The latest on gadgets: LG floor-cleaning robot

  • Associated Press
  • Monday, January 4, 2016 1:39pm
  • Business

LAS VEGAS — The latest developments surrounding the consumer-electronics show in Las Vegas known as CES:

A new floor-cleaning robot from LG will respond to its owner telling it: “You missed a spot.”

The South Korean company’s HOM-BOT Turbo+ makes use of cameras that record where it’s already cleaned. If it didn’t do a good job, augmented reality will come to the rescue.

Using any smartphone screen, the owner can point to a still-dusty area and the robot will go there to tidy up. And unlike a human, it probably doesn’t mind being bossed around. Pricing and availability weren’t announced.

This and other gadgets are set to be on display at the CES gadget show in Las Vegas, which opens Wednesday.

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