Navigation

A robot vacuum’s ability to freely roam to give full coverage in the deployed space.

Mapping

A robot vacuum’s ability to learn and remember the layout of a house. The robot’s understanding of a home floor plans is usually captured as some sort of graph or map.

Carpet Detection

A feature that allows a robot to recognize carpet or rug and increase suction.

Dirt Detection

Dirt detecting technology can be found in selected models, enabling the robot vacuum to recognize areas needing special attention. The robot will focus its cleaning efforts on these areas until the sensor detects reduced specks of dirt.

Scheduled Cleaning

A function of a robot vacuum that allows you to clean as per choice or needs. Depending on the device, cleaning can be programmed on the bot itself or activated via a remote, voice assistant, or an app.

Zone or Room Cleaning

A handy way of selecting individual rooms of your home for cleaning.

2-in-1

A term used to describe a robot vacuum that has both the vacuuming and mopping function.

Dock

A robot vacuum’s charging station.

Docking

The ability of a robot vacuum to recharge automatically.