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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Eufy and Dreame have both announced stair-climbing robot vacuums at IFA The Eufy MarsWalker and Dreame Cyber X both use independent arms and roller tracks to scale steps Eufy's will go on sale 'next ...

Migo Robotics' Ascender is the world's first stair-climbing robotic vacuum cleaner and floor mop. People certainly seem to like the idea, as its just-launched Kickstarter campaign has already racked ...

One major drawback for most robot vacuum cleaners is their inability to be able to climb stairs. That problem has now been solved with the MIGO Ascender. Imagine a world where your home is always ...

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UPDATE: Sep. 4, 2025, 1:00 p.m. EDT Since this story's original writing, Senior Shopping Reporter Leah Stodart tested the X50 Ultra at home. It ultimately did not make her list of the best robot ...

Roborock arrived at CES 2026 with more than a single headline product. Alongside the newly announced Saros 20, the company outlined a broader slate of home robotics aimed at tackling spaces that have ...

Ahead of CES 2026, Roborock has dropped a new teaser for its upcoming hardware. While not much is shown, the image of a ball rolling down stairs suggests this could be the next challenge the company ...

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 ...