India, May 19 -- For years, robot vacuums in India were seen as gadgets that picked up surface dust and got stuck under sofas. That is changing fast. The latest generation of robotic cleaners now empties their own dustbins, wash mop pads, dry them with hot air, and map homes with far more accuracy than before. For people living in apartments where dust settles within hours, that shift matters.

Indian homes come with their own cleaning challenges. Fine construction dust, pet hair, kitchen spills, carpets near beds, and mixed flooring types make manual cleaning repetitive. Traditional robot vacuums often struggled with these conditions. Newer models are built differently. They combine stronger suction, LiDAR-based navigation, self-cleaning...