Robot vacuums are amazing machines, but they can also be a pain in the arse.

In my home, testing a new robot vacuum often means digging it out from under my living room couch or unhooking it from the legs of my lounger. Then there’s being woken at 3AM by a cheery “resuming cleaning,” getting down on my hands and knees to retrieve a pencil from their brushes or scrub the gunk out of the “self-cleaning” dock. And – my favorite – holding my nose while dumping the contents of a giant dirty water tank into the toilet.

Then I met Matic. It’s a complete rethink of the household robot. From design and navigation to cleaning performance and mobili …

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