Totally agree. I got a neato botvac connect and I use it maybe once a month when I can babysit it. My dream of having it on a twice a week schedule were shattered the first time I ran it and it got stuck several times in several different ways. It got stuck under a chair, under my cabinets, on a shag carpet, but the most absurd was in the kitchen, not touching anything at all, the sensors were confused by the reflection between the stove and refrigerator. Not to mention if you don't use it for a while, it forgets its settings or something and I have to go through the setup process again to add it to my network. sigh...

The lawn-mower attached to a pole concept seems just as useful, especially if you're already clearing floors of obstacles before hand. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QoQZSU_ex4