Home › Future tech › Saros Rover
CES 2026 · RightRobot technology watchRoborock Saros Rover: the robot vacuum that wants to clean the stairs
Saros Rover is one of the biggest attempts yet to remove the hard boundary between floors. Roborock demonstrated a wheel-leg robot that can change height independently on each side, move across slopes and climb a staircase while cleaning individual steps.
Why this is interesting
- It attacks a limitation that affects every conventional robot vacuum: stairs split the home into separate cleaning zones.
- The wheel-leg architecture is designed for mobility rather than simply pushing threshold height a few centimetres further.
- If the production version can do this reliably, multi-storey Home Fit could become a completely different decision from today.
What the manufacturer has actually confirmed
- Roborock says each wheel-leg can independently reach, lift and change height while the body stays level.
- The company demonstrated staircases, slopes and more complex height transitions, using AI, motion sensors and 3D spatial information.
- Roborock explicitly describes Saros Rover as a real product in development and says the launch date is unconfirmed.
What we still don't know
A trade-show demonstration proves a concept can work in a controlled setting; it does not yet tell us about long-term stair safety, cleaning speed, battery cost, awkward stair geometry, noise or real-home reliability.