Its sleek and ultra-slim design — standing just under 3 inches tall — allows it to easily glide under low-profile furniture like ottomans and couches, tackling even the hardest-to-reach dirt.

The mopping is a cut above average, and the space-age looking curvy dock takes care of the mopping maintenance tasks including refilling the bot's onboard tank and washing and drying its mop pads. (You will need to supplement this with the occasional deeper clean, but that's unavoidable.)

The All-Rubber Brush floats on a multi-directional frame for effective cleaning and easily clears away pet hair with fewer hair tangles.

It can be controlled through its own app, as well as through Alexa & Google Home voice commands, giving you complete control of your clean.

The best robot vacuums from Consumer Reports’ tests are great for regular touch-ups and spot-cleaning without you having to grab your trusty upright or canister vacuums (which are better cleaners, we’ve found).

❌ You're dealing with lots of dust: There's pelo self-empty on the dock, and the small onboard bin will fill up quickly if you're dealing with lots of dirt or hair.

Several of the top robot vacs below also double as robotic mops, but we didn’t evaluate mopping capabilities in our vacuum tests.

Instead of relying on reusable pads, it uses disposable ones stored in a drawer within its charging base. Dirty pads are dropped into a waste drawer when they’re finished, and you can customize how often the pads are changed using the app.

Their built-in, app-enabled smarts allow them to find their way out of tight spots and around some obstacles, though that brings up some privacy concerns.

The mopping less impressive, but still good enough to be a useful addition (for really good mopping you'll need to stump up a bit more). Other benefits include voice assistant support, and a very neat and compact base station.

Robot vacuums usually don't require much upkeep, but each model will have its own maintenance requirements. There are things you can do to keep your robot working in tip-top shape like removing tangled hair from the brush, emptying the dust bin after each cleaning session, cleaning or replacing the filter and wiping the sensors or cameras to make sure that your robot can Top 3 Automatic Vacuum Cleaners see your home well for the next cleaning session.

PRECISION HOME MAPPING: 360° LiDAR vision quickly and accurately maps your home so your robot can methodically clean detecting and avoiding objects in its path, day or night, adapting to everyday changes in the home.

The Narwal Freo X Ultra is the best robot vacuum for carpet. It's a premium product, (and it's not available in the UK), but delivers the best carpet cleaning performance of any robovac we've tested. On test we found that not only did it suck up finer dust and dirt efficiently, it also scooped up larger debris – namely bits of cereal – just as well.

ADAPTIVE NAVIGATION - A full suite of advanced sensors allow Roomba to navigate under and around furniture, and along edges. Cliff Detect keeps it from falling down stairs.