2025-01-06
The Morning After: This robot vacuum has a robot arm
At CES 2025 in Las Vegas, which kicks off this week, Roborock, a Chinese manufacturer of robot vacuums and other household cleaning appliances, has unveiled a new robotic vacuum model with a foldable robotic arm. It had already piqued my curiosity, but now I really want one.
The OmniGrip arm has five-axis movement and can lift objects under 300 grams, like socks and dog toys. It marks objects it can lift while cleaning the floor and then circles back to pick them up when it’s done. It even cleans the areas under the objects on its second pass — that’s attention to detail! The Saros 270 will go on sale later th [...]
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Anker Eufy E20 review: A robot vacuum that transforms to do more
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The new robot vacuums that caught our eye at CES 2025
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2025-01-08
One robot vacuum is trying way too hard to outdo the competition at CES 2025
Robot vacuums are having a very weird year at CES 2025. We’ve seen robot vacs that can scoot over stairs and pick up socks. Now, another robot vacuum maker is showing off robot vacuums that can zoom [...]
2025-01-06
Roborock's new flagship robot vacuum has an arm that can grab small objects
Robot vacuums can remove the dust and dirt on your floor, but you still have to pick up stray socks and and any item strewn about your home. Now Roborock, a Chinese company that manufactures robot vac [...]
2025-02-04
The Morning After: Ontario cancels then un-cancels its Starlink contract over tariff trade war
After President Trump announced a 25 percent tariff on nearly all Canadian imported goods (and Canada announced its own 25 percent tariff on American imported goods), Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario [...]