A robot vacuum with an arm that picks up socks costs thousands now, but Roborock is working on a mass-market version that will cost "just hundreds," its president promises. Ajay has worked in tech ...

Ben Ames has spent 30 years as a journalist since starting out as a reporter for daily newspapers in Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. He has focused on business and technology reporting since 1999 for ...

The Roborock Saros Z70 robot vacuum cleans like a dream, but its mechanical arm, which promises to pick up small items like socks, still needs work.

After three months of testing Roborock's ambitious Saros Z70, its headline-grabbing robotic arm is still just a proof of concept. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter, ...

Robotics companies have found a new and creative way to get consumers to shell out for a new robot vacuum: equipping them with a robotic arm that can pick up after your lazy ass. Firms showcased a ...

You know what a robot vacuum and mop can do. This one is perfectly fine at vacuuming and mopping. However, the most interesting part is the new OmniGrip arm. It's a mix of artificial intelligence and ...

While the Roborock Saros Z70 didn’t exactly live up to the hype, there’s no denying its robotic arm is still a cool piece of technology. Capable of picking up small objects in its path, moving them to ...

Over the past decades, roboticists have introduced a wide range of systems that can effectively tackle some real-world ...

CES 2025 took place last week and all anyone could talk about during the event was robot vacuum cleaners. Robot vacuums and ...

The Roborock Saros Z70 is the company's best robot vacuum to date, but only in a vacuum (pun intended). It cleans as well as anything we've seen, navigates very well, and its object detection is ...

Two researchers at UC Berkeley and ETH Zurich have harnessed the power of OpenAI’s GPT-4o large language model to teach cheap robot arms to clean up spills. It’s a clever demonstration of how AI ...

Tired of watching cool robotics projects online and feeling like they’re out of your reach? You’re not alone. Many enthusiasts face the challenge of turning their tech dreams into reality. But what if ...