The five-axis robotic arm, called OmniGrip, can lift items weigh as much as 300 grams -- about 10.5 ounces -- and deposit them in designated areas that you set.

A robot vacuum with an arm that picks up your socks may cost thousands now, but its maker Roborock is working on a mass-market version that will cost just hundreds.

It's unlikely that many people had a robot vacuum with a whole-ass arm on their CES 2025 bingo card. But alas, Roborock gave us one: the Roborock Saros Z70.

But if I may pause the arm fanfare for a second, I think the actual cleaning performance is the biggest decision maker in a robot vacuum. So I'm getting into the Saros Z70's cleaning skills first.

I've been using the Roborock Saros Z70 for three months now and, in many ways, it's a great robot vacuum. It's the first robot vacuum with a mechanical arm meant to pick up objects and help you ...

It turns out that Roborock isn’t the only company that brought a robot vacuum with a mechanical arm to CES 2025. Rival company Dreame, which unveiled its stair-climbing robot vacuum earlier in ...

This Dreame robot with a mechanical arm also features retractable legs to climb small steps and obstacles, similar to the Dreame X50 Ultra, which can climb up to 2.4 inches. It is also designed to ...