Roborock has peeled back the curtain on its newest robot vacuum at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada. Dubbed the Saros 20, this autonomous robot was built to mop and vacuum your floors. It even self-cleans when it's done, so you can set a schedule in the app — and not worry about lifting a finger.
But what about if this diddy droid comes across an obstacle blocking its path? To make the hands-free cleaning experience as effortless as possible, Roborock engineers have added small levers so this 'bot can now lift itself free from obstacles, map smarter routes to glide efficiently around your rooms, clamber over thresholds and door bars, and swerve furniture.
If you're unfamiliar with Roborock, it's a Chinese consumer electronics company founded in July 2014. The company specialises in smart home appliances and is known for building some of the best robot vacuum cleaners and mops that clean floors with powerful suction, advanced navigation, and app control.
And most recently, the brand even unveiled new robot lawnmowers to tackle your gardens.
Designed to make hands-free cleaning even more effortless in your space, this handy bot can now lift itself free from obstacles and move over higher thresholds in between rooms
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The most noteworthy feature of the Saros 20 is the all-new AdaptiLift Chassis 3.0, a system that combines liftable wheels with a climbing arm to figure out how to get over uneven surfaces.
For example, picture those annoying transitions between your kitchen tiles and living room carpet — the Saros 20 can handle double-layer thresholds up to 4.5cm plus 4cm. That's roughly the height of a standard door threshold stacked on top of another.
It gets even more clever on carpets, too. The robot can raise its body height automatically to keep proper contact with rugs up to 3cm pile height.
And if it ever gets stuck? It can lift its chassis in any direction to free itself without you having to rescue it. Although this may rarely happen, as it can spot over 200 different obstacles in your home to avoid. This includes cables, pet toys, shoes, etc.
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Compared to older laser-based navigation on prior models, it now samples its surroundings 21 times faster, meaning it builds more accurate maps and finds better routes around your furniture.
When it comes to actual cleaning power, you're looking at 35,000 Pa of suction. To put that in perspective, that's enough force to pull embedded dust from deep carpet fibres and extract debris from gaps between floorboards.
Once the Saros 20 is finished cleaning, there's a RockDock base station that will wash the mops with water heated to 100°C – that's boiling point – which helps shift stubborn grease and food residue.
Once finished cleaning, the Saros 20 returns to the RockDock base station to have the mops washed and the dust bag emptied without it needing you to intervene
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After washing, warm air at 55°C dries everything out to prevent musty smells from building up.
You won't need to empty the dust bag for up to 65 days either. Plus, when you connect the device to Roborock's app, it will learn your habits through SmartPlan 3.0, automatically adjusting suction power and re-washing mops after detecting dirtier areas.
The Saros 20 is heading to the UK and Ireland later this year, though exact pricing and dates are still to come.