines:

• Commercial floor-scrubbing hardware
• Autonomous navigation
• 360° environmental sensing
• Mapping
• Obstacle detection
• Safety systems
• Batteries
• Water-management systems
• Detergent dosing
• Software
• Connectivity
• Cleaning reports
• Scheduling
• Optional autonomous docking

That makes proper deployment and long-term technical support significantly more important than with a conventional floor scrubber.

KIRA B50 vs. Traditional Commercial Floor Scrubber

The key difference isn't simply how the floor gets scrubbed.

It's who has to be there while the machine does it.

Why Buy the Kärcher KIRA B50 From Automation Hub?

Buying an autonomous floor scrubber is very different from purchasing a conventional piece of janitorial equipment.

The robot has to work within your actual facility.

Automation Hub specializes in commercial robotics, autonomous cleaning equipment, deployment, training, troubleshooting, diagnostics, and long-term support.

Our team can help with:

• Facility evaluation
• ROI analysis
• Robot selection
• Cleaning-area evaluation
• Autonomous deployment planning
• Mapping and route creation
• Software installation
• Docking-station planning
• Cleaning configuration
• Staff training
• Accessory and brush selection
• Preventive maintenance
• Replacement parts
• Troubleshooting
• Diagnostics
• Repairs
• Warranty assistance
• Ongoing technical support

We don't simply sell you a robot and hope it works.

Our goal is to make autonomous cleaning work within your actual operation.

Commercial Robotics Experience You Can Trust

Automation Hub works with autonomous technology across:

• Hospitals and healthcare
• Airports
• Hospitality
• Manufacturing
• Warehousing and logistics
• Schools and universities
• Corporate facilities
• Golf and recreation
• Public facilities

Our team has experience deploying and supporting autonomous equipment in demanding real-world environments where uptime, safety, training, workflow integration, and service matter.

A robot only delivers ROI when it is working and being used correctly.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Kärcher KIRA B50 fully autonomous?

Yes. The KIRA B50 is designed for autonomous commercial floor cleaning and can perform programmed cleaning routes without an employee continuously operating the machine.

Can the KIRA B50 also be driven manually?

Yes. Manual operation is available for spot cleaning, setup, and other operator-controlled tasks.

How much area can the KIRA B50 clean per hour?

Kärcher specifies theoretical autonomous productivity of up to approximately 25,457 square feet per hour.

What is the cleaning width?

The brush working width is approximately 22 inches, with a vacuum working width of approximately 29.5 inches.

Does it sweep before scrubbing?

Yes. The cylindrical roller-brush system incorporates automatic pre-sweeping, helping collect coarse debris while the machine scrubs.

How large are the water tanks?

The KIRA B50 has approximately 14.5-gallon fresh-water and 14.5-gallon recovery tanks.

How long does the battery last?

Kärcher specifies approximately four hours of battery runtime under its rated conditions.

Does the KIRA B50 avoid people and obstacles?

Yes. Its multi-sensor navigation system provides 360° environmental monitoring and is designed to detect people, obstacles, and falls while autonomously navigating the facility.

Is the KIRA B50 safe to use in public areas?

Kärcher states that the platform is IEC 63327 safety-certified and suitable for high-traffic areas.

Does it have a docking station?

An optional docking station is available for $3,195 based on your current Automation Hub price sheet.

The docking station allows autonomous charging, fresh-water refill, dirty-water disposal, and recovery-tank rinsing. Kärcher confirms these docking functions.

Is software required?

Your current Kärcher price sheet lists separate 3-year and 5-year software licenses for autonomous operation. Automation Hub can configure the appropriate software package during deployment.

How much is the 3-year software license?

$18,000, plus a $1,000 software installation fee, based on your current price sheet.

How much is the 5-year software license?

$30,000, plus a $1,000 software installation fee, based on your current price sheet.

Are service plans available?

Yes. Your current options are:

• 3-Year Service Package – $5,040
• 5-Year Service Package – $8,988

Does Automation Hub offer replacement brushes and squeegees?

Yes. Automation Hub offers genuine Kärcher brushes, squeegee blades, side blades, roller components, microfiber accessories, detergent tanks, and other KIRA B50 replacement parts.

Can Automation Hub help determine ROI?

Yes. Automation Hub can evaluate cleaning square footage, current labor requirements, cleaning frequency, shift structure, and other operating factors to help determine whether autonomous cleaning makes financial sense for your facility.

Kärcher KIRA B50 Autonomous Floor Scrubber From Automation Hub

If your employees spend hours every day walking behind or riding traditional floor scrubbers over the same areas, the Kärcher KIRA B50 provides an opportunity to automate that repetitive work.

With up to 25,457 ft²/hr theoretical autonomous productivity, a 22-inch cleaning width, automatic pre-sweeping, 1,200 RPM cylindrical brush technology, 14.5-gallon tanks, approximately four-hour runtime, 360° environmental sensing, intelligent autonomous navigation, IEC 63327 safety certification, cleaning reports, scheduling, and optional fully autonomous docking, the KIRA B50 is built for professional robotic floor care.

And Automation Hub can support the entire deployment—from facility evaluation and ROI analysis through mapping, software, training, accessories, preventive maintenance, parts, diagnostics, and ongoing support.

Contact Automation Hub for a KIRA B50 quote, facility evaluation, ROI analysis, financing options, or to schedule an autonomous cleaning demonstration.