Catch a glimpse of the second leap in intelligent cleaning from the Yunjing Floor Cleaner S3 Island.

On a lazy weekend, when the sunlight filters through the gaps in the curtains and spills into the kitchen, the stew pot on the stove bubbles with a "gurgling" sound. The vigorous steam seems impatient, and along with the food, it can't wait to break free from the constraints in the next second and rush out. In the blink of an eye, the kitchen floor is in a mess, and the good mood is shattered by this sudden chaos.

Before even calculating how long it would take to clean up, the roommate has already picked up the floor washer and quickly taken action. The powerful suction instantly sucks in the soup, vegetable scraps, etc. on the ground. Wherever the rolling brush rotates, it becomes clean in just a few strokes, as if the chaos had never happened.

In the face of some unexpected emergencies, a floor washer with strong cleaning capabilities becomes the savior to rescue the messy situation.

In the past few years, cleaning appliances represented by sweeping robots have entered the technological maturity stage in terms of popularity. The industry has shifted from the rapid development of previous years to a stage of stable growth. The emergence of floor washers has brought new variables to the market. It easily hits the pain points of young users who pursue convenient and efficient cleaning methods. Whether it's kitchen grease, living - room debris, or pet hair, it can handle them all with ease.

However, floor washers also have many criticized aspects. For example, the self - cleaning process is not thorough enough. After each use, users still need to manually clean the residual stains on the rolling brush, pipes, etc.; if the sewage tank is not cleaned in time, it will emit an unpleasant odor... These subsequent maintenance tasks undoubtedly bring a lot of time - consuming and labor - intensive invisible housework, which runs counter to the users' pursuit of convenience and efficiency, greatly reducing the pleasure of using the floor washer.

Insight into the pain points that users have long been troubled by invisible housework, Yunjing takes it as the main direction for product innovation and function optimization.

On April 1st, Yunjing officially launched its first AI maintenance - free self - filtering floor washer, the S3 Island. It is the first to be equipped with Yunjing's fully automatic self - filtering purification system, which can accurately solve the pain points in the self - cleaning process, such as the difficulty in handling wet and dry garbage and the easy odor in the sewage tank. At the same time, it also has a built - in Deep Clean - AI intelligent cleaning system, integrating multiple AI functions to solve the cleaning problems in complex scenarios of Chinese families.

It can be said that this is an intelligent floor washer that is maintenance - free, intelligent, and high - performance. Through these innovative designs, on the one hand, Yunjing S3 Island revolutionizes product functions and solves scenario pain points; on the other hand, it lowers the threshold of technology application and improves the user experience, truly freeing users from tedious housework.

01. Persistent Cleaning Challenges

For most families, floor cleaning is the most frequent and inevitable part of daily life. A clean and tidy floor not only affects the comfort of the living environment but also reflects the young users' careful management of the family and pursuit of quality of life.

However, as people's life rhythm accelerates and living environments become more diverse, the drawbacks of traditional cleaning tools are gradually emerging, making it difficult to meet the modern family's needs for efficient and convenient cleaning. From purely human - powered brooms and mops to electric cleaning tools, and now to various intelligent devices suitable for a variety of scenarios, the floor cleaning tools for Chinese families have gone through three evolutions.

In traditional floor cleaning tools, brooms and mops have clear - cut divisions of labor. Brooms are mainly used to clean large - particle garbage such as dust and debris, but they often cannot completely remove fine dust and hair, and there are more likely to be cleaning dead corners in corners and gaps. Mops are responsible for wiping the floor and removing stains, but the process of manually wringing them out is extremely labor - intensive and not clean. After mopping the floor, there are often water stains that can easily cause people to slip. Mops that have been used for a long time will also breed a large number of bacteria and emit an unpleasant odor.

Using such tools is time - consuming and labor - intensive. Once it comes to large - area cleaning, it is even more "exhausting". Bending over for a long time to operate is a test for the waist and arms, with a very high labor intensity.

With the development of technologies such as the miniaturization of motors and the improvement of battery performance, electric cleaning tools such as vacuum cleaners and electric mops have gradually entered people's lives. These tools, with the assistance of electricity, improve the cleaning efficiency to a certain extent.

