The new Roborock vacuum has a arm to clean up your socks
At CES 2025, Roborock has unveiled its latest flagship robotic vacuum cleaners, including a futuristic model with an AI-powered articulated grabbing arm that will pick up your dirty socks.
In total, Roborock has three new robotic vacuums on display. The Saros Z70, the Saros 10, and Saros 10R. These are the new flagship offerings, replacing the previous S8 MaxV Ultra at the high end.
First things first — the Roborock Saros Z70 is the most intriguing with it’s wandering arm. It collapses down into the top of the robot but extends out to pick up items as it is cleaning your home.
The arm isn’t particularly strong, only lifting items as heavy as 300 grams such as sandals, socks, small towels, and tissues. This list is expected to expand, but the company has made no promise in increasing its weight limit.
The idea is as it goes around cleaning your home, instead of going around these common items, it will pick them up for you instead. Still, with its weight limit and slow movements, it feels more akin to a tech demo than a real product.
Despite this, the product is real and will be available to buy later in 2025.
Other specs of the Saros Z70 include 22,000 Pa of suction power, dual anti-tangling brushes, dual spinning mops, and a new StarSight autonomous navigation system.
This uses a new dual-light 4D time-of-flight sensors and RGB cameras powered by AI for improved navigation. It has a sampling frequency 23 times higher than typical laser-based systems and can identify 50 new everyday objects in its obstacle avoidance.
The bot pairs with the new Multifunctional Dock 4.0. It once again has a refreshed design and a faster 2.5 hour fast charge.
The dock still has 80-degree Celsius hot water mop washing, auto mop removal, dustbin emptying, and water refilling.
Roborock’s more practical offerings
Aside from the arm-laden Z70, there is also the new Saro 10 and 10R. The S10 is the high-end model while the S10R has a slightly lower suction rating but shares some features with the Z70.
The Saros S10 is the new flagship vacuum and mop from Roborock
The S10 features a new RetractSense navigation system that uses a retractable laser distance sensor positioned on the top of the robot. That way it is able to go down when it needs to go under low furniture, like couches or tables that would otherwise block it.
The Saros S10 has a whopping 22,000Pa of suction, helping it clean deeper than before. It has a new VibraRise 4.0 mop, too.
These new mops are denser and more absorbent with a larger vibration area and can automatically detach and stay in the docking station when not in use.
The Saros S10R has the same next-gen navigation system as the Z70, ditching the lasers for dual 3D ToF sensors, an RGB camera, and AI.
Both the Saros S10 and Saros S10R will ship on February 10th and cost $1,599.99 each.
All three of the robotic vacuum cleaners will support Matter, including in the Apple Home app. Apple is poised to add robotic vacuum cleaner support in iOS 18.3 which is currently in developer beta testing with a launch expected early 2025.
