The EcoBot joins Clean Planet’s team at the gym, raising the bar for health and hygiene.
We’ve added a new team member, helping us make spaces even cleaner and healthier. Meet the Clean Planet EcoBot – a New Zealand first. One of our clients, a fitness innovator, has been giving the new Clean Planet EcoBot a workout. Their trial has shown how the EcoBot cleans the gym floors consistently, quickly and more often, day and night. With our EcoBot, Clean Planet is giving gym users the highest health and hygiene standards – every time they exercise.
Leaders in sustainable and eco-friendly commercial cleaning
Since 2007, Clean Planet has been leading the way in environmentally-kinder, healthier and safer cleaning products and sustainable practices. We’re proud to be Aotearoa New Zealand’s only commercial cleaning and domestic cleaning company certified by Sensitive Choice®. This means they have certified our products and our cleaning systems as helping to improve homes and workspaces for people with asthma, allergies and respiratory illness. It’s independent evidence when you choose Clean Planet you are creating better air quality for everyone in your workplace or home. And our Head Office is now Toitū Net Carbon Zero™ Certified.
Now, we’re adding a new team member to help take that mission further: the EcoBot. A New Zealand first, Clean Planet’s new robot floor cleaner has been tested with one of the country’s leading gyms. It ensures gym floors are cleaned quickly, consistently, and more often —so gym users can rely on the highest health and hygiene standards, every time.
Proven in one of New Zealand’s most demanding environments
The EcoBot has been trialled and is now well established at one of New Zealand’s leading gym groups. A gym who have high standards when it comes to creating the best member experience. Working alongside Clean Planet’s expert team at the gym, the EcoBot has been quietly handling the heavy foot-traffic zones, keeping floors fresh and spotless while our cleaners focus on member areas and fine detail.
As Pam Castillo, Clean Planet Manager says,
“When people exercise they breathe really deeply and Clean Planet’s EcoBot makes sure the air they inhale is as germ-free, dust-free and allergen-free as possible. If you add in Clean Planet certified organic and low allergen cleaning products, the risks of asthma or sensitivity reactions are minimised, making for a happier work out every time.”
Paired with our Sensitive Choice®-approved, low-allergen and BioGro New Zealand Ltd-certified organic cleaning products, EcoBot helps ensure cleaner air and healthier environments. EcoBot is ideal for schools, gyms, health services, and other shared spaces where air quality and hygiene really matter.
World-leading robotic technology
Clean Planet’s EcoBot comes from Pudu Robotics, a global leader in service robotics. Drawing from advanced autonomous cleaning technology, and reconfigured for our use, the EcoBot is engineered to adapt intelligently:
- It automatically switches cleaning modes depending on the surface: sweeping, vacuuming, dust-mopping on hard floors, and vacuum-only on carpet.
- It uses AI-based sensors to detect stains or messes and applies extra cleaning only where needed.
- It monitors its own performance, cleaning components, cleanliness levels, re-cleaning where necessary, to avoid secondary contamination.
- It navigates autonomously using vision + LiDAR fusion positioning so it works reliably even in places with changing furniture and moving people.
EcoBot’s efficient and works tirelessly across all the floor types common in commercial spaces.
Smart support paired with human care
EcoBot doesn’t replace our talented people; it frees them to focus on the things only humans can do. The robot takes care of high-traffic areas, able to vacuum and clean both carpet and hard floors, while our team focuses on the detailed care, touchpoints and specialist tasks.
Together, they keep the bar high for our clients, their staff and members.
“We’re not in the business of replacing people with machines and EcoBot lets us free our people up to focus on the areas we really need their human touch,” says Tony Pattison, CEO of Clean Planet. “EcoBot is a clever complement to our people. It tackles repetitive work so our staff can apply their care, judgement and skill where it really counts.”
With EcoBot on board, Clean Planet continues to set new standards for environmentally responsible, healthier cleaning that’s better for people and the planet.
What this means for you
If you choose to trial the EcoBot, you’ll see:
- More consistent cleaning in high-footfall zones
- Reduced pressure on human cleaners for repetitive tasks and challenging scheduling
- Better hygiene outcomes: fewer dust particles, more timely attention to problem areas
- A visible demonstration of your commitment to healthier spaces
