Does the robot vacuum need light?

The robot vac does have edge/cliff sensors on the bottom. These are to ensure that the robot vac does not travel over the edge of stairs or large thresholds, So black and dark colored flooring could affect operation.

Aside from the edge or cliff sensors on the bottom the LiDAR as @spamoni mentioned does not require light as seen in this video of the vacuum working in a dark room.

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