Initialising bay · loading geometry…
Post-wash recheck VIN ···4Q72 · visit 7
Inspection pass 0%
- Scratch · 40 cmDriver rear quarterAlertConfirmed new damage · owner notified
- Headlamp not litFront passenger, outerAlertStill out · owner notified
- Stone chipHood, driver sideKnownUnchanged since visit 4
- Possible scratchRear deckClearRoad debris, not damage · cleared
- Road grime · FLAG 01Driver doorClearCleared by targeted pass
Wear record · damage on file per visit
Owner notified: 1 new scratch, 1 headlamp out. Inspection documents visible condition; it is not a guarantee that every defect is detected.
- Cleaning cycle complete
- Recheck list resolved · 4/4
- Owner notified · new scratch, headlamp out
- Condition record updated · visit 7
- Touchless, autonomous sequence
Autonomous cleaning for the autonomous age.
Computer vision, robotics and modular infrastructure — designed around the vehicle instead of the conveyor.
Pre-wash condition scanVIN ···4Q72 · visit 7
Compared with visit 6 post-wash record · Aug 12
- NewScratch · 40 cmDriver rear quarter · Not on visit 6 record→ recheck
- AlertHeadlamp not litFront passenger, outer · Owner alert queued · recheck lens→ recheck
- KnownStone chipHood, driver side · Logged visit 4 · unchanged
- RecheckPossible scratchRear deck · Could be debris · recheck clean→ recheck
- RecheckRoad grime · FLAG 01Driver door · Targeted clean planned→ recheck
Post-wash recheck list: 0/4 items
Autonomous vehicle care
Car washes need an upgrade.
Autonomous. Touchless. Precision-cleaned.
The problem
Car washes were built to move volume.
Brushes, cloth strips and a fixed conveyor treat every car the same way, and repeated contact is a known source of swirl marks and wear.
The Jax World approach
The Carwash‑O‑Matic is designed to preserve the vehicle while cleaning it.
- Autonomous.
- Touchless.
- Precision-cleaned.
02 · Computer vision
See the vehicle before touching the vehicle.
Computer vision builds a vehicle-specific cleaning profile before the wash begins. Tail fins, bubble canopies, whitewalls: whatever drives in gets mapped.
- Scan first.
- Understand the geometry.
02 · Condition check
Inspect before we clean.
This car has been through Jax World six times. Every mark is compared with its last post-wash record: new damage is flagged, known marks are tracked, and anything uncertain goes on a recheck list.
03 · Two exterior arms
Built to move around the car — not force the car through a fixed machine.
Vehicle-specific paths allow each arm to adapt its movement to the shape in front of it.
04 · Pre-rinse
Plan the path. Clean with precision.
High-pressure water follows the scanned surface: hood and rear deck, a gentler pass over the acrylic canopies, the fins, then the sides.
05 · Interchangeable nozzles
One robot. Multiple cleaning functions.
Pressurized water and cleaning chemistry can be delivered through interchangeable nozzle systems.
06 · Reposition
Every vehicle is different.
No fixed brush tunnel could clean this car without risking the fins and canopies. The arm paths here were generated from its shape.
- Every cleaning path can be too.
07 · Wheels
Geometry-aware wheel targeting.
Rims, spokes and arches get a traced high-pressure path instead of a spinning brush.
08 · Targeted clean
Not every car needs the same wash.
Computer vision identifies areas that need additional attention and adjusts the cleaning path accordingly.
09 · Final rinse
Top down. Nothing dragged across the paint.
Spot-free water sheets the suds and loosened grime off the body, working from the roof line to the rocker panels.
10 · Homing
Machinery home. Envelope clear.
11 · Recheck and record
Clean. Verify. Document.
The cameras work through the recheck list. Dirt that looked like damage is cleared; real damage is confirmed and the owner is notified. Every visit adds to the car’s wear record.
How the wash is designed to workProduct vision
Scan. Plan. Clean. Inspect.
Conventional automatic washes move volume through a fixed machine. The Carwash-O-Matic is designed around the opposite idea: understand the vehicle first, then move the machine around it, with no brushes or cloth touching the paint.
- 01
Scan
Scan first.
Fixed camera pylons around the bay capture the vehicle before anything moves: length, width, wheel positions, fins, canopies and other protrusions, sensitive zones, and visible contamination. The same pass is a condition check: scratches, chips and faults such as a dead headlamp are compared with the car’s last post-wash record, and anything new or uncertain goes on a recheck list.
- 02
Plan
Plan the path.
The geometry becomes a vehicle-specific cleaning profile. Each arm gets its own path with a held standoff distance, slow zones around sensitive parts, and extra passes where contamination was found.
- 03
Rinse
Clean with precision.
Two exterior arms ride floor-mounted XY stages on either side of the car. High-pressure water loosens road film; interchangeable nozzles then switch to foam, spot treatment and spot-free rinse.
- 04
Target
Every vehicle is different.
Areas flagged in the first scan are revisited on purpose. The FLAG 01 smudge in the demo gets a targeted pass rather than a longer wash for the whole car.
- 05
Inspect
Inspect again.
