I've never owned a cleaning robot or had home automation but I want to start now. What are the best entry level robots? What should I look for? I want it to be compatible with Home Assistant at least, I don't like being vendor locked.
>>107548543Do you have loose wires on the floor?
>>107548599Just my ethernet cable and some floor lamps.
what are the nicest robot vacuums that don’t have internet connectivity?It seems like your options are cheap junk that can’t suck and will bump into all your furniture, or functional machine that videos your entire house and sends it who knows where.
I have this one rowenta 75sapp is shit, but you can get spare parts for just about anything on this thing. that's why I bought it.app is installed on an android tablet at home and not on my phone, I don't want spying>>107548736you want pic relatedalso it hates glass doors and mirrors
>>107549001I use those carpet cable covers and my robot goes over them easy enough.
>>107548543I'm pretty happy with my entry level Roborock (Q7 L5), these days even $200 models come with laser navigation and smart home compatability.
>>107548543>What should I look for?The ability to remotely brick the device once you've firwalled off it's invasive telemetry being tx'd to the servers:https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/manufacturer-issues-remote-kill-command-to-nuke-smart-vacuum-after-engineer-blocks-it-from-collecting-data-user-revives-it-with-custom-hardware-and-python-scripts-to-run-offline
>>107552197Based.
>cheap>free exercise>no telemetry>no ads>no monthly subscription>no smartphone app requirement>no firmware update requirement>can't get hacked by the chinese>won't join a botnet>won't drive itself off the stairs and break itself>won't spread stains unless the user chooses to do somost importantly>little girls love to ride them and pretend they're a witch or riding a horse
>>107548543Are there any of these shits that have a removable/replaceable battery? I don't want to buy something that's just going to shit the bed one day with no way to repair it.
>>107554837Why wouldn't they? It's not a phone.
>>107548543>>107548953Get one that is supported by valetudo. then you're independent from the vendor and their shenanigans of adding ads or locking features behind subscription services or whatever they might come up with. https://valetudo.cloud/pages/general/supported-robots.html (just stay away from their community, the dev is very opinionated aspie who cannot accept different opinions.)>>107554837they aren't IP78 or w/e phones. their batteries usually are easily replaceable with only loosening a few screws. stuff isn't tightly packed and glued shut.
