Robot Vacuum Simulator

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Mess no. 1

New mess scatters a fresh layout of dust, socks, cords and stains and starts the run over.

Run log
    Map key
    • Crumbs, hair tufts and stains fade as the robot picks them up
    • The green ring is the robot; a red ring marks where it got stuck
    • Furniture the robot is under or behind turns see-through
    • Wood
    • Tile
    • Rug
    • Carpet
    • Bath
    • Sofa gap
    • Bed
    • Step
    • Dock
    • Dust
    • Hair
    • Stain
    How it works

    Times and percentages are simulated. One floor tile is 25 cm. Furniture fills the squares it sits on, so a thinner chair leg is not in this run. The robot and dock are generic drawings, not the model's hardware.

    An illustration driven by review results, not a lab test.

    Our picks by need

    From the reviews we read on October 20, 2026. A pick rests only on scores two or more reviewers measured, and each robot is picked once.

    Best under $200

    Tapo RV30 MaxTP-Link Tapo

    6

    It averages 6 out of 10 on hard floors, carpet and mopping.

    Backed by 3 reviewers

    $159.99Run it in the simulator

    Best for pets

    Narwal Flow 2Narwal

    9

    Pet hair 9 out of 10, and a dock that empties the bin and washes the mop.

    Backed by 2 reviewers

    $1,299.99Run it in the simulator

    Best on rugs and carpet

    eufy Omni S2eufy

    9

    Carpet 9 out of 10, and a mop that lifts on carpet.

    Backed by 4 reviewers

    $1,599.99Run it in the simulator

    Best mopper

    Roborock Qrevo 2 ProRoborock

    8

    Mopping 8 out of 10, with mop pads it drops before carpet.

    Backed by 4 reviewers

    $549.99Run it in the simulator

    Fits under low sofas

    Dreame X60 MaxDreame

    7.8

    It stands 8 cm tall and averages 7.8 out of 10 on hard floors, carpet, obstacles and mopping.

    Backed by 5 reviewers

    $1,699.99Run it in the simulator

    Best overall

    DEEBOT X12S PRO OMNIEcovacs

    8.5

    It averages 8.5 out of 10 on hard floors, carpet, navigation and mopping.

    Backed by 3 reviewers

    $999Run it in the simulator

    The rule behind each pick
    • Best overall. The highest average over the six stats the simulator plays, counting only stats two or more reviewers measured, with at least three of them; it is chosen first.
    • Best under $200. Under $200 at its US price, then the same average as best overall.
    • Best for pets. A dock that empties the bin, then the highest pet hair score.
    • Best on rugs and carpet. No fixed mop pad to wet a rug, then the highest carpet score.
    • Best mopper. A mop that lifts, comes off or rolls, then the highest mopping score.
    • Fits under low sofas. At most 9 cm tall, by its maker or two sources that agree, then the same average as best overall.

    Ties go to the score more reviewers stand behind, then to the lower price. A robot with no US price today is not picked.

    Before you buy

    Find your robot

    Every robot we compare, cheapest first. Tap a chip to narrow the list and a robot to open its scores, specs, owner reports, recalls and limits.

    38 robots

    Side by side

    Tick Compare on two or three robots to see them side by side.

    A price band keeps robots at that US price, and two bands keep either. Pets keeps robots that have a dock that empties the bin and a brush their maker says resists tangles; Rugs and carpet keeps robots that have no fixed mop pad to wet a rug; Mopping keeps robots that have a mop that lifts, comes off or rolls; Low sofa keeps robots that stand at most 9 cm tall, by their maker or two sources that agree. Bars are Nameryn's score out of 10; a striped bar has not enough reviews and plays the middle.

    Pick a robot vacuum, or race two, and watch it move through the same drawn home as every other model: a sofa, a bed, a rug, a bathroom threshold, socks, cords and a patch of pet hair. What it can reach comes from its maker's specs; how much dust, hair and stains it picks up comes from what reviewers measured. Times and percentages are simulated.

    By Rodrigo Chame, independent creator with a digital marketing background. Published October 20, 2026.

    What This Is

    A game-like way to compare robot vacuums before you buy one. Every robot covers the same drawn home by the same rules: its maker's specs decide what it can reach (under the sofa, over the bathroom threshold, how long its battery lasts) and what reviewers measured decides how much dust, hair and stains it picks up. A missing height or climb is unverified, and the run keeps the robot out. It covers 38 robots and 375 dated reviewer results.

    It is an illustration, not a lab test. Floor reached, dust, hair and stains are separate simulated outcomes. Use it to see how two robots differ in the same home, then open its profile under Find your robot for the specs and the reviews behind each score.

    Verdict

    No robot leads on everything, and several are still thin on reviews. On the results we could read, these score highest on each stat:

    A lead resting on one reviewer is weaker than one resting on three. Race your shortlist in the simulator above, in the home closest to yours.

    How We Score

    Each score is Nameryn's own, 1 to 10: the rounded average of what each named reviewer measured for that stat. A percentage counts as tenths (80% is 8), a star or point score is scaled to 10, and a reviewer who gives only a verdict counts by its word on a fixed ladder: outstanding or excellent 9, great 8, good 7, decent 6, adequate 5, disappointing 4, poor 3, bad 2.

