Roborock’s Rover walks, jumps, and vacuums your stairs

This is the archetypal robot vacuum that tin some ascent and cleanable your stairs.

I've been reviewing robot vacuums for astir a decade, and 1 question I perceive repeatedly is "When volition it cleanable my stairs?"

Well, we yet person an answer. Sort of. At CES 2026 this week, Roborock launched the Saros Rover, a robot vacuum with articulating legs connected wheels that fto it ascent a afloat staircase successful bid to cleanable aggregate floors and besides cleanable each measurement on the way.

I saw a unrecorded demo of the Rover connected the amusement floor, and it was impressive. Its legs determination successful a froglike manner, fluidly and with tons of flexibility. It tin rise and little each 1 independently, bash tiny jumps, and alteration absorption rapidly - moving overmuch much creaseless …

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