A method for cleaning a soiled surface (3), wherein in a cleaning operation a cleaning
robot (7, 7') travels over the soiled area (3) and cleans the soiled area (3) with at least one
brush (32a, 32b, 33a, 33b) and a cleaning fluid (21), is characterized by that the cleaning
robot (7, 7') is connected to a crane (6) via a guide
rope (8, 8'), the guide
rope (8, 8') leading from a crane head (9, 9') to the cleaning
robot (7, 7'), that the crane head (9, 9') has a higher vertical position (VKK) than the cleaning robot (7, 7'), and the guide
rope (8, 8') runs freely hanging between the crane head (9, 9') and the cleaning robot (7, 7'), that a supply line (42) for the cleaning fluid runs on the crane (6) over the crane head (9, 9') to the cleaning robot (7, 7'), with the supply line (42) being held and guided by the guide rope (8, 8'), that an instantaneous tensile force ZKR on the guide rope (8, 8') is measured with a tensile force measuring device (44), and that while the cleaning robot (7, 7') travels over the soiled area (3), a position of the crane head (9, 9') and / or a length (L, L') of the guide rope (8, 8') are adjusted such that ZKR≥UGW and ZKR≤OGW remains, with UGW:
lower limit value UGW and OGW: upper
limit value OGW. The invention prevents disruptions to the cleaning process caused by a jamming of the supply line.