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iRobot Roomba vs Samsung NaviBot robot vacuum video: High-tech hygiene hoedown

We put two mechanoid behemoths through the rigorous CNET UK cleaning review procedures to find which robot vacuum sucks the most. Or least. Whatever

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Luke Westaway is a senior editor at CNET and writer/ presenter of Adventures in Tech, a thrilling gadget show produced in our London office. Luke's focus is on keeping you in the loop with a mix of video, features, expert opinion and analysis.
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Dirt. Disgusting dirt. The enemy of all that is gleaming, shiny and gadgety -- how we despise it. Thank the stars then that the brave super-scientists at iRobot worked so hard to create the revolutionary Roomba cleaning machine, guaranteed to keep your home sparkling and new, without any input from you. Pretty smart eh?

So smart, in fact, that electronics mega-giant Samsung is getting in on the act with the Samsung NaviBot -- a silicon beast of such calculated poise and deadly efficiency it could probably kill a tiger. A robot tiger. We decided to put them in a video contest to the death. A war of robots, if you will.

We subjected these two mechanoid behemoths to the rigorous CNET UK cleaning review procedures to find which robot sucks the most. Or least. Whatever.

Roomba and NaviBot face a nightmare cleaning scenario, an all-terrain heap o'junk, and most importantly, an all-out drag race. This town ain't big enough for two robotic vacuum cleaners...