See how the Sample Transfer Arm for the Mars Sample Return mission will work in this animation. Credit: ESA/NASA ...

The Roborock Saros Z70 robot vacuum cleans like a dream, but its mechanical arm, which promises to pick up small items like socks, still needs work.

Roborock has added an arm to its latest flagship robot vacuum. And this is no tiny appendage like the one the company debuted on its S8 MaxV Ultra at CES last year; it’s an actual articulating ...

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The five-axis robot arm unfolds from the top of the vacuum. It can extend and twist, in a bid to remove obstacles from its path and pick up laundry items weighing less than 300 grams.

Roborock opens preorders for its robot vacuum with an arm. The Saros Z70 costs $1,899, with shipping slated for May, as Roborock passes iRobot as the world’s top-selling floor cleaning robot.

See how the Sample Transfer Arm for the Mars Sample Return mission will work in this animation. Credit: ESA/NASA ...