The best robot vacuums with a dock that does the chores

A home with both hard floors and rugs where nobody wants to empty a bin every three days.

Dock

Auto-empty, auto-wash

Mopping

Dual spinning pads

Mapping

LiDAR

Carpet

Mop lift

• The dock empties the bin and washes the mop pads, which is what turns a robot vacuum from a chore into an appliance.
• LiDAR mapping handles multi-room layouts and no-go zones properly rather than bouncing off furniture.
• Mop lift over carpet is the feature that makes a single machine viable in a mixed-floor house.

Skip this ifThe dock is large and needs a permanent spot near a socket. In a small flat, a dockless model may fit better.

Mixed-floor homes where corners and edges are what the last robot missed.

Dock

Auto-empty, hot-water mop wash

Mopping

Swing-out mop + extending brush

Vision

3D ToF obstacle sensing

Carpet

Lifts or detaches mops

• The side brush extends and the mop swings outward together, which is how it reaches corners that round robots have always missed.
• On carpet it lifts the mops or leaves them in the dock, so one machine can run a house with rugs without wetting them.
• The dock washes the pads with hot water and empties the bin for up to 100 days, per Dreame's listing — the maintenance most people give up on.

Skip this ifPremium price, and it only joins 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi. If the floors are mostly hard and the budget is tight, the Q Revo does most of this for less.