Shark’s new robovac features UV light to make your dirty floors shine – before you clean them again

• Shark has announced a new robot vacuum and mop: the PowerDetect UV Reveal
• It is equipped with UV light and RGB camera to search for invisible dirt
• Then a deliberate scrubbing motion is activated to remove the damage.

Shark has come up with an innovative way to show customers exactly how well its new robot vacuum works. The recently announced PowerDetect UV Reveal is equipped with an ultraviolet light, which works with an RGB camera to spot and highlight invisible messes, before cleaning them up.

Shark says the idea is to provide “insight into what’s happening at each stage of the cleaning process.” There are lights that indicate the robot is looking for a spot, and then the UV kicks in to illuminate the mess. Shark lists dried liquids, juices, food splashes, sweat, and pet accidents as examples of things the PowerDetect UV Reveal can detect.

Once a hidden spill has been identified, the robot vacuum switches to ‘HyperSonic Mopping’ mode, where it will scrub the floor in a deliberate motion, before checking that the dirt is gone before continuing.

“We’ve heard from consumers who own robot vacuums that they never know if the job was done or what was cleaned,” says Andy Sundberg, vice president of marketing at SharkNinja. “That’s why we created PowerDetect UV Reveal. By uncovering hidden messes and showing exactly how they are cleaned, it gives customers visibility and confidence that their floors don’t just look clean: they are clean.

Elsewhere, the PowerDetect UV Reveal features ‘NeuroNav AI’ navigation and ‘NeverStuck technology’, designed to help it navigate your home confidently, intelligently and precisely, without getting lost or stuck. It can run for up to three hours per charge.