Q-Bot Ltd uses robotics, 3D scanning, digital tools and AI to help contractors inspect, maintain and upgrade buildings. Uninsulated floor in a typical suspended timber floor home can be responsible for 20% of heat loss. Q-Bot’s patented small robots are placed under the floorboards, where they spray insulation on the underside of the boards to stop draughts and heat loss through the floor.
The result is a significant reduction in energy use and CO2 emissions. In 2020 the company’s work was recognised with a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category. Q-Bot now offers a range of solutions that can identify the needs of individual properties, automate repetitive tasks, reach inaccessible areas and track the work done.
Mathew Holloway is Co-Founder and CEO of Q-Bot. He leads the company’s overall strategy, fundraising and team. He says that he benefitted from the SME leaders programme through the practical lessons it gives to solve real business challenges and the opportunities it gave him for personal development.
Q-Bot has a busy few years coming up. In 2019 it received financial backing from several investors, including the French multinational Saint-Gobain. The £3.6 million initiative will enable Q-Bot to extend its operations from the UK into France and the Netherlands.
