Samsung is Bespoking its robot vacuums with AI

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Yes, that headline makes no sense, though hopefully you get the gist of it.

Samsung has just announced a pair of new robot vacuum cleaners. The flagship Bespoke Jet Bot Combo AI, and its less intelligent sibling, the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo.

While both models are available from today, Samsung really leant on the AI version for its announcement, so let's take a look at that first.

Samsung Bespoke Jet Bot Combo AI

Samsung's new premium robot vacuum doesn't look overly revolutionary. It still boasts the same circular design, automatically empties into a base station, and uses circular mop pads to scrub your floor.

But Samsung has made a few improvements to really help deliver a cleaner clean with the Jet Bot Combo AI.

The base station (or "Integrated Clean Station Steam+", as Samsung calls it) automatically empties dust from the robot, washes and sanitises the mop pads with hot water (between 50ºC and 60ºC), then dries the mop pads with hot air (also between 50ºC and 60ºC).

(This isn't new in robot vacuum technology, for what it's worth.)

What Samsung is doing that seems interesting is spraying the mop pads with steam to help kill off certain bacteria and reduce odours.

The base station also refills the vacuum's water tank, recharges its battery and helps make cleaning a bit simpler.

Leaning into AI

Samsung is leaning heavily into AI for its products, from the Flip6 to its Smart TVs.

With the Jet Bot Combo AI, Samsung is using object and stain recognition to help the vacuum better clean your home. Once vacuuming has been completed, the vacuum will return to any stained area with the mop pads heated with steam and water to try and give the stain a thorough clean.

It will also avoid obstacles using two 3D depth cameras to scan a wide area and narrowly work around small objects.

Combined with the vacuum's dToF LiDAR sensors, it will create a virtual 3D map of your home, which can be controlled on the SmartThings app.

Other specs

I had to go searching through the specs of the vacuum, but the Jet Bot Combo AI only offers 6,00Pa of suction. Compared to the 12,000Pa on offer from the new Ecovacs Deebot Omni X5 and that sounds woefully underpowered.

On the upside, Samsung does include a patented "hair grinder" with its brush, which claims to cut up hair so finely it avoids tangles and makes maintenance easier.

Given the damage hair did to the Dreame L20 Ultra in my review, this sounds like a great feature.

You also get voice control with Bixby, like the Yiko control on Ecovacs vacuums.

The Samsung Bespoke Jet Bot Combo (without AI)

I'm not even sure what's different about this model, other than it doesn't have "AI" in its name.

The press release claims it contains "many of the same features as the Bespoke Jet Bot Combo AI", including "the Integrated Clean Station Steam+ Obstacle detection & AI floor detect."

Looking at the two product pages side-by-side, it looks like its object detection doesn't rely on AI software, just standard

Pricing and availability

Both models are actually available now from Samsung's online store.

Pricing starts at $1,999 for the standard model, and $2,499 for the AI-powered version.

Samsung has been doing robot vacuum cleaners for years, but it feels like there's not a huge amount of innovation here. Almost all the features listed have been available in models from Ecovacs, Dreame or Roborock for a while.

Still, if you're invested in the SmartThings platform, this could be a simpler device to control.