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It was only a matter of time before someone came up with the clever idea of attaching a Robot vacuum To A Drone And have the drone carry her up the stairs. The idea comes from Mova, a sub-brand of Dreame owned by the same parent company. I’ve watched it while working Consumer Electronics Show 2026And I can confirm that it works. Kind of.
DJI for your RoboVac
The Pilot 70 got airborne, but didn’t stay up for long.
To be clear, this product is unlikely to hit the market anytime soon or ever. It’s a proof of concept that Mova calls the Pilot 70. It’s been specifically designed to carry the robot’s vacuum payload and also supposedly has a navigation system that allows it to set interior and exterior layouts. Think of it as a “DJI for your robovac,” said Tara Brown, associate social producer at CNET.
As for the demo, everything is housed in a fairly small metal box, since Mova and CES Organizers want the Pilot 70 to crash somewhere on the crowded show floor. I watched the drone take off and hover in the air for 30 seconds to a minute, before landing again. I was expecting it to land on the black platform pictured above, but for some reason, it didn’t happen. My source at Mova said that landing had worked in previous demos, but there may have been a technical issue this time.
After all, it wasn’t airborne for very long, so it was difficult to judge how it would perform in real life. It also seemed a bit jerky to me, so I imagine there are a lot of kinks we still have to work out.
While it worked in previous demos, in the demo I saw, the Pilot 70 wasn’t able to actually land on the platform.
In an ideal scenario, according to the demo video Mova showed me, the drone would carry the robotic vacuum cleaner from a base station to the second or third floor of a multi-story house. It is worth noting that this is the home of a very wealthy person, as shown in the video, with high ceilings and a spacious, open landing. I doubt it would work nearly as well in a skinny townhouse or brownstone.
Another video also showed the robot carrying the robotic vacuum cleaner to a hard-to-reach balcony, and dropping it for cleaning. I assume that after the cleaning is done, the drone will come back to pick it up.
The complications here are very clear. Most people don’t have the wide open spaces and high ceilings in their homes to fly a drone safely. Companies that do have a cleaning staff will likely have the type that will do a better job than a robot vacuum. Obviously this isn’t a product you should expect to buy anytime soon, but I give points for a cool concept, even if it’s impractical for most people.
Zeus 60 stair climbing robot
The Zeus 60 is a stair-climbing robot similar to the ones we’ve seen from Dreame and Eufy.
On a more practical level, Mova has Zeus 60, a stair-climbing robot. This is a more practical solution, and one that a Mova representative told me will eventually come to market. Zeus 60 works similarly to Joffe Marswacker and Cyber-X dream concept. It’s a shell or walker that mounts on top of an existing robot vacuum, and carries the robot vacuum up the stairs and places it on top, so it’s very different from Saros roverOur best CES The smart home winner, which has legs attached directly to the body and maneuverability that amazed me.
The Zeus 60 should support steps up to 9.84 inches, feature “independent dual-sided climbing modules,” which I assume is referring to its legs, and include more than 10 sets of sensors.
There are a lot of moving parts to the Zeus 60, but this one is likely to come to market.
It’s a bit of an exaggeration, as there are a lot of moving parts involved. A pair of lifts raise the body of the robot vacuum to the next step, an extension that is safely deposited on the step, and then the lift system retracts, and does it again. Once the unit reaches the top, the front swing opens, allowing the robot vacuum to roll over and do its work.
Mova couldn’t share a lot of details with me about which robot vacuums will work with the Zeus 60, but it should support more than one future Mova robot vacuum. And unlike the Pilot 70, it will eventually be available for purchase.