Automatic Vacuum Cleaners
- Customer pickup,
- Courier
- In detail
Robotic vacuum cleaners are cordless and operate on a rechargeable battery which is recharged when not in use by attachment to a home base. Newer models can home to the base at the end of cleaning and thus are self-charging as well as largely self-operating. These models of vacuum cleaner feature a contact bumper that alerts the unit to contact with furniture or walls. In addition, an infrared signal and sensor prevent the device from falling from ledges, and enable the user to restrict its movement within a desired area. Dirt picked up by a robotic vacuum cleaner is trapped in a bin within the robot. Earlier models required manual emptying by the user after the vacuum had completed its cycles, but newer models are able to empty their dirt bins upon docking to their home bases.
Perhaps the biggest disadvantage to robotic vacuum cleaners is their lack of cleaning power. While they are effective on hard floors and thinner carpets, these models are not designed for use in thick or shaggy carpeting. Their roller brushes can become entangled with longer carpet or rug fibers and they do not have the suction power of other vacuum cleaner models for cleaning thicker carpets or rugs.