If you have pets like I do, keeping your floors clean can feel like a never-ending battle. The second my floors are clean, dog hair tends to magically reappear. Running a robot vacuum every day or so has really helped and the latest robot to take on this challenge has been the Saros 10R from Roborock.
Specs/Features at a glance:
- 3.14-inch Ultra-Thin Design
- Robot Dimensions: 350x353x79.8mm
- Dock Station Dimensions: 381x475x488mm
- 10-in-1 Multifunctional Dock 4.0
- Volume (Balanced Mode) – 65dB
- Suitable Area – 200sqm
- Rated Power – 66W
- DuoDivide™ Anti-Tangle Brush
- AdaptiLift™ Chassis system
- FlexiArm Riser Side Brush
- FlexiArm Design Mop
- Dual Spinning Mops with automatic lifting and detaching
- Dustbin capacity – 270ml
- Battery capacity – 6400mAh
- Charge time – Approximately 2.5 hours
- Runtime (Quiet Mode) – 180 min
- Room mapping
- Auto Detergent Dispenser
- Water Tank Capacity (robot) – 69ml
- 176°F (80°C) Hot Water Mop Washing and Dock Self-Cleaning
- 31℉ (55℃) Warm Air Drying
- Intelligent Dirt Detection
- Auto Dust Emptying
- Auto Tank Refilling
- VertiBeam™ Lateral Obstacle Avoidance
- Intelligent Voice Assistant and App Control
- StarSight™ Autonomous System 2.0 navigation
- 2.4GHz Wi-Fi support (5GHz is not supported)
Roborock Saros 10R Review
I’ve been using the Roborock Qrevo Curv for months. In short, it’s fantastic and does an excellent job when it comes to vacuuming and mopping. So good, in fact, that I moved it upstairs to keep up with the task of cleaning the bedroom, my wife’s office, and a couple bathrooms.
Since relocating the Curv, the Saros 10R has taken its place on the first floor of my home. First introduced at CES 2025, the Saros 10R is one of the latest flagship robots from Roborock. While it lacks the “wow factor” of the Saros Z70 with its object-grabbing, retractable arm, it does share the same navigation system and mopping design. It’s essentially the same robot—you’ll just have to pick up after yourself before you start cleaning.
The Saros 10R Robot Vacuum
The Saros 10R consists of the robotic vacuum/mop combo and a docking station. Both are exclusively black, with the docking station featuring a reflective mirrored finish and the robot a bit of a mix—the front third is shiny like the docking station but the remainder is a matte finish. I lamented the absence of a black color option in my review of the Curv, so it’s nice to see it here. However, the Saros 10R’s docking station is more utilitarian than futuristic-looking by comparison and may not appeal to everyone.
I strongly recommend anyone considering a robot vacuum to opt for one with a docking station. Robot vacuums make cleaning a simple task and the dock just make the whole experience even easier. It charges the robot, empties its dustbin, washes and dries the mop pads, mixes the cleaning solution, and fills the robot with clean water for mopping. The docking station takes care of almost everything for you as the robot cleans, so you don’t have to worry about manually emptying the robot’s dustbin as it fills up or washing the mop pads when they become soiled. It’s about as hands-off as you can get.
Occasionally, you’ll need to empty the docking station’s bag and dirty water reservoir, refill the clean water tank, and clean out the tray for the mop pads, but all this is very simple to do. The water tanks lift out from the top of the dock and a removable panel on the front conceals the bag. Just pop this panel off and replace the bag as needed. Roborock includes two bags in the box, but I prefer these aftermarket bags with zippers in them over Roborock’s. They’re easy to empty and are reusable, though still disposable if you vacuum up something particularly filthy or odor becomes an issue. The tray for the mop pads also lifts out and can be run under a sink to clean off any residue or dirt buildup. The dirty water tank has its own tightly sealed lid to prevent odors from escaping and had to be emptied every week or two, depending on how frequently I mopped.
Like the Curv, the Saros 10R robot boasts the same “DuoDivide” brush and it’s excellent. It consists of two separate rollers with a gap between them. Hair is guided to the center by the brushes and sucked up, effectively preventing tangles. It swept up endless amounts of pet hair with ease and I never saw any hair tangles while vacuuming. My wife also has long hair and the Saros 10R had no trouble sweeping it up either.
Setup and Room Mapping
Setting up the Saros 10R was easy. Roborock includes a large 1-sheet setup guide in the box. Unpack the dock, plug it in, fill the cleaning reservoir with mopping solution, fill the clean water tank with fresh water, and connect the robot to your WiFi network using the Roborock app for iPhone or Android. I was greeted with a new firmware update and toggled the option to allow new firmware updates to be automatically installed in the future. The Saros 10R is only compatible with 2.4GHz wireless networks and worked flawlessly with my Eero Pro 6E network setup. All told, it took 15–20 minutes to unpack and get everything set up.
