Robot vacuums that work with Home Assistant
Robot vacuums are one of the few smart-home categories where Home Assistant integration means account-linked cloud polling rather than local control — both Roborock and Ecovacs ship core HA integrations, but you're logging into their app account either way. What you get in return is real automation: vacuuming triggered by presence sensors leaving the house, mapped rooms exposed as HA areas, and dashboard control alongside everything else. We flag the cloud dependency plainly and note where Matter picks up a handful of entities locally.
Frequently asked questions
Do robot vacuums work locally with Home Assistant, or do they need the cloud?
Almost all of them need the cloud. Home Assistant's built-in roborock and ecovacs integrations both authenticate against your vendor account and poll it (roughly every 30 seconds for Roborock) — there's no fully local alternative for mapping and room-by-room cleaning. Some newer Roborock models expose a handful of entities over Matter locally, but the core functionality still runs through the cloud account.
Which robot vacuum has the best Home Assistant support?
Roborock is the safer bet — its models are covered by an actively maintained core integration with broad model support, and flagship units add partial local Matter entities on top. Ecovacs' core integration (merged into HA in 2024.2) covers Deebot and GOAT models similarly well, account login required either way.
Can I trigger a robot vacuum from a Home Assistant automation?
Yes — once added, a robot vacuum is a standard vacuum entity, so you can start a clean when everyone's presence sensors show 'away', target a specific room using its mapped zone ID, or pause it automatically when your presence sensor detects someone's home. The 30-second cloud polling means it isn't instant, but it's reliable enough for daily scheduling.