【I Am a Plaything (2025)】

It's unlikely that many people had a robot vacuum with a whole-ass arm on I Am a Plaything (2025)their CES 2025 bingo card. But alas, Roborock gave us one: the Roborock Saros Z70. While it hasn't been tagged with an official price just yet, word on the street is that the Roborock Saros Z70 will go for around $2,000. That's steep but expected, considering the current high-end Roborocks with no robotic limbs go for over $1,500-ish (a few hundred less if they're on sale).

Where can you buy the Roborock Z70?

If you're in the market for a new robot vacuum — and are open to buying one on the more expensive end of the spectrum — you still have plenty of time to decide whether the arm thing is overkill even for you. Roborock says that the Z70 won't start shipping until April, and as of the first full week of January, it can't be preordered yet. This post will be updated whenever Roborock opens preorders or announces a preorder date.

What's so special about the Roborock Z70?

The Roborock Z70 goes past the small obstacle avoidance technology that has become a navigational staple in recent years and topples into obstacle removal technology. It performs such with a robotic OmniGrip arm that unfolds out of the top of the robot vacuum to grab the obstacle claw machine-style, and drops it in a nearby designated area. (The live demo at CES 2025 showcased the Z70 putting socks into a basket.) The arm's pickup capabilities cover four different types of obstacles and must weigh under 300 grams: socks, paper, small towels, and lightweight shoes. I'd personally benefit the most from the arm being able to grab pet toys.

People more swayed by practicality than a hit-or-miss high-tech feature might find the bigger grab here to be the Z70's incredible 22,000 Pa of suction power. That's 12,000 Pa more powerful than the Roborock Qrevo Master, my favorite overall robot vacuum of 2024 that cleans with 10,000 Pa, and 3,500 Pa more powerful than the Roborock Qrevo Curv that has sold out several times.

The Saros Z70 isn't the only new Roborock coming out in 2025

Roborock also announced another new flagship in the Saros line that does not feature the robotic arm, likely making it a much more digestible price to the average household. However, the new Roborock Saros 10R does feature a slew of other big upgrades compared to the 2024 flagship Roborock, so I predict its debut price to land somewhere between $1,399.99 and $1,699.99.

Rather than relying on the circular laser tower atop the botvac alone to assess walls and furniture in the room, the Roborock Saros 10R maneuvers using dual-light 3D Time-of-Flight technology and AI-powered RGB cameras. That's fancy talk for more meticulous 3D mapping of your home and more precise detection of small obstacles that may be lying in the cleaning path — so even without the arm, this is still a big step up in the autonomous navigation department. The AI itself is also upgraded for more accurate, ever-improving recognition of the trickiest obstacles, including small toys and loose, unfolded cables. It just won't be able to clean under them like the Z70, though that might be a no-brainer sacrifice depending on the price difference between the two.

Cleaning-wise, the suction power of the Saros 10R has not yet been disclosed, but Roborock says that it will be better at lifting itself between thresholds and different floor types, better at removing hair from carpet, better at keeping that hair from tangling in the brushes, and better at keeping carpets dry. It still features the extending FlexiArm brush for dry sweeping in corners, but it's unclear as to whether the extending, spinning side mop that I loved on the Qrevo Master is present.

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The price and release date for the Saros 10R are still under wraps, and this post will be updated when further intel is received. Ahead of both product drops, I will also be composing full reviews of both the Z70 and 10R. And in the meantime, I still highly suggest checking out Roborock's Qrevo line — they're still super worthwhile robot vacuums, and are probably on sale while you're reading this.

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