Robot Vacuum Guides
Four guides covering the parts of a robot vacuum that decide whether it suits a given home: how it navigates, how it handles pet hair, what its mop can realistically do, and what keeping it running actually involves. Written around the ZCWA BR151, but the mechanics apply to any robot in the same class.
The seven guides
How robot vacuums navigate: random, gyroscopic and lidar →
Why one robot crosses a room in neat parallel lines and another wanders. What each navigation type costs, and which one a given floor actually needs.
Choosing a robot vacuum for pet hair →
The roller brush is the part that fails in a home with animals. What to look at instead of suction figures, and the maintenance a pet home really involves.
Robot mopping on hard floors: what it can and cannot do →
A robot mop wipes; it does not scrub. The difference between gravity pads and metered tanks, which floors are safe, and why water flow is the fault people report most.
The robot vacuum maintenance schedule →
Nine parts, four intervals. What to clean daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly, and the early signs that something is about to stop working.
Why a robot vacuum will not connect to Wi-Fi →
Eight network-side causes of failed pairing: band steering, WPA3, location permission, mesh onboarding and the rest, each with its fix.
How often should you run a robot vacuum →
Daily, in most homes. A schedule by household type, why frequency beats thoroughness, and what daily running actually costs.
Robot vacuum or stick vacuum →
They do different jobs. A full comparison, how the division of labour settles, and a clear answer if only one can be bought.
How the ZCWA BR151 compares with other classes of robot vacuum →