'It's frenzied, like a scrappy kid': can robots clean my house?

Fed up with chores? We road-tested six domestic robots (so you don't have to)

The future is a funny place to live. A few years ago, I bought a lamp controlled by Wi-Fi. "No more getting up and switching things on for me!" I thought, smugly. It was only once I'd bought the lamp that I realised how tedious it is to get your phone out, unlock it, swipe through to the right app, open it, select the correct lamp and switch it on every evening.

So I struck upon a brilliant plan. I saw a Kickstarter for a physical button that links to your phone via Bluetooth and connects to Wi-Fi-enabled objects. I bought that, too, hooked it up to the lamp and stuck it on my wall.