iRobot Corporation introduced the Roomba Combo® Essential robot, an affordable and easy-to use 2-in-1 robot vacuum and mop. At $275, the Roomba Combo Essential delivers the cleaning essentials customers loved about the best-selling Roomba 600 Series - but with better performance and an impressive set of features that make it even simpler to clean the way they want. The company also announced it has surpassed the milestone of selling more than 50 million robots worldwide.

The Roomba Combo Essential ups the ante of the Roomba 600 Series with an added mopping function and 18x more suction power. It also improves on the Roomba 600 series with the ability to clean in neat rows, customizable suction and liquid settings, Clean Map®? reports, longer battery life and intelligent iRobot OS automations like Clean While I'm Away and suggested cleaning schedules.

Roomba Combo Essential: Loaded with cleaning essentials and powered by iRobot OS, the Roomba Combo Essential is iRobot's simplest, most affordable 2-in-1 robot vacuum and mop. Whether customers need a quiet, light cleaning or a more powerful cleaning, the Roomba Combo Essential lets them cross two chores off their list with a quick tap in the iRobot Home app or a simple voice command.3 Otherwise, simply hit the CLEAN button and the robot gets to work, using intelligent navigation to clean in neat rows while cleaning around and under furniture. With a sleek, low-profile design, the Roomba Combo Essential robot's 4-Stage Cleaning System consists of adjustable suction and liquid settings, a special V-Shaped Multi-Surface Brush, an Edge-Sweeping Brush and a pump-fed microfiber mop pad that all work together to vacuum and mop hard floors in a single pass.

Simply remove the mop pad to run a vacuum only mission on multiple floor types. With 18x more suction power2 and 120 minutes of battery life, it gives customers the powerful cleaning they need with a lot less effort. Carefully curated features powered by iRobot OS let Roomba Combo Essential customers customize and automate their cleaning routines.

Customers can choose between three suction power levels and three water level options depending on the cleaning job. Suggested cleaning schedules recommend the best times to clean based on previous jobs, and Clean While I'm Away lets Roomba Combo Essential automatically start cleaning when a customer leaves home. After the job is finished, customers can access detailed Clean Map reports in the iRobot Home App to see where the robot has cleaned and other useful details, such as coverage and duration for completed jobs.

Roomba® Vac Essential: For customers in North America, the Roomba® Vac Essential robot will also be available at select retailers. The Roomba Vac Essential offers the same intelligence and many of the same great features as the Roomba Combo Essential in a vacuum-only package. Pricing & Availability: North America: The Roomba Combo Essential robot ($274.99) is available in the U.S. now on iRobot.com and will be available at select retailers beginning April 7. It will be available in Canada directly from iRobot and at select retailers beginning April 12.

The Roomba Vac Essential ($249.99) will be available at select retailers in the U.S. beginning April 7 and in Canada beginning April 12. Current Roomba 600 Series customers in the U.S. can trade in their existing robot to receive a $50 credit towards the purchase of a Roomba Combo Essential robot.