Robot vacuums have spent years bumping politely into the base of staircases, forever exiled to a home’s ground floor. Dreame is trying to end that limitation with a machine that does not just roll, ...

Roborock is demoing a first-of-its-kind device at CES 2026. Every now and then, the robot vacuum world is rocked by the possibility of a model that can climb stairs. At IFA last summer, Eufy unveiled ...

The way we understand the movement of our own bodies plays an important role when learning physical skills, from sports to dancing. But a new study finds this phenomenon works very differently for ...

Robot vacuum companies are once again out in full force at CES 2026, giving their devices a new set of intriguing — and sometimes unsettling — capabilities. This year, Chinese appliance maker Dreame ...

Researchers have developed a bird-like robot capable of walking, hopping, and leaping into flight. Named RAVEN (Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple Environments), the design features ...

You might finally stop carrying your vacuum between floors. Dreame showcased its Cyber X concept, a cleaner equipped with retractable rubber tracks that allow it to autonomously navigate stairs and ...

Inventors and researchers have been developing robots for almost 70 years. To date, all the machines they have built – whether for factories or elsewhere – have had one thing in common: they are ...

Researchers at ETH Zürich are very good at keeping robots standing upright. Back in 2022, the school’s robotics team taught the quadrupedal ANYmal robot how to hike up mountains without falling over.