There is nothing like a robot vacuum to keep your floors clean with minimal human interaction. Although these devices were a novelty a decade ago, they've become very common nowadays and offer valuable help in our daily lives. Most are controlled using an app and smart speakers, allowing you to launch them while performing other tasks or without leaving your couch.

In the beginning, iRobot was on the market with its Roomba robot vacuums. Since then, a handful of brands have launched an impressive number of competing products that often surpass iRobot's Roombas.

With so many options to pick from, we've handpicked the best robot vacuums to help you find the right one for you. The list includes various models, ranging from affordable sweepers — which are plenty enough for a daily clean — to much more sophisticated devices that can mop and remove stains in full autonomy.

Our top recommendations for the best robot vacuums in 2023

The Dreametech L10s Ultra is, together with the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra, the most advanced robot vacuum available on the market. It has impressive suction power, two spinning brushes to clean and mop your floors, advanced navigation features, and obstacle detection. The L10s Ultra can also clean its mops and automatically empty the dirty water and dust in the dock's appropriate tanks.

Similarly, it can automatically go back to its station to refill its clean water tank, which the station automatically mixes with a cleaning solution. Dreametech designed its self-emptying and self-cleaning station with care and integrated the tanks vertically to save space, making it a nice addition to your living room. It's our favorite and most recommended option, provided you have the budget for it.

The Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra is lavishly expensive, but it's also the most powerful and easiest-to-use robot vacuum we've ever tested. If you have a combination of hard flooring and carpet, it can clean it all. Best of all, you barely have to touch the robot, thanks to its base station, which can handle the dirty water and dust for a while without being emptied.

With its advanced app, it can detect obstacles, avoid specific areas and recognize rooms. It does cost an arm and a leg, though, so you'll have to consider whether you really hate mopping and cleaning the old-fashioned way. Lastly, its design is a bit too close to a garbage bin, making it a dubious addition to your living area.

The Dreametech D9 probably offers one of the best values, as it can both mop and vacuum simultaneously while being affordable. In addition, its built-in LIDAR helps it create a detailed map of your house, letting you send it to specific rooms and areas.

Its 3,000Pa suction power and mopping capability allow it to leave your floors clean and shiny. That being said, its mopping features are basic and can't rival the ones offered by more premium devices. However, the price difference makes the Dreametech D9 particularly attractive since it can do an excellent job at sweeping and mopping your floors.

If you don't mind manually emptying its dust bin and washing its mop, the D9 is a nice option that offers great value for money.

The s9+ is one of the most expensive Roombas. It's also the one with the best cleaning efficiency, thanks to its advanced edge cleaning and dual plastic brushes that are perfect for removing pet hair. Its app is well-designed, with advanced recommendations and the ability to create maps and define rooms.

Although it comes with a self-emptying base, it lacks mopping features and obstacle detection, meaning you should consider other options if your floors are often covered with dust and need mopping.

The Ecovacs Deebot N10 Plus is a feature-rich vacuum and mop combo that doesn't cost as much as some of the more expensive robot vacuums among our recommendations. One of its highlights is the included auto-empty station, which ensures you don't need to empty its dust bin every few days. The auto-empty station can store dirt and debris for up to 60 days. But unfortunately, this feature doesn't make the robot vacuum completely hands-free, as you'll still need to clean the mop attachment regularly if you use the mop function.

In other features, its 3800Pa suction is good enough for a thorough cleaning, and the LiDAR-based navigation system is excellent at mapping and navigating your home. You'll also be happy to know that the Deebot N10 Plus supports Alexa voice assistant and has a pretty great companion app. But sadly, its mopping leaves much to be desired, and the N10 Plus is only suitable for basic mopping.

The Roomba Combo j7+ is iRobot's most advanced smart vacuum and mop combo, which features advanced navigation, allowing it to detect obstacles and recognize carpets. It's the first of its kind to feature an articulated mop that can automatically lift itself up to be stowed atop the robot when needed, such as when encountering a carpet. It also features iRobot's famous dual rubber brushes, which help to capture debris without letting hair get tangled around them. There's also a side brush to clean corners.

It's designed to be fully autonomous, meaning it ships with a self-emptying base that can be used for about two months without manual intervention. However, just like the Shark model, the base doesn't clean the mop pad, so you'll have to do that yourself with this product.

Even though it's not as complete as the Dreame L10s ultra and the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra, it has a much more compact and eye-pleasing design and does an excellent job at vacuuming and mopping your floors, as long as you don't need it to clean its mop without manual intervention.

The Shark AI Ultra 2in1 is an advanced and powerful robot that can vacuum and mop at the same time. It's designed to rival high-end products like the Dreametech L10s Ultra and the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra while costing about half their retail price.

