Matic Robot Vacuum Review: The Best Robot Vacuum

A few years ago, I had the chance to check out the prototype of a reengineered robot vacuum called Matic. It doesn't look like any other robot vacuum. The founders, Mehul Nariyawala and Navneet Dalal, had one key insight: People don't care about super-powerful robot vacuums with cool tricks, incredible suction power, and huge docking stations, especially if it means that the vacuum is noisy, loud, or annoying to operate. For a robot vacuum to clean well, it has to be able to navigate a home like a human. That prompted a switch to the Nvidia Jetson Orin chip, which means the vacuum learns how to clean your house on its own. Combined with the fundamentally different hardware design, the result is a game-changing robot vacuum. I do not use that phrase lightly (or ever, really). It’s delightful. It is effective and an absolute pleasure to use, something I can’t say about most robot vacuums. This is the best robot vacuum I’ve ever tested. Greetings, Earthlings Photograph: Adrienne So Wh ... Read full article.