The Irish market has become considerably more interesting over the past few years. From not being able to get so much as a Roomba to now having somewhat of a “Robot Wars” type battle in the local electronic retailer. I might be making that sound a little more fun than it actually is.
However, Roborock took to IFA 2026 in Berlin to widen the Saros 20 range with the Saros 20 Neo, give the stair-climbing Saros Rover its European debut, and move into the water with a pool cleaner called the RockAqua P1 (what ever little use for that we have in Ireland).
What is the Saros 20 Neo?
The headline features are mobility ones. The AdaptiLift Chassis 3.0 lets it climb double thresholds up to 8.8cm, which in an older Irish house is the difference between a robot that cleans the whole ground floor and one that gives up at the kitchen door. The body sits at 7.95cm, low enough to get under most sofas and bed frames where the dust quietly gathers. Navigation runs on a RetractSense LiDAR system with Reactive AI recognising more than 300 obstacle types, in the dark as well as in daylight.
On the cleaning side, Roborock rates suction at 36,000 Pa and quotes coverage of nearly 350 square metres on a charge. Both of those are the company’s own numbers rather than independently tested ones, so treat them as ceilings until somebody has run it in a real house. There is a dual anti-tangle system for pet hair, warm water mopping with up to 14N of downward pressure, and a dock that washes the mop with 100°C water.
How it compares to the Saros 20 already on sale here
Roborock already has its flagship is already available in Ireland. When the Roborock Saros 20 launched in Ireland it arrived at an introductory €1,289 through Harvey Norman before settling at €1,489. On paper the Neo matches it on nearly every headline figure, the same 8.8cm threshold climbing, the same 7.95cm profile, the same 36,000 Pa suction and the same 300 plus obstacle types. Mopping downforce is marginally higher on the Neo, 14N against 13N. Roborock’s framing is that the Neo brings flagship behaviour to a lower price point.
The Saros Rover takes on stairs
The Saros Rover is as impressive as the robotics arm Roborock introduced, but almost certainly more useful. It uses a wheel-leg design with independently adjustable legs that raise and lower the body, handle slopes, and let it make small jumps. Using motion sensors and 3D spatial data, it climbs and cleans individual stair steps rather than needing a second robot upstairs. Stairs are the last unsolved problem in this category, and this is a different approach to the one Anker showed at IFA last year with a carrier that ferried a vacuum between floors.
RockAqua P1 brings Roborock into the pool
The RockAqua P1 is Roborock’s first robotic pool cleaner, built to cover pool floors, walls, the waterline and shallow platforms as low as 15cm. It pairs 6,800 GPH suction with a 4L debris basket and dual filtration at 180 and 70 microns, and Roborock quotes up to 3.5 hours of runtime from a 3.5 hour charge. Monocular camera obstacle avoidance handles the navigation, and Auto Waterline Parking brings it back up to the surface so you are not fishing around with a pole to retrieve it. How many Irish homes is this relevant to? Not many, in fairness, though it tells you plenty about where Roborock thinks the category is heading. No pricing or availability has been announced.
Everything else on the Roborock stand
Roborock is also showing the F25 Ultra Steam Gen2, which uses high temperature steam and hot water on dried-on stains, and the F25 Pro Turbo Combo, a 5-in-1 wet and dry vacuum that converts into a cordless handheld. For outside, the RockNeo Q2 LiDAR robotic mower covers up to 800 square metres, navigates without boundary cables or antennas using LiDAR based environmental perception, and cuts to within 3cm of lawn edges.
Right now, we know the Saros 20 Neo reaches Ireland in October with pricing to be confirmed, and everything else announced this week, the Saros 20 Flow Complete, the Saros Rover and the RockAqua P1, has no Irish price, retailer or date attached to it. Roborock says it will confirm launch plans for the UK and Ireland in due course just in case you have a swimming pool.
