“Why not use the robot to clean windows instead?” he suggested. He liked the idea but said that the market for paint robots for facades would be small. The other person with frozen hair in the tub was Petteri Kontio, a web software developer and experienced entrepreneur. Soon after that, a discussion in a hot outdoor tub on a biting Finnish winter day made Mikko rethink the invention. Together with the specialist, he built the first two working prototypes of the paint robot. Through an online search, Mikko found a Dutch mechatronic developer and sent him the specs. By reeling the cables in and out, the robot can move vertically and sideways, covering the wall from corner to corner. Mikko came up with an idea of a paint robot that hangs from two diagonal suspension cables attached to opposite ends of the eaves of a building. This sudden inspiration of the SAP and IT systems specialist led to his founding a startup, Wall Robotics. I almost had an accident and wondered if there wasn’t better way to do this,” Mikko Valtonen remembers. It was pretty tough work, balancing on a ladder. “Back in 2016, I was painting a cow stable and cleaning its sheet metal roof. Its compact robot is taking the world by the storm. A Finnish startup wants to automate the way we clean and care for our building facades.
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