Lucid Bots Sherpa Cleaning Drone & Lavo AI Robot

Lucid Bots, based in Charlotte, North Carolina, designs and manufactures robots for exterior building cleaning. Its products reduce reliance on lifts, ladders, scaffolding and rope access for window washing, soft washing and surface treatments, and are sold to cleaning contractors and facility operators. The company is led by founder and CEO Andrew Ashur.

The Sherpa drone carries interchangeable payloads: a Window payload for glass cleaning, a Shield payload for water repellents and a Power Tether for longer flights. Lavo AI is an autonomous pressure washing robot designed for unattended ground-level work, managed through a mobile app and a cloud data system. The Lucid Refresh robotics-as-a-service subscription bundles drones, ground robots, fleet software, training and support without upfront capital.

• Sherpa cleaning drone: flies cleaning payloads to facades and windows at height.
• Window payload: dedicated attachment for exterior glass cleaning.
• Shield payload: applies water repellents and surface treatments.
• Power Tether: tethered power supply for longer continuous flights.
• Lavo AI robot: autonomous pressure washing with app control and cloud job data.
• Lucid Refresh RaaS: subscription covering hardware, fleet software, training and support.

Facility management companies in Vietnam could use Sherpa to clean office tower and hotel facades without gondolas. Industrial park operators could wash factory walls and roofs with drones and Lavo AI. Cleaning contractors could adopt the Lucid Refresh subscription to add exterior services without large capital outlay.

Lucid Bots says Sherpa can cut job completion time by two to five times compared with manual methods. Workers stay on the ground instead of on lifts or ropes, lowering fall risk and insurance exposure. One operator expects the Power Tether to halve job time. The Lucid Refresh subscription removes upfront hardware cost, letting contractors scale fleets as demand grows.

Facade and window cleaning is labour-intensive and risky, and building owners face rising safety and insurance requirements. Drone-based cleaning is moving from pilots to fleet scale, with Lucid Bots reporting 600+ drones in the field. High-rise offices, hotels and factories with large glass and metal roofs in Vietnam and Southeast Asia need safer exterior maintenance.

Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, where it runs a 25,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. Raised a US$20 million Series B in March 2026 co-led by Cubit Capital and Idea Fund Partners, with total funding of US$34 million. Reports 600+ drones in the field, 6,500+ jobs completed and use in 23 countries. Offers a Sherpa NDAA UAS variant.