I review robot vacuums for a living, ask me anything!
Welcome! I'm The Verge's smart home reviewer, and I'm hosting an exclusive subscriber AMA today at 10 AM PT / 1 PM ET. I test a lot of connected gadgets for my job, but the dominant device in my home - by both number and square footage covered - is the robot vacuum. At any given time, I have a dozen of these bots bouncing around, sweeping and mopping my floors and irritating my cats.
I just published a guide on how to choose the best robot vacuum for your home, and I recently reviewed the Dyson Spot & Scrub, Shark's Power Detect, and the Matic, which is the most interesting new approach to a robot vacuum I've seen in my 7 years of reviewi …