The Winbot X is an adequate window cleaner, but given its cost and finicky technology, it’s only recommended for the most hardcore home-tech enthusiasts. Robot window cleaners haven’t earned their way ...

Window cleaning robots aren't that new, but most of them, like the Windoro, rely on magnets to stay vertical. This requires the robot to be built in two parts and sets a limit on how thick the window ...

While the actual process of cleaning my windows is no big deal, the very idea of it inspires procrastination. The step-ladders, the Windex, the aching shoulders, the dull drudgery. I keep wishing for ...

Do you want a Roomba for your windows? That's essentially what the Ecovacs Winbot W730 aspires to be. But instead of a reliable, amusing little robot that cleans your floors, you get a semi-reliable ...

Aloysius Low is a Senior Editor at CNET covering mobile and Asia. Based in Singapore, he loves playing Dota 2 when he can spare the time and is also the owner-minion of two adorable cats. I hate ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. I’ve long dreamed of amassing an army of house cleaning robots. So I wanted to love the Winbot X ($599), the new window-cleaning robot ...

In my house, we've always drawn a bright line between machines and robots. Machines were fine - we have lots of them. Some of them are smart - with programming and behaviors. Like dishwashers, washing ...

Robots are supposed to do our dirty work, so why not have them deal with the unenviable task of cleaning the outsides of our windows? It’s certainly been done before, but here at CES 2013 we’ve just ...

Cleaning windows is so arduous and dangerous that it earned its own 20 th-century catchphrase. “I don’t do windows”—a warning that the speaker may be desperate but still has limits—was a frequent ...

Who would’ve thought that at a time when the general public seems to have accepted robotic vacuums and mops, we’d also see window-cleaning robots emerge as well? The Winbot W1 Pro is one such bot, and ...

Brian Bennett is a former senior writer for the home and outdoor section at CNET. Ecovacs has a new window cleaning robot, the Winbot X, that doesn't need a power cord to run. The upside here isn't ...

In Win’s Winbot, the company’s latest PC case mod, is a futuristic orb that’s robotically controlled by its owner’s movements. In Win says Winbot is inspired by a spaceship, but it looks more like an ...