It can be a pain to constantly clean up after a shedding pet. While you love your furry friends, their hair and dandruff can quickly pile up and get caught in fibers or under furniture. Luckily, a robot vacuum can help take some weight off your shoulders by automating the cleaning process. It can travel around your home and pick up pet hair so you can spend more time with your cats or dogs. A robot vacuum can be helpful if you're in the middle of seasonal shedding, as you can program it to clean a room several times a day if needed.
We've tested more than 75 robot vacuum cleaners, and below are our recommendations for the best robot vacuums for pet hair. These recommendations are based on their pet-hair cleaning performance on different surfaces, their design, and price. For other recommendations, look at our lists of the best robot vacuums, the best robot vacuums for carpets, and the best robot vacuums for hardwood floors. Or, if you don't mind doing the job yourself, take a look at our picks for the best vacuums for pet hair and the best HEPA vacuums.
Quick Look
Our robot vacuum recommendations come from our independent testing of more than 80 different models. We purchase every robot vacuum we test, with no cherry-picked units or data. Every robot vacuum goes through the same suite of tests that covers everything from user maintenance to obstacle avoidance. Our testers and writers validate the results to ensure you can easily compare each model side by side, and we keep the products in our lab so we can continuously go back and retest them against the newest models.
Check out our How We Test Robot Vacuums article to learn more about our purchasing, testing, and writing procedures.
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Best Robot Vacuum For Pet Hair
Pet Hair Pickup8.0Pets7.5Obstacle Handling7.4Brushroll SetupDualBrushroll TypeRubberSee all our test resultsMulti-Surface Household7.7The best robot vacuum for pet hair we've tested is the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra. This high-end robot vacuum is an excellent choice for pet owners. This is due mostly to its twin rubber brushrolls that deliver significantly improved pet hair pickup over single brushroll designs, including those from newer Roborock flagships like the Roborock Saros 10R. This robot vacuum also comes with a multifunction dock that empties the vacuum's dustbin, refills its water tank, and washes and dries the mop pad. Although its obstacle avoidance system is an older design, it works fairly well and avoids pet waste accidents. The S8 MaxV Ultra also offers fast charging.
Unfortunately, its mopping performance isn't great, and alternatives with better mopping deliver worse pet hair pickup performance than the S8 MaxV Ultra. Its filter system also doesn't seal away fine particles, such as pet dander, very well.
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Best Mid-Range Robot Vacuum For Pet Hair
Pet Hair Pickup7.0Pets6.5Obstacle Handling7.5Brushroll SetupSingleBrushroll TypeRubber And BristlesSee all our test resultsMulti-Surface Household6.9If you're looking for a robot vacuum for dealing with pet hair, the eufy E20 is a feature-rich option at a cheaper price. It isn't as adept at dealing with pet hair as the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra, although it still does a decent job of handling strands of hair on hard-to-clean surfaces, such as low-pile carpeting. More deeply embedded strands are likely to be left behind if it only performs a single cleaning pass, however. It comes with a self-empty station that's also designed to remove tangled hair from its roller brush. However, it's worth noting that this system doesn't clear all of the hair, and you'll need to clean that part off yourself somewhat frequently.
This unit boasts a pretty unconventional modular design, with its motor unit and dustbin being fully removable so that you can mount it into a cordless stick/handheld chassis, handy for small cleanups. As for automation features, the E20 features a top-mounted LIDAR sensor for mapping and navigation, as well as front- and side-mounted LIDAR sensors for real-time object avoidance. The latter is a feature not typically found in vacuums in this price category. Unfortunately, unlike the Roborock, it lacks a mopping system, so you'll need to break out the soapy water to deal with any mud or dirt your pet drags in from outside.
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Best Budget Robot Vacuum For Pet Hair
Pet Hair Pickup6.0Pets4.7Obstacle Handling4.8Brushroll SetupSingleBrushroll TypeRubber And BristlesSee all our test resultsMulti-Surface Household5.6The Wyze Robot Vacuum is a great option if you're looking for the best automatic vacuum for pet hair on a budget. It lacks many of the convenience features that come with pricier robot vacuums like the eufy E20, like a self-emptying dock station or real-time hazard detection and avoidance. This means you'll need to empty its dustbin manually at the end of almost every cleaning session, as the internal dirt compartment is quite small. While the Wyze does a decent job of maneuvering itself, it's best that you remove any small obstructions from your floors before letting it run.
As for its performance, it can struggle with pet hair embedded more deeply into carpet fibers, especially when compared to the more expensive picks on this list. On the bright side, the companion app provides impressive functionality for a robot vacuum in this price bracket, with support for multi-floor mapping, room labeling, and no-go zones. It's also effective at sealing in fine allergens like pet dander, and it runs very quietly, which is beneficial if your pet is sensitive to loud noises.
Notable Mentions
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Roborock Saros Z70:
The Roborock Saros Z70 offers good pet hair pickup and great mopping, along with a better obstacle avoidance system than the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra, but its poorly-performing robot arm compromises dustbin size and battery life while greatly increasing cost.
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Dreame X50 Ultra:
The Dreame X50 Ultra is a flagship robot vacuum with excellent obstacle avoidance and threshold climbing systems, but its pet hair pickup and mopping performance are worse than the Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra.
See our review
Recent Updates
Nov 14, 2025:
We replaced the Roborock Q5 Max+ with the eufy E20 as the 'Best Mid-Range Robot Vacuum For Pet Hair' pick due to current product availability.
Jul 03, 2025:
We replaced the top recommendation, the discontinued Roborock S8 Pro Ultra, with the similar Roborock S8 MaxV Ultra. We removed old Notable Mentions, replacing them with the Roborock Saros Z70 and the Dreame X50 Ultra.
May 07, 2025:
We've added the eufy E20 to the Notable Mentions as a versatile mid-range alternative with excellent obstacle avoidance, and made changes throughout for clarity.
Mar 27, 2025:
Minor text adjustments to further clarify product details.
Feb 28, 2025:
Replaced all the Notable Mentions for relevance and current availability. Checked that all information was up to date and accurate.
All Reviews
Our recommendations above are what we think are currently the best automatic vacuums for pet hair for most people. We factor in the price, feedback from our visitors, and availability.
If you'd like to do the work of choosing yourself, here's the list of all our robot vacuum reviews ranked by pet hair performance. Be careful not to get too caught up in the details. While no vacuum is perfect for every use, most are good enough to please almost everyone, and the differences are often not noticeable unless you really look for them.