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The iRobot Roomba 980 Robot Vacuum Cleaner

Robot Mop Vacuum vacuums nab pet hair, lint and dust from floors before they settle. They also help stay clear of stairs and other obstacles, including tippy furniture.

Most robotic vacuums require maintenance. This includes emptying the bin (and sometimes rinsing it) and wiping the sensors and cameras. Also, they need to be connected to an electrical source. A lot of them have apps for smartphones for scheduling, adjusting setting and more.

iRobot Roomba 960

The iRobot Roomba 980, the latest in a series of top-of the-line robot vacuums, is an essential for every modern home. This model is incredibly powerful suction as well as it comes with a HEPA filter that can help anyone concerned about allergies. It also comes with a powerful battery which can clean for two hours and returns to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

Smart mapping is another feature that assists in identifying areas in your home that require attention, and then creates an easy path to get around them. This technology is very efficient in navigating around toys that are left on the floor, or furniture legs that are sticking out from underneath objects. It also has a camera that snaps the Roomba back to the real world when it begins to drift from its actual location.

iRobot has also added the option of rolling rollers under the Roomba that don't have bristles, and therefore are more likely to avoid the tangles that previous models. These are also a little higher than the older rollers and can better fit under beds and couches that are low and are designed to help this model navigate more easily across a variety of floor kinds.

What makes the Roomba 980 stand out from other models of this class, though, is its integration of the new dirt detection feature that utilizes a camera to spot particles of dirt embedded. This is a significant improvement over the previous model that relied on an algorithm that was driven by sensors to bounce around the room, and then clean the entire area three times at various angles.

In our tests of its performance in our tests of its performance, the Roomba 980 did well on carpets and hard flooring. It scored highly on carpets with a low pile, and on mid-pile. It was successful in collecting pet hair, but had a difficult time with the long and thick pet hair that was stuck together.

The Roomba 980 is still one of the best robot vacuum cleaner performing robots we've reviewed despite the slight limitations. It's also not as expensive as top-of the-line models. It's still packed with a variety of features we'd expect to see in a top-of-the-line model, but it doesn't have all the fancy app-enabled functions or smart home integration you'll find in other top contenders.

The iRobot Roomba can be set up in a matter of minutes and is ready to use right away. After taking the yellow bin insert and battery pull tab from the undercarriage, you just plug it into the wall socket or one of its Home Base docking stations, click the "Clean button" and let it do its work. It will automatically return to its dock when it runs out of battery or is full of trash. There are also indicators at the top of the bin that let you know the bin is empty, or when it requires recharging, or robot mop vacuum if it loses Wi-Fi.