Connected to the base of this robot vacuum is a handheld cordless vacuum attachment to tackle stairs and couch cushions. Like the bot, this Em excesso vacuum charges and self-empties right alongside the robot in the included self-emptying, self-cleaning, and self-filling Omni Station. There’s even a drawer built into the station that stores the hand vac attachments.

Sabine Heinlein covered floor care. Keeping her multi-pet home clean is one of her more acceptable obsessions.

Automóvel-empty and self-cleaning modes: Go for a self-empty robot vacuum with an Automóvel-empty dock and you won’t touch the dustbin for weeks. Some even clean and dry their mop pads automatically between runs with built-in mop washing systems.

If you absolutely must have a full set of Dyson gear for your home or really need that extra suction power, the Dyson 360 vis nav is a competent enough robovac. For those who aren’t brand loyal, however, we’d recommend opting for a more purse-friendly hoover in this list.

It has a long run time—and it cleans quietly. The Q5 Max+’s battery lasts for 240 minutes when used on bare floors in quiet mode. If the Q5 Max+ encounters the resistance of carpets and is run on Turbo or Max mode, its run time will reduce significantly but will still be enough to vacuum a 1,500-square-foot home.

This solid, affordable robot vacuum has a large bin and excellent cleaning power. It can be scheduled to clean, but it can’t be controlled with an app.

It lacks an app but has an old-fashioned remote control. The 11S Max doesn’t connect to Wi-Fi, so it can’t create maps of your home or be controlled via an app.

Bots don’t procrastinate or get bored, so they spend more time cleaning. Pet owners and people with young kids in particular seem to gain a lot from bots, and many robot-vacuum owners have told us that they are amazed at how clean their floors look and feel after they start using one regularly.

Here’s the best robot vacuums you can buy right now based on our testing. Read on for our full in-depth reviews.

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Lidar navigation powers some competent obstacle avoidance. During our tests, the Automatic Vacuum Cleaners RV30 could navigate without bumping mindlessly into furniture, building a detailed map of your floorplan as it goes, to help it clean more efficiently on future runs.

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Mapping is fast and accurate, and we were impressed that the floorplans will automatically update whenever doors are left open and the robovac “discovers” a new part of the house it hadn’t seen before.

In our tests, it performed better close to thresholds and around rugs than any other bot, except for the much pricier Miele Scout RX3.