Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 Pro does a stellar job cleaning, until it doesn’t

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Ecovacs’ Deebot X8 Pro does a stellar job cleaning, until it doesn’t

Dirt isn’t the only thing robovacs need to handle nowadays – they must have the capacity to cope with complexity, too.

John DavidsonColumnist

Apr 1, 2025 – 5.00am

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I sometimes find myself wondering about the sort of houses they must live in, the engineers who design robot cleaners and mowers.

Ecovacs engineers must live in pristine, showroom-standard apartments with no stairs or tiny steps to get into bathrooms, and no more than the mathematical minimum number of corners. Their yards must be the same, with not so much as a dandelion disturbing their perfectly manicured lawns.

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John DavidsonColumnistJohn Davidson is an award-winning columnist, reviewer, and senior writer based in Sydney and in the Digital Life Laboratories, from where he writes about personal technology.