The Dreame X50 robot vacuum is not climbing the stairs. But we saw it climb some small ledges just a couple of inches high, and it felt like a big step toward maki

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Dreame has debuted its new X50 Ultra Complete robot vacuum cleaner at CES 2025. The new robot vacuum has retractable legs and arms so it can climb the stairs and clear clutter.

While the Dreame X50 Ultra, announced today at CES, is being written about as the stair-climbing robot of our dreams, it turns out this is only true if the steps in question are under 2 inches tall. Rather,

CES 2025 is filled with weird, new robot vacuum innovations. Dreame, a Chinese tech company, has unveiled its new X50 Ultra, a "stair-climbing" robot vacuum. But before you start dreaming (pun intended) of a bot that can clean your steps, here’s the reality: the X50 Ultra doesn’t actually climb stairs.

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.

CES is known for splashy TV and laptop launches, but in 2025, there were more than a few companies trying to make waves with robot vacuums, too. After years where it seemed like vacuuming, mopping, and self-emptying might be the peak of a robot vacuum’s abilities,

We're giving this robot with mechanical task arm a Best of CES Award. The only question left is, how soon can we get one?

Roborock unveiled a feature that it hopes could help its vacuums dethrone the Roomba: an arm. This is Saros Z70, the autonomous vacuum that comes equipped with a five-axis arm that unfolds from the top of the vacuum to pick up obstacles using onboard cameras and sensors.