SPECIAL MENTION: Here’s a robo-vac with ambition. The S7 ($650) is smart enough to recognize the difference between hard and carpeted floors. It cleans hard floors by both vacuuming and using an ultrasonic mop; when it encounters carpet, it continues to vacuum, but lifts up the mop, keeping your carpet dry. —Jesse Will
Buy Now:Roborock S7
More Must-Read Stories From TIME
- Inside Mississippi's Last Abortion Clinic—and the Biggest Fight for Abortion Rights in a Generation
- Do Current COVID-19 Tests Still Detect Omicron?
- The First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Could Be a Lifeline for Struggling New England Cities
- Welcome to TV's Era of Peak Redundancy
- The Key Role a Local Newspaper Played in the Trial Over Ahmaud Arbery's Murder
- TIME's Top 100 Photos of 2021
- 2021: The Year the Grift Kept Giving
