GoKawiilRoborock has offered some of the most unique and innovative robot vacuum models I’ve seen over the years. They’ve ranged from the arm-equipped Saros Z70, which I tested at home, to the stair-climbing Saros Rover we saw at CES earlier this year. At the 2026 IFA trade show in Berlin, the company is focusing on improving performance and perfecting the hands-free maintenance of the tried and true flagship robot vacuums, wet and dry mops, robot mowers and pool-cleaning robots.
The goal is to improve each model’s ability to handle the complexity of homes, yards and pools without requiring extensive human management and intervention to get over obstacles or self-clean.
“Our mission is about giving time back to our customers by automating and improving everyday tasks,” said Ricky Ma, president of Europe and Americas at Roborock, in a press statement. “Building smarter robots is just the means, not the goal. Every minute spent worrying about housework is a minute taken away from family, passions and personal well-being.”
I cover vacuums and home tech for CNET. While I’m here at IFA, I’m determined to seek out the most interesting tech that solves your most common cleaning problems. I’m excited to see the Saros 20 Neo, F25 Pro Turbo Combo and other devices in person on Wednesday. I’ll report back with my impressions later.
Saros 20 Flow Complete and Saros 20 Neo (Qrevo Edge 3 Pro in the US)
The Saros 20 Flow comes with Roborock’s key features and impressive obstacle avoidance. Roborock
The Saros 20 Flow Complete is Roborock’s newest top-tier robot vacuum with all the key cleaning features you’d expect. It has a powerful 36,000 pa of suction and lidar navigation. Naturally, it comes with AI, allowing it to recognize over 300 types of obstacles, and Roborock says it can navigate easily in both well-lit and dark environments.
It’s just 8.98 centimeters thick, which Roborock says makes it the slimmest robot vacuum on the market. The roller mop has 15 newtons of downward pressure, 240 rotations per minute and uses 16 pressurized water outlets to tackle tougher stains on hard floors. The pressurized water spraying is a feature I’ve seen on other robot vacuum models, as companies try to address the problem of dried stains in devices that aren’t suited for a lot of elbow grease.
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