iRobot made a non-robot floor cleaner

The Roomba Electro Plus is the company's first non-robotic floor cleaner, so rather than automation, the headline feature here is a 5-in-1 cleaning solution that combines vacuuming, mopping and disinfecting in a single device. Designed to be used on hard floors, the human-operated cordless Electro Plus transforms regular tap water into a commercial-grade disinfectant that, according to iRobot, kills 99.99 percent of bacteria, fungi, viruses and germs. If you're wondering how this is possible, iRobot's chief engineer and vice president, Adam Pope, told that it takes the naturally occurring chlorine in the water from your tap and creates hypochlorous acid with it using an electrical current. Because it eschews chemicals and toxins of any kind in favor of its electrolyzed water tech, iRobot says its new floor cleaner is completely safe for kids and pets. The Electro Plus is designed to clean and disinfect floors in a single pass, and the ThermaClean dock automatically washes, dries and sanitizes the mop.