The Dreame X50 Ultra robot vacuum’s ultimate test: a toddler

The Dreame X50 Ultra robot vacuum’s ultimate test: a toddler
It's a familiar look for a robot vacuum, but there's a lot of new tech under the hood. (Image: BusinessDesk)
Ben Moore
Toddlers. Bringers of chaos. Flingers of objects. Voracious consumers of parents' tidying up energy. They are the natural enemy of the robot vacuum cleaner.Enter the Dreame X50 Ultra mop and vacuum cleaner, packed to the gills with features and advanced tech that promise to make coming home to a robot stuck on a megablock a thing of the past.Here are just a few bells and whistles the X50 Ultra promises: vacuums and mops at different intensities, responds to voice commands, recognises objects and avoids them, takes pictures of the objects fo...

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