The new Roborock has “little legs” that go up to 8.5cm

China has conquered the robot vacuum cleaner market. With almost 20% market share, Roborock is the brand that leads the segment and has just announced new products for 2026. The most notable is the Roborock Saros 20, its new high-end robot vacuum cleaner that comes with a chassis that allows it to overcome a hitherto insurmountable obstacle: the steps.

The robot vacuum cleaner and climber

With the Roborock Saros Z70the brand surprised us with a robotic arm that picked up the things we left lying on the floor. The Saros 20 abandons this idea but has new legs with which it can climb slopes of up to 8.5cm. Technically, Roborock was not the first to have this idea because Dreame showed a robot that climbs stairs a few months ago, but it was a concept, not a commercial product.

The particularity of the Saros 20 is in its AdaptiLift 3.0 chassis, which combines lifting wheels with what Roborock calls a “climbing arm”. Of course, there is an important detail and that is that can climb a 4.5cm step followed by another 4cm stepso it does not adapt to any type of unevenness or conventional stairs, whose rise is usually about 17-20cm. Thanks to its elevating chassis, it can also clean carpets up to 3cm high.

There is more. It has the StarSight 2.0 intelligent navigation system, capable of detecting up to 200 types of obstacles, including the smallest ones, and has a suction capacity of 35,000 Pa. Regarding scrubbing, it has two rotating mops with the FlexiArm system to reach corners.

In addition, the Saros 20 Sonic model has the VibraRise scrubbing system which generates up to 4,000 vibrations per minute. The charging base washes the mops with hot water at 100ºC and dries them afterwards. The two models will be available in 2026 at a still unknown price.

New robotic lawnmower and more

Roborock also renews its range of lawnmower robots with the new RockMow X1 LiDAR. It has four-wheel drive, which allows it to climb slopes of up to 80% and 8cm steps. The navigation system combines LiDAR and visual SLAM so as not to depend on satellite signal. It allows you to adjust the cut between 4 and 9 centimeters and can cut up to 2,000 square meters per day.

Roborock has also renewed its Qrevo Curv series with the new Qrevo Curv 2 Flow. The main novelty is that instead of two rotating mops it has a roller for scrubbing that cleans itself as it rotates. It also extends 10mm to reach the wall.

Finally we have the Roborock F25 ACE Proa vacuum cleaner and scrubber with a broom-type design that can be tilted up to 180 degrees to reach under furniture without problem. It comes with a self-cleaning base that washes and dries the rollers at 95ºC to eliminate bacteria. Like the rest of the products, it will be available this year, but we still don’t know what its price will be.

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