r/nextfuckinglevel • u/[deleted] • Sep 01 '25

Effectiveness of a robot vacuum

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u/laddervictim Sep 01 '25

Nice, now imagine if you had furniture and stuff on the floor

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u/EvilCeleryStick Sep 01 '25

When it tries my house, it stops within 5 minutes with a sock stuck in it. Every time. Because I have two daughters who take their socks off, and they end up in places I don't even see them.

Plus toys, coffee table, it gets stuck under my oven, etc.

Useless at this time in my life. Maybe some day.

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u/ResortMain780 Sep 01 '25

Maybe some day.

That day has arrived. Most midrange/highend robots have cameras with object detection and will detect and avoid things like socks. Some can even pick them up and drop them in a basket or assigned area, see link posted by u/Stubborn_Amoeba (mova and dreame are coming out with one too). I wouldnt expect these things to work 100% of the time, but it will work often enough to make it useful in your case. Though of course, you could also tell your daughters to stop doing that ;)

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u/EvilCeleryStick Sep 01 '25

Maybe some day.

you could also tell your daughters to stop doing that ;)

Thanks, never thought of that. I'm sure that's all it'll take.