CES is full of gadgets that may or may not ever see the light of day. It’s a great chance for companies to get a little weird with it to test the temperature. On a related note, Dreame’s latest concept robot vacuum cleaner, the Cyber10 Ultra, has an arm that can clean the tops of skirting boards, and I want it so much.
It looks long enough to be able to handle ground-level window sills, too, which is a game-changer. It’s then able to clean the dust off the wiping glove in the auto-empty station. Afterwards, it removes the glove, making it possible to pick up small objects, like socks. It’s cool, it’s useful, and it wears evening gloves. We love an elegant robot.
A robot vacuum cosplaying as a tank
Dreame also showed off the Cyber X, a stair-climbing robot vacuum cleaner, and a competitor to the newly unveiled Roborock Saros Rover. At the moment, Dreame has models able to handle a small ledge. Conversely, the Cyber X uses a quad track stair climbing system, which is wild.
Think of the system like a little rugged exoskeleton for a normal robot vacuum cleaner. It can enter the exoskeleton to go up the stairs, shed it to clean, and then don it again to go back down the stairs and to the charging dock.
I like to think that it cosplays as a tank for the amount of time it takes to climb the stairs, and then goes back to being a normal robo vac once it has completed its journey. It’s the car-boat, but for vacuum cleaners, and I can’t wait to see how it goes in a home environment.
What about this year’s Dreame robots?
One of the robot vacuums that is actually touted for release this year is the X60 series. Dreame claims that better obstacle avoidance and more suction power are the main improvements over its previous-generation devices.
In a demonstration at CES 2026, it certainly showed excellent obstacle avoidance. That’s great! However, it’s the awesome concept robots (that will probably one day be real) that particularly make the future of home robotics look bright.
Alice Clarke attended CES 2026 as a guest of Lego and Intel.
