BERLIN—Robot vacuums ruled at IFA. To be fair, we saw plenty of other cool tech at the show across a wide range of categories, but robot vacuums really took center stage, with game-changing features ...

At IFA 2025, we noticed that nearly every major robot vacuum maker is setting stakes in the stair-climbing frontier. Reading time 3 minutes Stair-climbing robot vacuums are actually about to be a ...

Amazon has long treated “last-mile delivery” as both its biggest advantage and its biggest challenge. Fast shipping wins customers, but the final few meters—finding the right entrance, navigating ...

Robot vacuums that can climb stairs are now officially a thing if IFA 2025 is any indication. At the Berlin tech show, Eufy announced the MarsWalker, a dang stair-climbing mech suit that your robot ...

Dreame’s Cyber X robot vacuum is just a concept for now, but our PCMag colleagues saw it climb stairs while its sibling sorted items. Ajay has worked in tech journalism for over a decade as a reporter ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Robot vacuums can make cleaning up a lot more convenient but, depending on your home's layout, might not work with every floorplan. Chinese ...

Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...

The Cyber X uses four tracked climbing arms that unfold when it reaches a staircase, gripping each step to carry the robot vacuum up and down floors. According to Dreame, the Cyber X can tackle ...

Every time I check out a new robot vacuum, it feels like they look more and more like a droid from Star Wars than a home appliance. Traditionally designed as flat hockey pucks that scoot around on ...

Staircases are among the most challenging terrains a mobile robot can face. A multi-year field study found that robots designed for stair traversal fail at least 35 times more often on stairs than on ...

The second day of CES saw exhibition floors teeming with visitors, who encountered thousands of robots, AI companions, health longevity tech, and innovative wearables. Siemens President and CEO Roland ...