Pudu Robotics deploys AI-powered cleaning robot in Europe—first PUDU BG1 scrubber-dryer now operating in Netherlands

Pudu Robotics, a Chinese robotics company, partnered with Gom Schoonhelden (a major Dutch cleaning service provider) to deploy the PUDU BG1 Series robot in Europe. This is the first time this AI-native floor scrubbing and drying robot is being used in Europe, marking the company's expansion from Asia into a new market.

The PUDU BG1 uses AI (artificial intelligence trained on cleaning patterns) to autonomously navigate floors, adjust water and detergent levels based on floor type, and make decisions about obstacle avoidance without human control—replacing the need for a human operator to manually guide or monitor each cleaning task.

For cleaning service companies like Gom, this means they can reduce labor costs on high-volume floor cleaning work (warehouses, malls, offices) by having the robot handle routine jobs while staff handle specialized cleaning. For end-clients, it represents a lower-cost cleaning option becoming available as robotics companies scale across Europe.