Independent rankings
Robot vacuums ordered by the door threshold they are rated to climb, from the makers' own figures: 52 mm at the top of the list, 30 mm at the bottom.
Ordered by the published climbing height, highest first, with the weighted score deciding between equal figures; a machine that publishes no height is not on the list. The figure is the maker's stated maximum for one hard step, taken straight on. A 2 cm rug edge is not what it measures, and most machines cross one regardless; a 3 or 4 cm sill between the hall and the kitchen is exactly what it measures.
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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.
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 2026 V70: 40,000 Pa, mops that swing out 16 cm, a side brush that extends 12 cm, 5 cm sills or 9 cm double steps, a retracting sensor in an 88 mm body, pet recognition and a bagless 100 °C station.
MOVA's flagship pad mop: 40,000 Pa with a carpet boost, an 88 mm body, 5 cm sills or 9 cm double steps, pads at 15 N that extend 16 cm and detach, and a bagless dock washing at 100 °C and drying at 70 °C.
MOVA's roller mop with legs: 28,000 Pa, a roller at 4,100 Pa that extends to the wall and lifts 14 mm, 4.8 cm sills or 8 cm double steps, and a dock that washes at 80 °C, dries, refills and doses detergent.
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.
Roborock's flagship: 36,000 Pa, twin spinning mops the dock washes at 100 °C, and a solid-state 3D sensor instead of a LiDAR turret.
The Saros 20's 36,000 Pa in an 80 mm body with a retractable LiDAR instead of StarSight: 8.79 cm double thresholds, spinning pads, warm-water mopping, a dock that refills and re-washes dirty pads.
Roborock's American Edge flagship: 36,000 Pa, 4.5 cm single and 8.8 cm double thresholds, a LiDAR that retracts to 79.5 mm, 300 obstacle types by camera and structured light, warm-water mopping.
Roborock's flagship with a vibrating mop: 36,000 Pa, a retractable LiDAR in an 80 mm body, a 14 N mop washed at 100 °C while the robot keeps vacuuming, and 4.5 cm sills.
The X60 for low furniture: 79.5 mm with the turret down, 35,000 Pa, legs for a 4.5 cm sill or 8.8 cm double step, two AI cameras, a 6,400 mAh battery charged in 80 minutes and 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.
Roller mop and legs without the retracting turret: 30,000 Pa with a carpet boost, a roller at 9 to 11 N that lifts 14 mm under a guard, a 4.2 cm sill or 6 cm double step, 120 mm tall, a 100 °C wash.
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.
MOVA's pad-mop all-rounder: 24,000 Pa, 4.2 cm sills or 6 cm double steps, an 89.5 mm body, pads that swing, lift and detach, and a dock that washes in hot water and dries mop, bin and bag at 60 °C.
The Aqua10 with a track mop instead of a roller: water heated to 45 °C on the robot, 25,000 Pa, legs for a 4.2 cm sill or 6 cm double step, two AI cameras and a 100 °C wash.
Narwal's flagship: 31,000 Pa, a track mop rinsed with fresh water as it works and washed at 100 °C in the dock, a carpet pressure plate, two 1080p cameras and no LiDAR turret.
Narwal's cheaper roller-mop robot: 22,000 Pa, a track mop scraped and rinsed 110 times a minute, 45 °C water at 1.22 kg of pressure, 120 days of dust storage, two cameras and no turret.
The first Qrevo with the lifting chassis: 18,500 Pa, twin spinning mops with an edge mop, 4 cm thresholds, camera obstacle recognition and a dock that washes at 75 °C, dries, empties and refills.