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I will see your arm and lift up one arm and two legs. It was the battle of the bots on the CES show floor as robot vacuum makers Dreame and Roborock each added limbs to their rival robovacs.
Dreame launched its X50 Ultra at the show earlier this week, debuting the first robovac that can use its legs to navigate steps and room transitions up to 6cm high. But elsewhere at the show, competitor Roborock was showing off its latest flagship, the Saros Z70which has an arm that can pick up items like socks.
Not to be forgotten, Dreame then showed off a soon-to-be-released model at its CES booth, combining these two climbing legs with a robotic arm of its own.
Dreame’s model has a thicker arm than the Roborock, and says it can pick up items up to 500 grams, while the Roborock can only handle items up to 300 grams. Dreame says its arm can take sneakers as large as a men’s size 42 (a US size 9) and carry them to a designated spot in your home. The concept could apply to small toys and other items, and you could designate specific areas for the robot to pick up certain items, such as toys at the playroom and shoes at the front door.
However, I did not see the robot pick up a sneaker – or anything at all – apparently, the famous CES show floor Wi-Fi could not be hacked. Instead, they showed the sturdy-looking arm moving up, down and around as the robot stood up on its two legs. It looked like a tiny horse.
Another interesting invention is a separate tool box with different brushes that Dreame says the arm can connect to, allowing it to get into corners and tight spaces where the bot itself can’t go and sweep up dirt and dust. They also have a new base station that dispenses multiple mopping pads. This allows the robot to choose different pads for different tasks around your home – one for the kitchen another for the bathroom – to help avoid cross-contamination around your home.
Dreame’s Longdong Chen said The Vergand that the step-climbing, tool-using, arm-touting bot should be available later this year. A price hasn’t been announced, but it’s a safe bet it’ll cost an arm and a leg.