Shark says it delivers impeccable cleaning results thanks to its smart mapping technology, which uses several passes and avoids missed spots. In addition, it can use air blasts to remove debris from corners and vacuum them on the way. Similarly, it features a sonic mopping technology that helps get rid of hard stains. Regarding the brushes, Shark uses flexible silicone fins that help it catch debris while preventing hair from getting wrapped around the brush.

It also features smart AI navigation and object detection, helping it avoid carrying your shoes around the house and bumping into objects left on the floor.

Unfortunately, though, it doesn't use the same smart approach as its rivals when it comes to the mop; you have to dampen and wash it yourself, unlike the Roborock and Dreametech flagships models.

The Ultenic T10 is an excellent all-rounder that's priced fairly. It vacuums floors effectively and can even mop them after creating a detailed map of your house. Its station lets you set it and forget about it for a while, as the 4.3L dust bag can last for months without emptying. The app is also pretty intuitive and lets you control and customize it remotely.

Of course, the T10 also works seamlessly with Google Home and Alexa for an improved smart home experience. Sadly, the T10's mopping features are relatively basic and can't compare with the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra, which costs more than twice the price.

The Roborock Q5+ splits the difference between entry-level vacuums and the ultra-premium versions priced at over a grand. At $700, the Q5+ is no impulse purchase, but it's one of the best robot vacuums you can get, as long as you don't need mopping features. Its well-designed app allows you to create rooms and set virtual boundaries without requiring physical objects.

The Q5+ is also good at avoiding obstacles, meaning you won't have to clean everything up before launching it. It's significantly more expensive than the Ultenic T10 without offering wet cleaning features. Still, it comes with better navigation and obstacle detection, making it a better purchase if you want to avoid your robot being stuck between chair legs.

It's also available without the bundled auto-emptying dock, helping you save about $250 on its price, in case you don't mind emptying its dust bin frequently.

The RoboVac G30 Edge is one of the more affordable robot vacuums that is ideal for an apartment or as a secondary robot vacuum for another floor. While it lacks many of the features found in more expensive options, it is relatively quiet, and its slim design ensures it can clean under low-height furniture.

Its 2000Pa suction provides a decent amount of power to remove dirt, debris, and pet hair from your floors. And the dual gyroscope-enabled navigation works pretty well. You can also use boundary stripes to exclude areas you don't want the vacuum to go.

Lastly, the G30 Edge supports both Alexa and Google Assistant. Plus, you get an app to control it.

Wyze is no stranger to smart home devices, so its first robot vacuum has no significant issues that often first-generation products. One of the Wyze Robot Vacuum's biggest selling points is the LiDAR mapping support that isn't typically found in its price bracket. Once it has successfully mapped your home, it'll have no trouble navigating and cleaning it.

Its suction is rated at 2100Pa and can effectively collect dirt, debris, and pet hair. The vacuum also supports most surfaces, including hardwood and high-pile carpets. In terms of battery life, you can last up to 110 minutes, and if it runs low in the middle of the job, it'll return to the charging station, juice up, and get back to cleaning.

Unfortunately, its dirt compartment is very small, and there is no Alexa or Google Assistant support. But you do get an excellent companion app.

The RoboVac 30C is relatively basic in the sense that it doesn't come with a self-emptying station like the other options. It also doesn't have the same advanced navigation features. In addition, its app is less advanced, as you'll have to use physical boundary strips to prevent the vacuum from entering specific areas. That said, it's an affordable option that can be controlled remotely, making it worth considering if you have a limited budget.

It also cleans dust and debris pretty well but struggles with pet hair, particularly on carpets. However, the battery life is one of its high points, and it can easily last over an hour on the "Maximum Power" setting. Finally, the Eufy robot vacuum has a good build quality and is relatively lightweight to carry if you want to take it to another floor.

Pick the right one for you

With so many options, it may be hard to know which device is the right one for you, so we've added them based on different needs to make it easier to choose.

If a basic sweeper is enough for you, the Eufy BoostIQ RoboVac 30 can be sufficient to give your floors a daily sweep. But if you want a robot vacuum with more capability, the Dreametech D9 and Ultenic T10 are excellent all-rounders with plenty of suction power to suck up dirt and hair while also mopping your floors.

If you need advanced vacuuming without mopping, the Roomba s9+ and Roborock Q5+ are powerful options, especially if you have carpets at home or live in a particularly dusty environment.

For an ultimate cleaning experience, consider the Roborock S7 MaxV Ultra or Dreametech L10s Ultra. Both are brilliant products to keep your floors clean due to their powerful suction, built-in mopping, self-cleaning capabilities, advanced navigation, and object detection. If they're too expensive for you, the Shark AI Ultra 2in1 and Roomba Combo j7+ cost a bit less but don't come with the added benefit of a full-feature self-cleaning docking station that can wash the mop.