Many robot vacuums use mapping tools to more effectively clean and navigate the nooks and crannies of your home. Here are our favorite mapping vacs for 2022.
Who doesn’t love a good robot vacuum? Tailor-made for the never-resting go-getters and those who hate carting around an upright vac, robot vacs use sensors and other algorithmic tools to seamlessly navigate throughout the many rooms of our homes, spending just the right amount of time in each space to get the carpets, hardwoods, and tiling nice and clean. When it comes to navigational functions, a set of sensors does a decent job at moving your bot around, but there’s nothing better than a vac equipped with mapping technology.
Whether in the form of advanced LiDAR laser-scanning, onboard 3D cameras, brand-specific navigational tools, or a combination of all three, map-making robot vacs bypass traditional infrared cues for real-time, interactive, object-avoiding cleanups. The results are quite astonishing, and there are a number of map-ready robot vacs to choose from.
To help you pick the bot that’s best for your home, we’ve put together this roundup of the best robot vacuums with mapping technology, considering criteria like cleaning features, home security, and overall battery life.
Why you should buy it: You want a map-making robot vac to beat all map-making robot vacs — plain and simple.
Who it’s for: Those who expect the deepest and most efficient cleaning from their robot vacuum.
Why we chose the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra:
Roborock doesn’t cut any corners when it comes to designing some of the most powerful and reliable robot vacuums on the market, and the almighty S7 MaxV Ultra is a testament to the brand’s high-impact product line.
In terms of mapping technology, the MaxV Ultra is equipped with a Precision LiDAR navigation system for creating blueprints of the floors and rooms of your homes that the vac uses to navigate, clean, and avoid certain areas of the domicile. That’s on top of Roborock’s ReactiveAI 2.0 Obstacle Avoidance system.
Using an onboard RGB camera and structured 3D light scanning, ReactiveAI 2.0 allows the MaxV Ultra to recognize and avoid common household objects, including things like furniture, sneakers, laptop charge cables, and more.
The MaxV Ultra also delivers up to 5,100Pa of suction power, Ultrasonic Carpet Detection for automatically switching between vacuuming and mopping, and voice assistant compatibility with Alexa, Google Home, and Siri Shortcuts.
Yes, it’s one of the most expensive vacs in this roundup, but in terms of performance, features, and endurance, it’s also our favorite option.
Why you should buy it: The Neato Botvac D10 delivers a map-powered cleaning experience like no other and is capable of operating for up to 300 minutes.
