New Delhi, March 11 -- For years, cleaning around the house meant bending my back and going around with a broom and mop, a routine that felt never-ending. I always assumed that tasks like sweeping and mopping were best left to human hands-or at least that's what I believed.

When robot vacuum cleaners first entered the market, I dismissed them as a luxury rather than a necessity. After all, why invest in a gadget when traditional methods seemed to work just fine? But curiosity got the better of me, and I decided to test the Xiaomi Robot Vacuum X10 with these apprehensions in mind. Was it truly worth the investment, or would it turn out to be another overhyped gadget?

The Xiaomi Robot Vacuum X10 is packed with features designed to simplif...