We’ve seen robotic vacuums before and understandably, we don’t trust them. Samsung haven’t helped allieve our fears with their latest model, which offers remote-controlled surveillance.
If you’re anything close to the manliness of us JOE folk (and you’re not, we have beer-filled jetpacks), you have no time for fancy pants vacuum cleaners. All a good vacuum cleaner needs is a bag, a plug and the will to suck up dirt and dust indiscriminately.
In Asia, however, they do things a little differently. Or more accurately, a little lazier. The latest venture from Korean multinational Samsung is the just-unveiled “TangoView” cleaner model, a WiFi-connected robotic vacuum cleaner that includes an integrated home monitoring system. Why exactly? We have no idea.
The Samsung vacuum, catchily titled VC-RL87W, features an integrated video camera that lets PC, and smartphone users keep an eye on their pets and other domestic dwellers from the comfort of their workplace, while surprisingly enough, the video doesn’t work while the vacuum is actually cleaning.
Those of you that always dreamt of watching ground-level vacuum cleaning up-close and personal will doubtlessly be shattered at such news, though perhaps you should re-evaluate your life.
Yes, it may resemble a giant electronic beetle, but it’s actually potentially more terrifying
So forget about your centrifugal Dyson vacuum, Samsung have now developed the ultimate robotic cleaning tool – it cleans when you want it to and acts as a remote-controlled surveillance camera when isn’t putting paid to dust deposits.
What’s more, this relatively quiet vacuum operates at 48 decibels and also features a microphone and external lighting. The only drawback we can foresee? A Korean pricetag of 799,000 Won, or €510. For a vacuum cleaner.
Truly, the Samsung robotic vacuum is a chilling, entirely superfluous look at the future of robotic home cleaning. Though having said that, we do quite like the idea of monitoring our dog from 9-5. It sure would beating writing about robotic Korean vacuum cleaners in work all day…
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