If you have carpet that’s not just short, heavy, dense, office-building material, the robot just can’t lift the mop high enough to get over it properly. A robot vacuum may not fully replace a vacuum cleaner since normal vacuums come with more cleaning power, and enable more control over the cleaning process.

It smoothly transitions from carpets to hardwood floors and tiles, like it knows exactly what it's doing.Plus, although our new robot vac lived in the station while not in use, we were pleased to note the generous battery life of 240 minutes. The fact it’s able to lift its mops up and keep vacuuming when it encounters a rug means it’s willing and able to muck in and do a thorough job when you’ve got mixed floor surfaces, unlike some other robovacs that turn their nose up at the task. When a blue light appeared at the top of the station, the robot vacuum was popped into the charging dock to power up. The X9 Pro (I named it Bun Bun in the app) has a docking station that’s about 17 inches high and 16 inches wide. I put the eufy X9 Pro robotic vacuum and mop through its paces at my four-bedroom house in Sussex, home to myself, my husband, two kids and two guinea pigs.

At no point did the robot vacuum cleaner bump into any tables, debris or chairs, and that’s thanks to the integral 3D ToF sensors and AI camera. mm Auto-Lift Mop: Effortlessly clean hard floors and carpets with an automatic mop that lifts 12 mm when carpet is detected for whole-home cleaning. But if you are ready to go all-in with hands-free hoovering and mopping, then the eufy X9 Pro certainly ticks all the boxes.This not only freshens the mop up in readiness for another session, but it prevents mould from developing. With a bit of exploration of the app, I discovered that you can increase this to 15 minute intervals or opt for mop cleaning on a room-by-room basis. It rinses its mops from water you load into the tank in the base station, then mops using only that water for moisture, and quite literally rinses and repeats, just like you and I would if we didn’t have robot servants to attend to our chores. Take this week’s auditionee, the eufy Clean X9 Pro robovac from the ( somewhat controversial*) Chinese electronics conglomerate, Anker Innovations.

When I ran it over the floor where my son had spilled—I swear to God—at least a half-bottle of maple syrup, I walked back and forth over it in pure disbelief. The vac unit itself is slightly squared off at the front as opposed to being completely round like most robot vacs.Unlike other bots that just rag a wet pad around, this model has two circular 13cm pops that spin at 180rpm while being forced into the floor using the weight of the machine. Unfortunately, that sensor on top – when working properly – prevented the vacuum from fitting under a good deal of my shelving. I should add that a robot mop – or indeed any mop – is not a great choice for laminated or untreated flooring.

See™️ System:X9 Pro avoids common household objects, including wires, slippers, and furniture with 3D ToF sensors and an AI-camera.Because they likely don’t have any pets and their homes are therefore just dusty rather than looking like the floor of a wool factory.