However, in specific scenarios such as the kitchen, the cleaning effect of electric cleaning tools is still not thorough enough. In addition, their maintenance cost is relatively high, and they need regular cleaning and replacement of accessories, which does not fundamentally simplify the cleaning process. For some elderly or technologically unskilled users, their operation process is also relatively complex, with a certain learning threshold.

Looking deeply into specific family cleaning scenarios, it can be clearly seen that the challenges of floor cleaning are far more than just dust and hair.

In Chinese families, due to diverse cooking methods and large amounts of fumes, the floors are often covered with thick grease. For families with pets or long - haired family members, the problem of hair entanglement is extremely prominent. Most tools have difficulty reaching low - lying areas such as under the bed and under the sofa at home, making these places hygienic dead corners where dust and debris accumulate.

In addition, some cleaning tools have a long secondary cleaning process after use. Wet and dry garbage is mixed in the storage parts, which is extremely difficult to handle. Take cleaning equipment equipped with a sewage tank as an example. If it is not cleaned in time, the sewage tank will emit an unpleasant odor and breed bacteria, causing secondary pollution to the home environment.

All these inconveniences in actual use make users put forward higher requirements for the cleaning power, flexibility, and maintenance convenience of the tools.

In 2020, a new product category emerged suddenly: the floor washer. As a comprehensive cleaning product that integrates the functions of vacuum cleaners, sweepers, and mops, the floor washer simplifies the traditional and cumbersome cleaning process of "sweeping first and then mopping". It can suck and mop simultaneously, handle wet and dry garbage and various stains, and is also equipped with a one - key self - cleaning function to handle the aftermath problems after the equipment's operation. It is more suitable for Chinese family users whose floors are mainly hard - surfaced and who have higher requirements for home hygiene.

At that time, many smart cleaning appliance manufacturers launched floor washer products one after another to seize market share. During this period, the market scale of floor washers continued to expand, and the shipment volume increased steadily. According to the aggregated data of AVC, in 2023, the retail sales of floor washers in China reached 12.2 billion yuan, a year - on - year increase of 22%; the retail volume was 5.05 million units, a year - on - year increase of 45%. From January to September 2024, the full - channel sales volume of domestic floor washers increased by 25.1% year - on - year.

Paying attention to the continuously expanding product trend, after in - depth analysis of user needs and research on existing floor washer products in the market, Yunjing found that there were still many user pain points that had not been solved. After two years of in - depth research and development, in 2023, Yunjing launched its first floor washer product, the S1. With its low - center - of - gravity design, strong cleaning ability, and 180° lying - down function as core features, it sold tens of thousands of units during the 618 promotion in the same year.

In September 2024, Yunjing's online market share of floor washers increased to 7.03%, ranking among the top three in the industry for the first time. During the 618 promotion in 2024, the online retail sales of Yunjing floor washers exceeded 100 million yuan, a year - on - year increase of 228% compared with 2023. During the subsequent Double 11 promotion, the single - day sales volume of Yunjing S2 Island exceeded 5,000 units, and the cumulative sales volume during Double 11 exceeded 50,000 units.

It can be said that the rapid development of floor washers is essentially evidence of the deep fit between product innovation and user needs. Now, it has gradually become the first choice for many young users when purchasing floor cleaning tools.

02. Maintenance - Free, AI - Enabled, and High - Performance

Of course, as a new product category that has been around for less than five years, there is still much room for improvement in the product functions and user experience of floor washers. For example, the self - cleaning function promoted by some manufacturers, although aiming to free users' hands, actually has an unsatisfactory user experience.

During in - depth user research, the Yunjing team found that some users also had complaints about the maintenance experience of floor washers. In particular, after the floor washer completed the cleaning task, the solid - liquid mixed garbage left behind was extremely difficult to handle, and it was easy to block the household sink or sewer. Sometimes, if the sewage tank was not cleaned in time, there would also be problems such as odor and bacteria breeding.

Whether the core scenario pain points are solved or not is directly related to users' recognition and loyalty to the product category and brand.