    1. Every robot starts at the same dock in the same home and covers it room by room in rows. The layout number places three socks, two cords and eight kitchen stains; the same number gives the same run.
    2. The maker's specs decide what it can do. A robot taller than the 9 cm sofa gap never goes under the sofa. A missing height or climb is unverified, and the run keeps the robot out. A threshold higher than a stated climb keeps it out of the bathroom. When its battery cannot finish the next stretch and get home, it goes back to the dock, charges and carries on.
    3. Tested scores decide how well. Each pass over a square picks up the hard-floor, carpet or edge score in tenths of its dust (a 9 lifts 90%), pet hair by the pet hair score and stains by the mopping score. Navigation decides how many squares it misses on its rows. A robot with a camera or 3D light sensor steers around a sock or cord as often as its obstacle score says; one without them never does, and a sock or cord it runs over traps it half the time until someone frees it.
    4. A stat no reviewer tested plays the middle of the scale, 5.5. Suction never enters a run: the reviewers' pickup tests already show what it achieves.
    5. A race runs two robots in the same home with the same layout number, so every difference comes from their specs and scores. The comparison leads with dust and hair left behind, places reached, help needed and evidence gaps for this home. Simulated time is shown and is not a reason to pick one. A missing height or climb is called unverified. The small apartment has one open room, a kitchenette and a bathroom; the house with a dog adds a second bedroom, three dog toys on the floor and hair shed along the sofa, round the dog bed, down the hall, by the water bowl and at the foot of a bed.
    6. A fixed mop pad that crosses carpet wets it; a mop that lifts or comes off keeps rugs dry. The result card rounds every figure: minutes to the nearest five, shares to the nearest five per cent.

    Sources

    Every score in a robot's profile links the reviews it comes from, each with its date. Each reviewer is marked by how it tests: lab publishes measured numbers from repeatable tests, hands-on is an editor using the robot at home, and a video tester counts only when the video shows a measured result. Recalls come from the US Consumer Product Safety Commission's recall data; an owner report needs three separate owners, each in their own public thread, and Amazon reviews never count. Results by reviewer:

    • Vacuum Wars lab: 137 results
    • RTINGS lab: 50 results
    • Tom's Guide hands-on: 26 results
    • TechRadar hands-on: 23 results
    • Basic Tutorials lab: 21 results
    • TechGearLab lab: 16 results
    • Vacuum Chef lab: 13 results
    • Gizmodo hands-on: 10 results
    • Modern Castle lab: 8 results
    • Reviews.org (Australia) hands-on: 6 results
    • Trusted Reviews hands-on: 6 results
    • Android Authority hands-on: 5 results
    • Just A Dad Approved hands-on: 5 results
    • TechRadar (NL) hands-on: 5 results
    • BGR hands-on: 4 results
    • Expert Reviews hands-on: 4 results
    • BestReviews hands-on: 3 results
    • PCMag hands-on: 3 results
    • T3 hands-on: 3 results
    • Tech Guide hands-on: 3 results
    • CGMagazine hands-on: 2 results
    • CyberShack hands-on: 2 results
    • Digital Trends hands-on: 2 results
    • EFTM hands-on: 2 results
    • How-To Geek hands-on: 2 results
    • SlashGear hands-on: 2 results
    • Talk Android hands-on: 2 results
    • The Gadgeteer hands-on: 2 results
    • Engadget hands-on: 1 result
    • Notebookcheck hands-on: 1 result
    • Tech Advisor hands-on: 1 result
    • TechHive hands-on: 1 result
    • Technobezz hands-on: 1 result
    • The AU Review hands-on: 1 result
    • The Verge hands-on: 1 result
    • Yahoo hands-on: 1 result

    Specs and prices come from each maker's US product, support and spec pages, linked in each robot's profile; Amazon listings were read on amazon.com.

    FAQ

    Is this a real test of the robot?

    No. It is an illustration, not a measurement. Floor reached, dust, hair and stains are separate simulated outcomes from simplified rules. Reviewer scores decide the pickup, and maker specs decide what it can enter. A missing spec is unverified, not a confirmed limit.

    Where do the scores come from?

    From reviewers who tested each robot themselves, such as RTINGS, Vacuum Wars, TechRadar and Tom's Guide. Each reviewer's result becomes a number from 1 to 10 and Nameryn's score is their rounded average. Each robot's profile under Find your robot names every reviewer and its date.

    What if no reviewer tested something?

    That stat says not enough reviews and plays the middle value, 5.5 out of 10. The result card says which results rest on it, and in a race a line that rests on it is marked not comparable instead of naming a winner.

    Why does the same robot do the same thing every time?

    The layout number fixes where the socks, cords and stains go and every choice the robot makes, so two people with the same number see the same run. Change the number for a new layout.

    About the Amazon button: “See it on Amazon” appears on the result card for models Amazon US sells. It is an affiliate link marked “affiliate”, so Nameryn may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never changes a run or a score. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

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    Names and brands: iRobot, Roomba, eufy, Roborock, Ecovacs, DEEBOT, Narwal, Dreame and Shark are their makers' trademarks, named here only to compare what each maker states and what reviewers found. Nameryn is not affiliated with any of them or with the reviewers named.