The household robot everyone was promised — a humanoid that loads the dishwasher and folds laundry — does not exist and will not exist for years. What does exist, quietly and without much fanfare, is something arguably more useful: a growing set of single-purpose machines that each take one specific chore off your list permanently. Not...
Spending $1,400 or more on a robot vacuum used to be indefensible. In 2026 it is merely expensive, because the machines at the top of the market have stopped being vacuums that occasionally push a wet rag around and started being genuinely capable floor-cleaning appliances. The two most interesting are the Roborock Saros 20 at $1,389.99 and the...
