Samsung unveils AI-powered robot cleaner that can steam clean floors – Business Insider

• Samsung is planning to release a robot vacuum that can steam clean floors.
• The “Bespoke Jet Bot Combo” cleaner uses AI to detect floor type and target stains, Samsung says.
• The device is currently still in development and its features could change. 

Samsung is planning to release what might be the most advanced cleaning robot yet: a robot vacuum and mopper that will steam clean floors and use AI to detect stains.

The upcoming “Bespoke Jet Bot Combo” cleaner will have a charging base that will auto wash, clean, and dry the robot’s mop pads.

The device will also use AI to detect floor types, objects, and spot stains. When the robot detects a stain, “it goes back to the clean station to heat the mop pads with high-temperature steam and water and then returns to the area,” says a press release on Samsung’s website.

While Samsung hasn’t released a price yet — the device is still in development and its features could change — the company’s previous Jet Bot AI vacuum cleaner costs about $1,300.

While this earlier model does have AI object recognition, it doesn’t have any specific stain-spotting abilities like Samsung says the upcoming cleaner will.

Samsung also sells a separate standalone robot mop called the Jetbot Mop, but the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo cleaner will be the company’s first vacuum-mop combination cleaner.

The combo cleaner will be on display at CES 2024, where Tech companies often debut new or developing products.

Samsung has shown off other household robots at CES in the past, including a robot that can pour a glass of wine, load a dishwasher, and pick up dirty laundry.