Plan the cleaning route before choosing a robot vacuum

Start with a simple sketch of the rooms to clean. Mark door thresholds, narrow gaps, low furniture and the proposed dock location. Measure the awkward places instead of assuming the robot can reach them. Navigation differs between models.

Ask how the candidate returns to its dock, handles the route you drew and lets you exclude a problem area. Then list the tasks you will still do yourself, such as collecting loose objects or maintaining consumables. A written room-by-room checklist makes comparisons easier than a feature total. This is an original planning exercise, without our own cleaning measurements or model ranking.