Plenty of Apple households consider robot vacuums essential smart home devices, but they’ve always had one major limitation: stairs. If you live in a multi-story home, you’ve either had to carry your robot vacuum between floors or invest in multiple units.

The Dreame Aqua10 Ultra Roller Robot Vacuum earns that price in two ways. First, it’s genuinely hands-off: the dock auto-empties, hot-washes the roller (up to 100°C) and dries it, which is exactly what time-poor households need.

All products featured here are independently selected by our editors and writers. If you buy something through links on our site, Mashable may earn an affiliate commission. Some new robot vacuums are trying to do too much without mastering its current skills.

Roborock Saros 20 and Saros 20 Sonic lift their chassis to clear taller thresholds and handle thicker carpets, so they get stuck less and cover more rooms in one run.

The lineup brings more smart cleaning capabilities than ever before, with the X60 Max Ultra Complete and X60 Ultra, the industry's thinnest robot vacuums, alongside groundbreaking innovations, including the Cyber X stair-climbing concept that showcases the future of autonomous home cleaning

Carpet cleaners aren't new, but a robot vacuum that can wash and dry carpets is. I saw the first at CES 2026, and as a bonus, it's even modular.