Before you buy a robot
The questions every pillar shares: measuring your house first, what the app and the cloud control, and what the recall record says.
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Measure before you buy
Every home robot is sold against a limit, and every maker calls that limit something different on its spec page. Here is how to get your own numbers first.
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Apps, subscriptions and what stops working offline
Every one of these machines still moves without the internet. What you lose is the map, the schedule, the history and, on some of them, the reason you paid extra.
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Recalls and battery safety for home robots
Five recalls cover every robotic pool cleaner, mower, vacuum and litter box sold in the United States since 2020, and every one of them was about heat.