Neato's Botvac D4 Connected Is Our New Midrange Fave

I like Neato's powerful and efficient robot vacuums, but their software has always lagged a little bit behind their hardware. Neato's botvacs have climbed into my dog food bowls, bumped into walls hard enough to throw off their own sensors, or exhibit inexplicable behavior, like needing to pass the docking station three times before it can go home. In comparison, the iRobot Roombas utilize top-of-the-line navigational technology, which was developed to sniff out mines on beaches. If I don't want to, I don't even have to clear clutter off my floors. After all, you don't want to spend more time futzing with an automated robot than you would with a push vacuum.