The Saros 10R utilizes “StarSight™ Autonomous System 2.0” for navigation, which Roborock describes as follows:
Industry-First Dual Transmitter Solid-State LiDAR
A New Era of 3D Navigation
Unlike 2D sensing in standard LDS, the groundbreaking 3D Time-of-Flight (ToF) system achieves 3D scanning of your surroundings for precise navigation and flawless mapping. With face-recognition-level precision, it smoothly navigates tricky spaces like suspended cabinets, eliminating cleaning challenges like never before.
Initial mapping is done with the “quick mapping” feature within the Roborock app and it’s remarkably fast. The 10R drove around my home and correctly identified carpet for the living room, and laminate flooring in the kitchen and first floor bathroom in about five minutes. Once you’ve mapped out your space, you can easily edit the floor type, divide or combine areas, mark furniture it may not have detected, or create “no-go” areas (No-Go Zones, as Roborock calls them) to prevent the robot from cleaning a certain area. Out of precaution, I always make my basement stairs a No-Go Zone.
Since I already own a Roborock vacuum, I was hoping I could reuse the map already established by the Curv but, sadly, this is not possible. It would have been nice to be able to tell the Saros 10R that a map of my space already existed and to sync that map across devices through the Roborock app.
Cleaning Experience
Once the robot has completed mapping your space, Roborock’s “SmartPlan 2.0” technology uses AI for “One Tap to AI-Driven Cleaning.”
Enjoy automated cleaning with Roborock SmartPlan™ mode. Just tap the app, and the robot identifies your environment and utilizes AI to optimize cleaning strategies.
My “SmartPlan” had the Saros 10R start by vacuuming the living room, followed by the kitchen, and ending in the bathroom. It vacuumed everything first, then mopped the kitchen and foyer, returning to the dock to empty itself and wash the mop pads as needed. It finished its routine in the bathroom, which makes sense as you would not want the robot to start there and potentially spread germs and filth around your space. After completing its routine, the robot returned to the dock, emptied the dustbin, washed and started drying the mops, and began recharging.
In lieu of using the SmartPlan, you can manually override the robot’s settings, such as vacuum and mop, vacuum only, mop only, suction power, water flow, cleaning count, and changing the pattern it uses to clean. Most of the time, I left the Saros 10R on the SmartPlan setting and it worked great for every full cleaning. A few times I chose to vacuum only the living room, using the Saros 10R’s highest suction setting and it performed great. Roborock curiously doesn’t advertise the suction power of the Saros 10R, but even at the highest setting it didn’t seem particularly loud to me.
In the event of an unexpected mess, you can use the Roborock app to “Pin n Go” and instruct the robot to spot clean the affected area. I don’t have kids, but can see this being beneficial if one were to spill Cheerios on the floor, for instance. Alternatively, you can also drive the robot like a remote-controlled car to any areas you want it to clean.
The Saros 10R robot has performed well in my testing, leaving my living room carpet looking clean and new and the vinyl flooring spotless. I never had any major complaints about the navigation system in the Curv, but I think the StarSight system in the 10R performs slightly better. For instance, the Curv always pushed my dogs’ water bowl whereas the 10R correctly avoided it. It also did much better around the USB-C cables and lamp power cords near an end table, avoiding them entirely. The thin design of the Saros 10R also ensured it had no trouble getting under and around furniture like the dining room table and chairs or a large cabinet in the foyer. Nor did it have any trouble climbing over rugs thanks to its AdaptiLift chassis system, which has the ability to climb up to 1.57 inch thresholds or taller carpets. I don’t have any tall thresholds in my home, but I do have a few area rugs and the Saros 10R didn’t have any trouble driving over and vacuuming them.
Roborock claims you can get up to 180 minutes of runtime out of the Saros 10R, which is significantly less than the 240 minutes I’m used to with the Qrevo Curv. Both robots feature a 6400mAh battery and I’m not sure why there is such a difference between the two. That being said, the 10R never ran out of juice cleaning the entire first floor of my home. After vacuuming and mopping, it returned to the dock with around 46% of its battery remaining so I think you could easily clean at least two floors or larger areas if you had to.
Mopping
Robot vacuums tend to have two competing mop designs: one large pad that vibrates or two individually rotating discs. The Saros 10R features the latter but if you prefer a single pad design, Roborock has you covered with the Saros 10. I have never owned a robot vacuum with the single pad design so I can’t directly compare the two. Regardless of your choice, a new unique feature shared by both the Saros 10R and 10 is the robot’s ability to completely detach and leave the mop pads behind while vacuuming. This only appears to work when you select the vacuum only option. If you send the robot out to perform both vacuuming and mopping, or use the SmartPlan, the mop pads remain attached. However, like the Curv, the Saros 10R does raise the mop pads in an effort to prevent your carpet from getting wet. If your carpet is especially tall, the mop pads will still touch.
