Ecovacs wants to make self-clean window-bots happen, but I don't think they're going to happen

Most of today's best robot vacuums have docks that will automatically empty the dustbins, clean the mop pads and sometimes more. Now, it looks like that same idea is starting to make its way into robotic window cleaners.

I've just been introduced to the new version of Ecovacs' windowbot – the WinBot W3 Omni – at CES 2026, and it comes with its own clean station. It's called the Vortex Wash OMNI Station, and Ecovacs says it's the first of its kind.

Once your automated window-cleaning is complete, you remove the plate with the mop pads on it (without needing to touch the dirty pads yourself) and slide it into a dock.