Roborock finally adds a roller mop to its vast robot vacuum lineup

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Jennifer Pattison Tuohy

is a senior reviewer with over twenty years of experience. She covers smart home, IoT, and connected tech, and has written previously for Wirecutter, Wired, Dwell, BBC, and US News.

The market leader in robot vacuums has been behind in the latest trend — roller mops. But not for much longer. At CES this week, Roborock announced the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow, its first robot vacuum and mop with a motorized self-cleaning roller mop.

The Flow features an extra-wide mop that the company says can clean more surface area in one pass than other models, and it spins at 220rpm with 15 Newtons of downward pressure. It self-cleans with eight water jets and a built-in scraper. The Flow has a “roller shield” that activates when the robot is on carpet, and the mop can extend from the bot to reach along edges.

Roborock’s current flagship vacuums, the Saros line, mop using either spinning oscillating mop pads or its unique VibraRise system (a flat mopping pad that vibrates to simulate scrubbing). The Qrevo, which is its midrange line, is the first to use a roller mop.

A round white robovac pictured near the legs of a chair.

Image: Roborock

Other specs include 20,000Pa suction, the DuoDivide anti-tangle brush, and camera-based object detection to avoid cables, shoes, and pet poop. An AI-powered DirTect feature identifies different messes and adapts, boosting suction for dirt and switching to mop-only mode automatically when it detects wet spills.

The multifunctional dock keeps the signature curved design of the Curv line and cleans the robot’s mop with hot water and warm-air drying. It auto-empties the bin into a dust bag that can hold up to 65 days’ worth of dirt.

A round white robovac near a sleek, rounded white dock. A cat near its litter box watches.

The Qrevo Curv 2 Flow supports Matter, so it can integrate with Apple Home and be controlled with Amazon Alexa and Google Home voice assistants. It will be available on January 19th for a discounted price of $849; the full retail price is $999.

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