To solve the above - mentioned series of problems, on April 1st, Yunjing launched a new smart floor washer, the S3 Island, with a price of 2,799 yuan. It is equipped with Yunjing's self - developed Deep Clean - AI intelligent cleaning system and a newly upgraded multi - functional integrated base station, the "Self - Cleaning Smart Island", providing users with more efficient and convenient intelligent cleaning services.

Based on long - term user insights, Yunjing believes that current users' demands for floor washers mainly focus on three aspects: cleaning power, control experience, and maintenance experience.

First and foremost, the most basic requirement is cleaning power, which can quickly handle heavy - soiling scenarios with a mixture of wet and dry garbage. Secondly, as a handheld cleaning tool, the floor washer must have a light and flexible control experience. Finally, the maintenance experience should be worry - free, with no need for excessive manual intervention after the cleaning task is completed, truly achieving thorough self - cleaning.

The improvement of cleaning power in all aspects is the primary focus of Yunjing's product iteration. In the past, the self - cleaning functions of some floor washers mostly used a decentralized approach, that is, each cleaning step was completed separately by different components or functions, requiring manual operation by users, which was complex, time - consuming, and labor - intensive. In the upgraded multi - functional integrated base station of Yunjing S3 Island, multiple steps are highly integrated in a single Self - Cleaning Smart Island, achieving "cutting, washing, ironing, blowing, and filtering" in one - stop service.

Among them, "cutting" is the base - station hair - cutting function first created by Yunjing in the S2 Island, and the Yunjing S3 Island also inherits this functional advantage. For daily hair - cleaning scenarios, the S3 Island is equipped with an L - shaped double - row high - density comb on the body, combined with a large suction force of 20Kpa, which can achieve all - around anti - entanglement. In complex scenarios such as long hair, pet hair, and wet hair in the bathroom, the built - in mini scissors in the base station can automatically cut the hair, combined with the forward and reverse rotation of the rolling brush, to achieve efficient untangling.

"Filtering" refers to the newly added fully automatic self - filtering purification system in the base station. The base station is equipped with a maintenance - free self - filtering bag and a long - acting antibacterial and deodorizing box. During the cleaning process of the floor washer, the self - filtering bag will automatically collect solid garbage such as particles and hair, achieving solid - liquid separation. It can usually hold a week's worth of household floor garbage. After the cleaning is completed, users only need to pick up and throw away the bag. The sewage tank will not have dirty residue on the wall, and users won't get their hands dirty when handling it.

To address users' concerns about water accumulation in the sewage tank, the long - acting antibacterial and deodorizing box in the base station can remove the odor in the sewage tank through a scientific decomposition method. Even if the filtered wet and dry garbage is left for more than 7 days, there will be no odor problem. At the same time, its sterilization rate is as high as 99.99%, with 90 - day continuous antibacterial function, achieving fully automatic cleaning and maintenance of the floor washer, completely solving users' equipment maintenance problems and enhancing convenience.

On the one hand, by revolutionizing product functions to solve scenario pain points; on the other hand, Yunjing tries to improve users' control experience during use by lowering the threshold of technology application.

The Yunjing S3 Island is equipped with its self - developed Deep Clean - AI intelligent cleaning system. Based on long - term training with millions of real - family data, this system can complete tasks such as AI dirt recognition, AI powerful cleaning, AI water - stain control, and AI posture recognition, providing targeted solutions for cleaning tasks in different scenarios and having a wider range of applications.

Take the AI dirt recognition function as an example. If food or seasonings are accidentally spilled in the kitchen, the Yunjing S3 Island can first use the blue - light detection technology to intelligently sense the sudden debris on the floor and accurately judge the degree and type of dirt, such as stubborn grease. Then, the system will automatically adjust the cleaning parameters, increase the cleaning intensity, and form a high - rotation and pressurized floor - washing mode to ensure that the spilled food residues and stains are completely removed, restoring the cleanliness of the kitchen floor.

In addition, the Yunjing S3 Island also has more detailed optimizations, such as the intelligent detergent - dispensing function, which can adjust the flow rate of the detergent according to different cleaning plans to ensure the best ratio of detergent to water output. Users can achieve