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 the week, is also working on a robot vacuum with an arm for picking up objects.The device is still a prototype, according to the company, but the as yet unnamed robo vac was on full display at Dreame’s CES booth.Considering it’s still a prototype, the actual arm looked far more substantial compared to the one on Roborock’s Saros Z70.
It was much thicker and had a bigger “claw” that looked like it might be able to pick up slightly heavier objects.(Roborock says its vac can pick up object that weigh up to 300 grams.)Plot Twist: Dreame also brought a robo vac with an retractable arm to CES pic.twitter.com/dLPGC135k5— Karissa Bell (@karissabe) January 8, 2025Unfortunately, Dreame wasn’t showing it actually grab anything, but I was able to watch the arm extend and retract several times.It appeared to be on a similar device as the X50 as the prototype vacuum also rocked up onto “legs,” much like Dreame's stair-stepping X50.ADVERTISEMENTAdvertisementA Dreame rep at the booth told me that the company has been working on the prototype for a while, but decided to accelerate its plans for the vacuum at CES.
After a quick glance up, I knew exactly what he was referring to: Dreame’s booth is positioned directly across from Roborock, which was displaying a massive replica of its arm-wielding Saros Z70 on top of its booth.Maybe next year we'll see the two robot vacuum arm wrestle.
