The iRobot Roomba 980 Yeedi Robot Vacuum Vacuum Cleaner

Robot vacuums remove pet hair, lint and dust from floors before it can settle. They also help avoid stairs and other obstacles like furniture that can tip.

The majority of robotic vacuums require regular maintenance. This includes emptying the bin (and sometimes, rinsing it) and wiping the sensors and cameras. They also require to be connected. Many come with smartphone applications for scheduling, adjusting setting and more.

Roomba 960 from iRobot

The iRobot Roomba 980 is the latest model in the series of top-of-the-line ilife robot vacuum vacuum cleaners that are an essential part of any modern household. This model is incredibly powerful suction and an HEPA filter that'll assist anyone suffering from allergies. It also comes with a powerful battery which can be cleaned for up to two hours before returning to its dock automatically when the bin is full.

It also has the feature of smart mapping, which makes use of multiple sensors to determine the areas of your home that need attention and make a tidy path around them. We've seen this technology in action and it does a good job of moving around toys that are abandoned on the floor, or furniture legs that stick out from under things. It also has a sensor that will snap Roomba to its real-world location if it starts to move away from its initial location.

iRobot also added an additional set of rollers beneath the Roomba that don't have bristles, which makes them more likely to withstand tangles than previous models. They are also taller and can be placed under beds or couches that are low. They're designed to make this model more maneuverable on different floor types.

What sets the Roomba 980 apart from other models of this class however, is its inclusion of a new dirt detection feature, which uses cameras to detect tiny bits of dirt. This is a nice improvement over the previous version that relied on the sensor-driven pseudorandom cover method to bounce around the room and clean at minimum three times from various angles.

The Roomba 980 performed well in our tests on both carpets and hard floors. Its score on low pile carpet was very good and it got a very good score on mid pile too. It did a fair job of picking up pet hair, but it struggled with extremely thick and long pet fur that was clumped together.

The Roomba 980 is still one of the best performing robots on our list despite the minor drawbacks. It's also not as expensive as top-of the-line models. It has many of the features you would expect from a top model but does not have all the fancy apps or home integration you'd find in other top contenders.

The iRobot Roomba is easy to set up and yeedi Robot vacuum get up and running immediately. After taking off the yellow bin insert and pull tab from its undercarriage you just plug it into a wall socket or its Home Base docking stations, press the "Clean button" and let it do its work. It will return to its dock when it is running out of batteries or is full of debris. There are also indicators at the top of the bin that let you know the bin is empty, or when it requires recharging, or when it loses Wi-Fi.