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Samsung's New AI Robot Vacuum With Mop Finds Stains and Steam Cleans Them

The Bespoke Jet Bot Combo has a mop that could eliminate tricky and hidden stains on hard flooring before you even know about them.

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Samsung is set to unveil the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo, an intelligent home helper, this week at CES in Las Vegas.

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If you've ever cleaned up after pets or kids (or adults drinking red wine), you know all about tricky, hidden stains. A new smart robot vacuum and mop from Samsung -- the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo, debuting at CES 2024 -- promises to find those stains for you, and clean them up all on its own.

Samsung's new device isn't using AI as a chummy companion telling you to refill your glass of red wine after a spill, but the mop-vac combo does call on AI-powered object recognition to hunt down stains, both fresh and hardened, on your hardwood floors. And, yes, it can tell the difference between rugs, carpets and hard flooring. 

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Once a splotch of Spot's wee or little Timmy's grape jelly is located, the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo will head back to its base to steam-heat the mop pads and return with a vengeance. Back at the stain, the device's wild spinning mop is designed to scrub the holy heck out of the stain at 170 rpm.

Samsung says the smart device also knows where to go and where not to. The robot is meant to work within mapped areas that you set up and avoids no-go zones. This would prevent your new, likely $1,000-plus household helper from diving off an open balcony or tumbling down a set of stairs. (Pricing details aren't yet available.)

And these are just the new features. The Bespoke Jet Bot Combo also uses technology developed for previous Samsung smart robot mop-vacs to locate piles of dirt, dust and spills on floors to clean them as they happen. And, if you have an ungovernable terrier or 2-year-old, you're well acquainted with how often messes occur. 

So does it actually work? I'll see the smart robot mop-vac in action at CES this week and will report back with findings -- hopefully using a big glass of wine. Samsung says the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo will be available later this year. 

For more about CES 2024, check out our early favorites from the electronics show, including a new kitchen device promising homemade ice cream in minutes. 

Correction, Jan. 8: An earlier version of this story incorrectly said the new Samsung Bespoke Jet Bot Combo steam cleans stains on carpets. As of now, that feature only works on hard flooring.