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Buying guides, sourced robot news, and comparisons across home, yard, pool, and humanoid robots. Scores appear where our RAI review is published.
The RobotSniper humanoid index has grown from 31 to 33 models since the June report, adding Figure 03, Unitree H2 and R1, Apollo 2, XPeng Iron, Walker S2, and Booster T2. The catalog data says the field is getting cheaper and more capable, and remains almost entirely unbuyable.
We track 31 humanoid robots across 26 brands. Only one is in stock right now, and 17 can't be bought at any price. Here's what the data says about the humanoid gold rush.
Of 31 humanoid robots we track, only about a dozen are purchasable, most by preorder or quote. A dated catalog shortlist of developer platforms, reservations and enterprise inquiries, from the $1,999 Unitree Go2 to the $145K Walker S2.
Four scored robot mowers, the newly cataloged LUBA 3 AWD 3000 High, and the wire-free versus boundary-wire decision using documented features and dated prices.
The 1X NEO is taking preorders, Tesla and Figure are still in factories, and the robots you can actually use at home today are the companions. We map the whole landscape, what ships, what is preorder, and what is hype.
The RAI is RobotSniper's 0-100 score for how autonomous a home robot actually is. Here is how the four pillars work, how the composite is computed, and what the score tells you before you buy.
Anti-tangle brush design, sealed self-empty bags, and obstacle avoidance that can handle pet accidents, the three spec-sheet features that decide pet-home performance, with catalog picks per scenario.
Auto-empty bases add $300-$600 to the price. We did the math on time saved vs. cost to help you decide.
A manual vacuum cleans deeper per pass; a robot cleans thirty times more often. How that trade actually plays out by floor type, budget, and household, with honest cost arithmetic.
A July snapshot of scored robot vacuums, with a September update on newly cataloged Roomba, eufy, and Roborock models that have not yet been assigned RAI scores.
The under-$600 bracket is no longer budget hardware: it's where last year's flagships land. A former $1,599 Deebot flagship at $599 leads five documented models with a dated price snapshot.
Three mop architectures now compete: self-rinsing rollers, extending spin pads, and sonic pads. How each works, which floors favor which, and the catalog picks at every price.
Roller mops, disappearing LiDAR turrets, a 36,000 Pa suction arms race, and the first shipping robot arm. What the specs of 25 current robot vacuums say about where the category is going.
At ~$850 (down from $1,599.99), the 2024 flagship is the cheapest RAI-95 machine in the catalog. A spec-sheet breakdown of what it does, what its successors added, and who should buy which.
Compare exact Saros and Dreame models, their mop designs, navigation and threshold conditions, with manufacturer claims kept distinct from comparative results.
Consolidated from manufacturer care documentation: the daily, weekly, monthly, and seasonal routines, replacement-part intervals and typical costs, and when repair stops making sense.
iRobot invented the category. But with Roborock and Dreame surging ahead in features and autonomy, does the Roomba brand still justify its price? We looked at the numbers.
Navigation type, dock capability, mop design, then price, in that order. A feature-priority framework with catalog-verified picks at every budget from $350 to $1,700.