Vacuums and robot vacuums

Setting up

Getting it working properly the first time.

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White disc-shaped robot vacuum with a single power button, on grey wood-effect flooring — A button-only robot vacuum: slim enough for under furniture, but with no camera or laser to map with.Photo: Jirka Matousek from Brussels Taipei Hong Kong Singapore Prague Shenzhen · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page

Two black robot vacuums on carpet with kitchen knives taped to their bumpers, power lights lit

Setting up

Setting up a robot vacuum so it finishes the job

Where the dock goes, what has to leave the floor, a maintenance calendar that costs about 4 hours a year, and the battery rules Health Canada publishes.

Updated 3/11/2026 · 8 min

Photo: Dennis van Zuijlekom from Ermelo, The Netherlands · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons