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See our ethics statement. iRobot upgrades its lidar-based robot vacuum line with eight new models. Image: iRobot Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Close Jennifer Pattison Tuohy Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Follow Follow See All by Jennifer Pattison Tuohy is a senior reviewer with over twenty years of experience. She covers smart home, IoT, and connected tech, and has written previously for Wirecutter , Wired , Dwell , BBC , and US News . iRobot has announced a new line of Roombas, a year after it debuted its first lidar-based robot vacuums just prior to filing for bankruptcy . This week, it introduced eight robot vacuums that improve on its prior lineup and feature lower prices, some up to £200 (about $270) cheaper. Key changes include higher suction power, a smaller overall size to better navigate your home, more models with roller mops, and the introduction of “hot spot mopping.” iRobot, which underwent a reboot and is now owned by Shenzhen Picea Robotics , a Chinese original design manufacturer of robotic vacuums, says its new lineup is up to 25 percent smaller for “many” models, better enabling them to move around homes with low furniture, as low as 9cm. The bots also feature increased suction power and improved navigation across the line. Related iRobot’s Roomba Mini can clean where its larger robovacs can’t reach The best robot vacuums you can buy How Roomba invented the home robot — and lost the future iRobot’s bankruptcy isn’t the end — it’s a reboot, says CEO These new Roombas aren’t the robots I know and love The new models will launch in mid-2026, rolling out in phases across North America and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, with the Roomba 415 Combo and 115 Combo apparently arriving first, as they’re already listed on iRobot.co.uk as coming soon. iRobot has only provided The Verge with UK pricing; the line starts at £229 (about $309) for the base model 115 and goes up to £799 ($1,080) for the flagship 775. The prior lineup started at £249 and went up to £999 — costing $299 to $999 in the US. Exact specs and details on the features of all the robots haven’t been released yet, but here’s a look at what we know so far. Roomba Max The Roomba Max 775 comes in white or black, there is also a vacuum-only model, the 715. Image: iRobot The top-of-the-line model is the Roomba Max 775 Combo, for £799. This features 30,000Pa suction (compared to the 705 series’s 16,00Pa), Roomba’s signature dual rubber roller brushes, which are good at getting hair out of carpet, and a self-cleaning roller mop with the new hot spot mopping feature. This adds a “pressurized hot-spray pre-treatment to loosen sticky, dried-on messes” before scrubbing begins, according to iRobot. The spray feature is a new one for robot vacuums; it debuted on the Ecovacs Deepot X12 Omnicycle, which launched last month. However, the concept was first seen on iRobot’s original robotic floor mopper, the Braava . The 775 comes with an AutoWash dock that empties the robot’s bin, washes its mop with hot water, and dries it with hot air. The Roomba Max 715, priced at £549, is a vacuum-only robot with the same specs and an auto-empty dock. They both use iRobot’s most advanced lidar navigation and camera-based, AI-powered obstacle detection to better maneuver around your home and avoid getting stuck on things like cords, shoes, and household clutter. Roomba Plus The Roomba 675 is a lower-priced mopping robot with a self-cleaning roller mop. Image: iRobot The 615 also features a roller mop and a dock with a lower form factor. Image: iRobot The mid-range Plus line features the Roomba Plus 615, £599, and 675, £699. These are also combo mopping-and-vacuuming robots with roller mops, bringing the feature to a lower price point. They both have the new hot spot mopping feature and offer “up to 20,000–30,000Pa” of suction, according to iRobot. The models use iRobot’s standard lidar navigation combined with camera-based, AI-powered obstacle detection, rather than the more advance
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