The AI revolution is here, whether we like it or not, but at least it's given us better robot vacuums . Narwal, a home cleaning robotics company, is releasing a new automated mop-plus-vacuum. The Narwal Flow uses an AI chip in the vacuum and one at the docking station to do all your mapping and data processing locally. That means the $1,500 Narwal Flow "thinks" on its own, without going to the cloud for instructions. But can it think and clean critically like a human?

I've been putting the device through its paces for the past few months to find out myself. It promises to be the all-in-one hands-free cleaner. The reality is that it can be the main tool in your cleaning arsenal —the most high tech one at that—but like all franchise players it requires a strong supporting cast and

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