Its usually me making the case for new smart home gadgets, but when it came to a robot vacuum cleaner, it was my partner, Steph, who suggested it. Unusually hot weather in London causing our cats to moult more than usual may have been the triggering event!
Id looked at them when they first came out, and wasnt that impressed by what I saw and read. Early models tended to wander randomly about the home, didnt cope well with obstacles, and their battery-powered vacuum motors werent very powerful.