In a world where we’ve reached “peak robot vacuum,” Roborock has decided that the best way to maintain its market dominance isn’t by making a robot that can actually climb stairs or fold laundry, but by finally—*finally*—admitting they were late to the roller mop party. At CES, the company unveiled the Qrevo Curv 2 Flow, a device that claims to revolutionize floor cleaning by essentially strapping a miniaturized, motorized wet-dry vac to a plastic puck and hoping for the best.

Let’s talk about that “market leader” status. The summary claims Roborock has been “behind” on the roller mop trend. Usually, the leader sets the trend; if you’re chasing a design that brands like Eufy and Dreame have been playing with for a while, you aren’t leading—you’re just the guy who showed up to the party with a lukewarm six-pack after the pizza was already gone.

Roborock is very proud of its “extra-wide mop,” boasting that it can clean more surface area in one pass. It’s a classic case of more being… just more. A wider roller doesn’t necessarily mean a cleaner floor; it means more surface area for hair, lint, and pet fur to wrap around a motorized cylinder until the whole thing smells like a damp locker room. And while they tout 220rpm and 15 Newtons of downward pressure, let’s put that into perspective. 15 Newtons is roughly 3.3 pounds of force. To give you an idea of how “revolutionary” that is: a literal infant leaning on a sponge exerts more pressure than that. If you have a dried coffee stain from three days ago, this robot isn’t “scrubbing” it; it’s basically just giving it a very light, very expensive massage.

Then there’s the “eight water jets and a built-in scraper” for self-cleaning. Because what every consumer wants is more internal plumbing in their electronics. If you live in a region with hard water, those eight tiny jets are essentially countdown timers until the entire system calcifies and dies. The “built-in scraper” sounds high-tech until you realize it’s just a piece of plastic rubbing against a roller. We’ve seen this movie before—scrapers eventually just become a ledge for gunk to accumulate, necessitating a manual cleaning of the “self-cleaning” mechanism. It’s the circle of life, but with more mildew.

The Qrevo Curv 2 Flow also features a “roller shield” to protect your carpets. This is an admission that putting a soaking wet, motorized paint roller on a device meant to travel over rugs is a logistical nightmare. Adding more moving mechanical parts—like a retracting shield and an extending edge mop—is a bold move for a category of devices known for getting “Error 4: Clogged Brush” because someone looked at them sideways.

While the tech world swoons over the “Flow” and its ability to reach edges, the reality remains: we are being sold a $1,000+ solution to a problem that a $20 mop and five minutes of manual labor solve more effectively. But hey, at least now your robot can wet your floors in a slightly wider line while exerting the same pressure as a polite handshake. Truly, the future has arrived.