The same cameras work through the recheck list. Marks that were only dirt are cleared, real damage is confirmed and the owner is notified. Visit after visit, this builds a wear-and-tear record for the car, useful to owners, fleets and rental hosts alike.
The motion systemProduct vision
Precision motion, scaled to a vehicle.
Like a 3D printer coordinates multiple axes to follow a digital geometry, the Carwash-O-Matic combines a movable robotic base with a multi-axis arm to navigate the geometry of each vehicle.
3D printer
- Moving carriage on a gantry
- Controlled axes, coordinated in time
- Precise, programmed path from a digital model
Carwash-O-Matic exterior robot
- XY mobile platform on floor rails
- Multi-axis robotic arm on top
- Path derived from computer vision, per vehicle
An explanatory analogy. The mechanics are not identical: a printer deposits material on a flat bed, while the Carwash-O-Matic holds a nozzle at a set standoff from a three-dimensional painted surface.
Modular infrastructureProduct vision
Car wash infrastructure that can move.
01 · Everything in the bay
Two arms, their XY floor stages, eight camera pylons, water storage, pumps, chemistry, plumbing, compute and monitoring.
02 · Packs into one container
The design target: the primary wash hardware fits inside a standard 40 ft high-cube shipping container, so it can move by truck, rail or ship.
03 · Unfolds into the wash
On site, the container becomes the equipment core of the bay. The robots roll out onto their stages and the wash is ready for vehicles.
- Temporary installations
- Fleet hubs
- Parking facilities
- Peer-to-peer rental hubs
- Autonomous vehicle depots
- Permanent retail sites
Modular deploymentProduct vision
Deploy. Operate. Relocate. Scale.
A traditional wash means planning, pouring and building a dedicated facility at every location. A container-based system could reduce much of that site work to a pad, utilities and a set-down, and the same unit can move when demand moves.
Illustrative environments. No Jax World sites are deployed.
The thesis · physical AI
AI should move more than pixels.
Machine learning is creating a great deal of value in software. Jax World's thesis is to point that intelligence at a service people buy again and again in the physical world.
Vehicle cleaning is frequent, local and badly served by fixed machines that treat every car the same. It is a good fit for perception plus robotics: the models that understand one car’s shape can plan the path for the next one, and every wash adds to what the system has seen.
The opportunity is the combination. Computer vision alone is a feature, and a car wash alone is a local business. Together, running on modular hardware, they become a repeatable physical service that can be monitored and improved from one place.
- Computer vision
- Robotics
- Automation
- Physical infrastructure
- Recurring consumer demand
A recurring physical-world service
vision · motion · infrastructure · demand
The autonomous vehicle futureProduct vision
Vehicles may become autonomous. They still get dirty.
As more vehicles are shared, fleet-operated and eventually driverless, fewer of them have an owner on hand to notice grime, damage or a mess. Fleets could need cleaning, inspection and condition records that run without a person present.
Human-owned vehicles
Today’s drivers and their cars.
Peer-to-peer fleets
Shared cars that change hands daily.
Commercial fleets
Delivery, rental and service vans.
Autonomous fleets
No driver on board to notice the dirt.
RoadmapFuture phase
Phase II — autonomous interior cleaning.
The long-term architecture leaves room for two interior robots alongside the two exterior arms. Interior cleaning is an unsolved robotics problem, and it is presented here as future product development, not a working capability.
Vacuuming Future development
Seats, footwells and cargo areas.
Surface cleaning Future development
Dash, console, door cards and touchscreens.
Targeted stain treatment Future development
Spot work on spills found by the cabin scan.
Cabin inspection Future development
Left-behind items, damage and condition records.
Robot architecture
Operating platformProduct vision
Centralized intelligence. Distributed infrastructure.
The proposed operating model: every Jax World location reports to one control platform. Robot health, wash quality, chemistry, cameras and exceptions are watched centrally, so each site needs relatively little local labor to run to the same standard.
Locations online
5/5
Vehicles cleaned today
412
Wash quality · first-pass verified
97.8%
Maintenance alerts
3 2 attention 1 paused
| Location | Robots | Cameras | Chemistry | Water | Exception flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Site 01 · Fleet depot | Nominal | 8/8 | 82% | 74% | — |
| Site 02 · Airport return | Nominal | 8/8 | 46% | 61% | — |
| Site 03 · Parking garage | Attention | 7/8 | 68% | 88% | Lens C4 needs wipe |
| Site 04 · Retail pad | Nominal | 8/8 | 19% | 55% | Foam concentrate low |
| Site 05 · AV depot | Paused | 8/8 | 90% | 93% | Arm B paused · E-stop test |
Remote diagnostics
09:41 S05 arm B · scheduled E-stop test · paused by operator
09:37 S03 camera C4 · contrast drop · wipe cycle queued
09:30 S04 foam concentrate 19% · refill ordered
09:12 S02 vehicle 4Q72 · FLAG 01 cleared · record filed
Founder stage · building the first prototype
Build the future of vehicle care.
Jax World is looking for partners, engineers and investors who want to see a real Carwash-O-Matic prototype. Washes can’t be booked yet; the system is in development.