Although the docking station washes and dries the mop pads after each use, should they become especially soiled it’s easy to remove them for manual cleaning (or eventual replacement). The pads are attached to the mounts with velcro, and they peel off easily. You can wash them in a sink or toss them in with a load of laundry.
It’s the post-winter rainy season in the midwest right now, and one of my dogs tracked in some mud from the backyard. The Saros 10R vacuumed and mopped her paw prints with ease and left the vinyl flooring spick and span.
Object Detection
I my experience, the Saros 10R with StarSight navigation slightly outperformed the LDS Laser Navigation of the Qrevo Curv. This is not to say the Curv is bad, just that the 10R is a bit better at getting around and identifying obstacles. I’ve encountered an issue where the Curv has gotten stuck on a lamp cord, while the Saros 10R has consistently managed to avoid the same cord. When it comes to shoes or dog toys, both vacuums performed about the same.
When an object is detected, the robot will mark it on the map with a little cone to let you know it identified something and couldn’t clean there. You can also have the robot snap a photo of whatever obstacle gets in its way, though this setting is, curiously, not enabled by default. Along with obstacle photos, you can also toggle a setting to have the robot snap photos of your pets if it encounters them while cleaning.
Speaking of pets, the Saros 10R can also identify pet waste and will mark it on the map with a little poo icon. It should then avoid driving through it or spreading the mess across your floor. I did not test this, though the robot did mark a Sonos subwoofer in my living room as dog poo. Depending on your opinion of Sonos and their app lately, this is either accurate or just a humorous error on the robot’s part.
Voice-Activated Cleaning and Home Automation
The Saros 10R has a built-in voice assistant named Rocky that you can use to control the robot. Just say, “Hello Rocky” and give a command to start cleaning or perform a task. For example, you can tell the robot to vacuum, mop, skip an area, pause/resume, increase/decrease suction, empty the dustbin, or return to the dock. There are even more options you can command and a comprehensive list is available within the Roborock app under “Voice Assistant” in Settings. Rocky works quite well and responded accurately to any phrases I spoke. Unlike Siri, for instance, Rocky doesn’t need a network connection to function. I did accidentally trigger Rocky a few times, though I don’t know what I said that she misheard. If this happens to you or you don’t want to use the voice assistant features at all, you can toggle Rocky off in the Roborock app.
Roborock has pledged to release a future update for the Saros 10R that will incorporate the Matter protocol. This would enable seamless control and integration of the robot with your preferred home automation assistant, such as Siri (HomeKit), Google Home, or Alexa. I live in an Apple household and while Apple has delayed HomeKit support for robot vacuums, the likelihood of Saros 10R compatibility is highly probable, if not inevitable.
In the interim, the Saros 10R does support smart speakers, although its integration isn’t as seamless as the Matter protocol would offer. Launch the Roborock app, tap “Profile,” tap “Smart Speaker,” and choose the voice assistant you use in your home. Adding Siri is straightforward and simple, but Google Home and Google Assistant bring up more detailed instructions so Android users may have more hoops to jump through. Alexa, too, is an available option.
Final Thoughts
The Saros 10R effectively cleaned my home with minimal observation or assistance. My carpet always looked clean, and the vinyl floor was free from dust bunnies and dog hair. The dock ensures the robot is always charged and thanks to its large water tanks and automatic mop cleaning, the Saros 10R can clean for days or weeks without me having to do, well, anything.
I run the 10R every two or three days, mostly to keep the amount of dog hair in check and am pleased with its performance. Is it perfect? No. The thinness of the Saros 10R is one of Roborock’s key selling points, and while it is small enough to reach nearly anywhere, it does so at the expense of having a larger dustbin and longer battery life. For homes with pets who shed heavily (or if robot thinness isn’t a concern), I think the Qrevo Curv is a better option, especially if you can find it on sale. The dustbin is approximately 20% larger (320ml versus 270ml on the 10R) and the battery lasts up to 33% longer (240 minutes compared to 180) despite sharing the same 6400mAh capacity.
However, if you do require a thin robot to access those hard-to-reach spots in your home (or pet hair is not a factor), the Saros 10R is an exceptional choice. The StarSight navigation system outperformed the LDS Laser Navigation of the Qrevo Curv in my testing and because it doesn’t have a lidar sensor on the top, it can more easily clean under tight spaces. Additionally, the Saros 10R’s ability to leave behind the mop pads while vacuuming ensures your carpet stays dry.
At $1,600, Roborock’s latest robot vacuum is priced at the top end of the market. That’s a significant investment, but the performance is quite good. It cleans well, it’s reliable, and it’s easy to set up and use. If you’re in the market for a robot vacuum, the Saros 10R is a worthy contender.
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