# WYze robot vacuum cliff sensor

**URL:** <https://forums.wyze.com/t/wyze-robot-vacuum-cliff-sensor/180072>\
**Category:** Home\
**Tags:** iphone-ipad\
**Created:** [May 7, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/wyze-robot-vacuum-cliff-sensor/180072 "2021-05-07T16:54:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![fafestival](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fafestival](https://forums.wyze.com/u/fafestival)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 4:54pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/wyze-robot-vacuum-cliff-sensor/180072/1 "2021-05-07T16:54:32Z")

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I would like to be able to turn off the cliff sensor. I am in a 1 story house but I have 2 rugs with geometric designs and black lines. The vacuum will not cross the black lines, just goes in circles. My WYZE support person said it was sensing a cliff. I would like to turn off that sensor and see if I can get my 2 rooms cleaned. I love my rugs and my vacuum. Now if they would just work together.

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**Author:** ![vhoang99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/977dab/32.png) [@vhoang99](https://forums.wyze.com/u/vhoang99)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/wyze-robot-vacuum-cliff-sensor/180072/2 "2021-05-07T18:38:11Z")

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Try this

[![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/original/3X/b/d/bd205f39fa393c959bd510b5de6b0ea9446163c2.jpeg "Roomba Black Carpet Fix - Disable Cliff Sensors") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8fZLDuQbE4)

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**Author:** ![Brlepage](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/wyze/user_avatar/forums.wyze.com/brlepage/32/21184_2.png) [@Brlepage](https://forums.wyze.com/u/Brlepage)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/wyze-robot-vacuum-cliff-sensor/180072/3 "2021-05-07T19:15:21Z")

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You might want to check out this #Wishlist item:

> [@Vacuum cliff sensor bypass](https://forums.wyze.com/t/vacuum-cliff-sensor-bypass/142085):
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> I have owned several robot vacuums beginning with the first generation of Roomba and one of the frustrations that I have encountered universally across all brands is the problem with the cliff sensor thinking that a dark rug or a dark pattern in a rug was a cliff since it absorbed the ir light instead of reflecting it. There needs to be a way to turn off cliff sensors for single story homes and/or a better solution which would be ‘safe areas’ in the mapping. The second choice would be more funct…

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**Author:** ![fafestival](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@fafestival](https://forums.wyze.com/u/fafestival)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://forums.wyze.com/t/wyze-robot-vacuum-cliff-sensor/180072/4 "2021-05-07T20:54:31Z")

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Thanks. We are going to try this.