LIFTBOT

KEWAZOMaterial Handling & Transport, Temporary Works & Access

Rail-mounted vertical material hoist for scaffolding zones up to 50 meters

12
Deployments: 11
Companies that ran it

How it works on your site

The KEWAZO LIFTBOT is a battery-powered, rail-mounted vertical transport robot that automates material movement on scaffolding and asset structures. It handles scaffolding erection, scaffold dismantling, and general vertical hoisting of materials up to 100 kg per lift; loading, unloading, and horizontal distribution stay with the crew. LIFTBOT has been shipping since 2021, in commercial construction and industrial maintenance.

Material Handling & Transport

Vertical Hoisting

LIFTBOT travels on a proprietary rail mounted to the scaffold or directly to the asset structure, delivering loads to a set height in automatic mode without active operator monitoring. Beyond scaffolding components, interchangeable platforms accommodate insulation, piping, mechanical and electrical equipment, tools, and coatings.

Temporary Works & Access

Scaffold Dismantling

Dismantling reverses the erection workflow: scaffolders at height break down and load components onto the LIFTBOT platform, which delivers them to grade. The same rail system serves both erection and dismantling without reconfiguration.

Scaffolding Erection

The robot runs vertical lifts while scaffolders at each level load and unload components. A crew of 4-5 scaffolders operates alongside one LIFTBOT, against the 8-14 person crews that full-manual erection requires. The unit transfers between pre-installed rail locations in under one minute, covering multiple scaffold faces on a single site without demobilization.

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Field outcomes

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Marr Scaffolding moved scaffold materials between levels with two LIFTBOT units at 26 Court Street in Boston, for Shawmut Design & Construction.

26 Court St, Boston, USA

LIFTBOTMarr Scaffolding
Skill Scaffolding trialled LIFTBOT at Poole Quay, then bought one and ran it across the south of England, Heathrow included.

Poole, UK (flagship trial); London Heathrow, UK

LIFTBOTSkill Scaffolding
Three Bilfinger scaffolders, not eight, built scaffolding around 40 m reactors at the UK's largest refinery with a LIFTBOT hoist.

UK Petrochemical Refinery (largest), UK

LIFTBOTBilfinger
ALTRAD SERVICES Benelux & Spain used KEWAZO's LIFTBOT at BASF Antwerp, where the hoist met the team's safety expectations and performed reliably.

BASF Antwerp - scaffolding scope, Belgium

LIFTBOTALTRAD SERVICES Benelux & Spain

Who has run it

12 deployments · 11 companies · 4 countries

Will it work on your site

Certified height: 50 m (165 ft); CE certified (TUV Sud). Vendor states UL and CSA certification.
Power: Battery-powered; 10 hr runtime (vendor); charges in 3 hr on standard outlet
Setup: 20 min initial install by two workers; no access bay or scaffold modification required
Scaffolding compatibility: Layher (independently demonstrated). Vendor states compatibility with Ringlock, Cuplock, Safway, PeriUp, Kwikstage, Turner, Frame and Brace, and Tube and Clamp.
Connectivity: Integrated LTE; data streams to KEWAZO ONSITE analytics platform in real timeIndustrial sites with restricted cellular access may need site-specific telecom coordination
Robot weight: Approx. 20 kg (44 lb); hand-portable by two workersWeight figure from peer-reviewed study of earlier deployment; current production units may differ