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Robot vacuums that map by laser, including the retracting turrets that fit under low furniture, ranked on navigation above all.
LiDAR is what separates a machine that cleans a room in rows from one that bounces around it until the battery runs out. It also works in the dark, which a camera does not. The cost is a turret on the roof, hence the retracting kind, which maps like the rest and still fits under a sofa.
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The X50 Ultra robot on a plumbed 249 mm dock: 20,000 Pa, legs for a 4.2 cm sill, a LiDAR that retracts to 89 mm, an 80 °C wash, 220 minutes a charge and a 3-year warranty.
Dreame's American flagship: 35,000 Pa, 4.5 cm sills and 8.8 cm double steps, a LiDAR that drops to 79.5 mm, pads that extend, detach and run 40 °C water, an 80-minute charge and a 100 °C wash.
The X60 Pro on a dock that fits one of three pad types per room and doses three detergents: 42,000 Pa, 5.2 cm sills or 10 cm double steps, a LiDAR that retracts to 89 mm, two cameras, a 100 °C wash.
Dreame's roller-mop flagship: 30,000 Pa, a 270 mm roller at 9 to 11 N that slides to the wall and lifts 14 mm, legs for a 4.2 cm sill or 8 cm double step, two AI cameras and a 100 °C wash.
Dreame's steam flagship: 40,000 Pa, a 270 mm roller at 18 N that steams at 180 °C, extends 8 cm and lifts 15 mm, legs for 5 cm sills, a retracting LiDAR and a 100 °C wash.
The L60 with legs: 35,000 Pa, ProLeap legs for 8.8 cm double-layer thresholds, a LiDAR that retracts to 89 mm, 280 object types, mops with 40 °C water, and a 6,400 mAh battery for 220 minutes.
The X60 Pro with a plumbed dock only 249 mm tall: the same 42,000 Pa, 89 mm clearance, climbing legs and 18 cm mop reach, with water piped in and out instead of carried in tanks.
A legged flagship whose dock changes its own mop pads: 30,000 Pa, a 4.2 cm sill or 8 cm double step, pads that extend 45 mm and detach, a 100 °C wash, three detergents and a 16.6 kg station.
The 2025 flagship that introduced Dreame's legs: 20,000 Pa, a 4.2 cm sill or 6 cm double step, 89 mm with the turret down, pads that extend and detach, an 80 °C wash and 220 minutes per charge.
Dreame's top vacuum: 42,000 Pa, a turret that retracts to 89 mm, legs for a 5.2 cm sill or 10 cm double step, a mop pad that reaches 18 cm out and detaches on deep carpet, and a 100 °C wash.
The LiDAR sensor sits in a turret on top of the robot and adds to its height. A retracting turret lowers into the body so the robot can drive under a sofa or a bed, and rises again to map, so the robot maps the same way and fits where a fixed turret would catch. The group below lists the machines on this page with a retracting turret, lowest first, with the maker's height on each row, taken with the turret down; the lowest robot vacuums orders every machine up to 90 mm by that figure.
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Height: 80 mm
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Height: 80 mm
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Height: 80 mm
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Height: 80 mm
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Height: 80 mm
Roborock press image
Height: 80 mm
Roborock press image
Height: 80 mm
Roborock press image
Height: 80 mm
MOVA press image
Height: 88 mm
MOVA press image
Height: 88 mm
MOVA press image
Height: 88 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 89 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 89 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 89 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 89 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 89 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 89 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 89 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 89 mm
MOVA press image
Height: 90 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 90 mm
MOVA press image
Height: 90 mm
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Height: 90 mm
MOVA press image
Height: 96 mm
MOVA press image
Height: 96 mm
MOVA press image
Height: 96 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 98 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 98 mm
Dreame press image
Height: 98 mm
LiDAR is a laser and not a lens, so a robot can map a home by it with no camera on board. On the machines below the maker names no camera, for navigation or for obstacles, and claims no pet recognition: they find obstacles by structured light, which sees a shape without knowing what it is, or by the bumper, and each row names the obstacle sensor. That is the choice for a home where no lens is wanted in the room and the floor is cleared before a run; the ranking of robot vacuums without a camera puts the best camera-free machines in order on cleaning, the map and the dock.
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
Photo: ECOVACS ROBOTICS press kit
Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: None
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: None
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: None
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: Structured light
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Obstacle avoidance: None
Dreame press image
Obstacle avoidance: None
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Obstacle avoidance: None
Roborock press image
Obstacle avoidance: None
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Obstacle avoidance: None
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Obstacle avoidance: None
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Obstacle avoidance: None
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Obstacle avoidance: None
Robot vacuum obstacle avoidance from the makers' own figures: bumper, structured light, cameras and depth sensors, and which machines we list have which.