Robot Vacuum Not Charging

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Tried again today to use the vacuum it just seems to wander.

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Tried sending robot home, it just wanders and the charging station no longer shows in the map. I cleaned the IR sensors, is there a way to check if they are emitting? iPhone 13 camera filters IR light.

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I don’t think filters are 100% blocking when it’s straight-on. At least that’s the case with mine. You can also use a security camera’s night vision with its IR turned-off.

It recognizes that room so the LIDAR appears to be working. I wonder if there was a change in the interpretation of the bump or fall sensors. You could try taping foil over the 4 fall sensors.

The charging station disappearing is odd. I’m still leaning on broken firmware rather than a hardware issue.

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Bump sensors are a type of light gap detector…

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I was able to snap two photos one of the charging station, the other the robot itself.

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Charging station has a blinking IR light.
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Nothing blinking on robot, except LiDAR and edge detectors.
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Still having problems docking, need to hold it from rotating off charger and powering off, but once I get past this it will stay on charge.
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Parked on the charger after a little coaxing.
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Charging station still blinking after docked.

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I think looking at the dock is better with the night vision off. There should be two distinctly blinking IR sources at a certain distance away from the front center. It has some IR blocking material in the middle so the two source are visible when looking at it directly centered.

Turning off the nightvision lights (in advanced settings) also helps when using nightvision mode.

It shouldn’t be rotating while touching the dock anyways, something is really bugged.

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I check the dock again today, I set the robot to vacuum when we left, closing all the room doors so it would complete a map. But alas nothing good.

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Robot reported it was done vacuuming in 3 minutes.
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It ran for 16 minutes and failed to return to the charging station.

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Here’s a short video showing the IR lights on the charging station.

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Ours is doing this too. We have had it for 2 years and no issues until now. It won’t return to the charging station, will just run until it dies and will show disconnected in the app. The only way I can get around it is to send it home before it fully dies.

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Might be time for a battery replacement or you could reduce how many rooms are done at one time.

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I was afraid that was it. I currently have it doing a 600sqf area twice a day. I have a lot of pets so it’s a must to keep the hair under control. Might be time to upgrade then.

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I trashed mine, not upgrading at this time. Upset that Wyze basically abandoned me and the whole robot.

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That really sucks. We have been eyeing the roborock S8 for a while, if we do upgrade it will be to that one probably. It’s $$$ but the reviews are good.

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I would buy a 3 year warranty if available as we made it 26 months.