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Robot vacuums remove pet hair, lint and dust from the floor before they can settle. They can also stay clear of stairs and other obstacles, including tippy furniture.

The majority of robotic vacuums require regular maintenance. This includes emptying the bin (and sometimes rinsing it) and wiping the sensors and cameras. They also require to be plugged in. Many come with smartphone apps for scheduling, adjusting settings and more.

Roomba 980 from iRobot

The iRobot Roomba 980 is the most recent in the line of top-of-the-line robot vacuum cleaners that are a staple of every modern household. This model is extremely powerful suction as well as an HEPA filter that'll assist anyone suffering from allergies. It also comes with a powerful battery which can be cleaned for up to two hours and returns to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

It also has a feature called smart mapping which uses multiple sensors to suss out the areas of your home that require attention and create a cleaning path around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does an excellent job of maneuvering around toys that are abandoned on the floor, or furniture legs that are sticking out from under things. It also has a camera sensor that can snap the Roomba back to its original position when it starts to drift away from its original location.

iRobot has also included the option of rolling rollers under the Roomba that do not have bristles and therefore are more likely to avoid tangles than previous models. These are also a little taller than older rollers and can better fit under beds and couches with low sides and are designed to let this model move more easily on varying floor kinds.

The Roomba 980 is distinguished from other models of high-end quality due to its latest dirt detection feature, which makes use of cameras to detect embedded dirt. This is an improvement over the previous version that relied on an algorithm that was driven by sensors to bounce around the room and clean the area three times, at different angles.

The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on both carpets and hard floors. Its score on low pile carpet was excellent and it got a very high score on mid pile too. It did a decent job of removing pet hair, but it struggled with extremely thick and long pet fur that was clumped together.

Despite these small shortcomings, the Roomba 980 remains one of our most efficient robots, and it's even close to being as expensive as the other top-of-the-line models on this list. It still has a lot of features that we'd expect to find in a flagship model however, it doesn't come with all the fancy apps or smart home integration you might find in other top models.

The iRobot Roomba can be set up in a matter of minutes and is available for use as soon as you are ready to. After removing best shark robot vacuum for the battery and the yellow bin insert from its undercarriage, all that you need to do is plug it into its Home Base docking station or a wall socket, press its large "Clean" button and let it get to work. It will automatically return to its dock when its battery runs out or it's stuffed with debris, and it has indicator lights on the top to indicate when its bin is full, it requires recharging, or its Wi-Fi signal has gone out.