Roborock is demoing a first-of-its-kind gadget at CES 2026.
Every so often, the robotic vacuum world is rocked by the potential of a mannequin that may climb stairs. At IFA final summer season, Eufy unveiled the MarsWalker (a stair assistant for its robots), Dreame confirmed the CyberX (an analogous stair climbing accent) and Mova displayed the Zeus 60 (a form of mini robotic vac elevator).
Dreame
All these designs functioned as a climbing exoskeleton in a single kind or one other that current robots can drive into and be carried up a staircase.
Mova
However at CES 2026, Roborock is exhibiting a robotic vacuum that may truly climb stairs all by itself.
And it’s a genuinely distinctive design. Roborock is just making the marginally weirdly-worded (however presumably legally watertight) declare that it’s the “the world’s first two-wheel-leg structure in a robovac”. However I haven’t seen something prefer it on this planet of cleansing bots. The Saros Rover has a squared-off physique, which stands on two jointed legs, every ending with a wheel.
Roborock
The legs can raise and decrease independently and the robotic can cease, flip rapidly and even handle small jumps – and all whereas protecting its physique degree. All of this could give it an unprecedented degree of agility and mobility. Again in December, Roborock confirmed a bunch of us journalists a video of the Rover in a lab, being pelted by tennis balls and impressively retaining its stability.
It makes use of AI algorithms along with movement sensors and 3d spatial info to make selections about navigating its setting.
One other factor that distinguishes the Saros Rover from the competitors is that it could clear whereas climbing the steps. Most rivals are centered merely on getting the machine as much as the following ground. They’re fairly huge, gradual and clunky and so they gained’t be giving something a vac en route.
Roborock says that the Saros can navigate and clear straight, curved and carpeted staircases, in addition to slopes and rooms with multi-level thresholds.
At this stage, nevertheless, a lot of that is theoretical. The Saros Rover is proven as an idea mannequin, with no launch date introduced. Nonetheless, not one of the rivals that have been proven at IFA are but on sale, though the Eufy Marswalker and Dreame CyberX are slated for launch early in 2026. Each fashions will solely work with designated robotic vacuums from the identical manufacturers, and no costs have but been made public.
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