What’s happened? Led by robotics Ph.D. student Paul Nadan, a team at Carnegie Mellon University has been developing the extraordinary Loris robot for several years. The latest version of the robot, ...

At IFA 2025, we noticed that nearly every major robot vacuum maker is setting stakes in the stair-climbing frontier. Reading time 3 minutes Stair-climbing robot vacuums are actually about to be a ...

Eufy and Dreame have both announced stair-climbing robot vacuums at IFA The Eufy MarsWalker and Dreame Cyber X both use independent arms and roller tracks to scale steps Eufy's will go on sale 'next ...

Ecovacs has launched the Deebot X11 Omnicyclone robot vacuum at IFA 2025 in Berlin. This brings PowerBoost GaN fast charging for continuous cleaning, a new 4WD Climbing System, and a bag-less dust ...

Roborock has gone and done it. The company announced a robot vacuum with legs at CES 2026. Called the Saros Rover, it seems an impressive feat, one that involves articulating legs with wheels on the ...

The rise of climbing robots (Image credit: Dreame) If you live in a home with multiple floors or winding staircases, climbing robots offer a simple solution for effortless stair cleaning. Which is why ...

Stairs are the enemy of robot vacuums, and Eufy says it has a solution in its new “Marswalker” solution that gives your cleaning robot its own climbing robot. The Eufy Marswalker is the “world’s first ...

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Dreame presented various smart home products at CES 2026, but one of its showstoppers is its latest robot vacuum prototype called the Cyber X concept that can climb full-size stairs. Dreame Shows Off ...

Eufy has launched a new lineup of smart home devices, including the MarsWalker, a stair-climbing accessory for its robot vacuum. The collection also features a powerful new robot vacuum, a ...