THE USEFUL PART
- IFA was held in September; these are October follow-up checks, not new launch dates.
- A regional shop listing, a supplier proposal and an exhibition demo are different buying stages.
- Compare the job and the ownership requirements before comparing spectacular specifications.
Saros 20 Flow: a specific household job
Roborock included Saros 20 Flow in its IFA 2026 lineup in Berlin, where the company exhibited from September 4 to 8. The product takes a familiar household job, cleaning floors, and uses a roller-mop system with a multifunction dock. By our October 3 check, an official German product listing offered a Flow Complete package. Availability in one market does not establish delivery to another.
The practical comparison starts with your room. Measure the route to the dock, access for maintenance and the lowest furniture gap. Then ask what the package includes and which parts need regular attention. Our profile separates the Flow model from other Saros names and keeps the manufacturer's threshold-test qualification beside the claim. A prominent number is useful only when its test matches the obstacle in your home.
PUDU D7: a European debut, not a home appliance launch
Pudu's September 7 report describes D7's first European appearance at IFA, with visitor interaction and object-picking demonstrations. The next-generation industrial D7 had already been announced on June 1. Keeping those dates separate matters: a European exhibition is a new opportunity to inspect a product, not proof of a new generation or a completed customer deployment.
For an organisation considering manipulation work, our suggested next step is a task brief: which objects, where they begin, where they must end and what counts as a failed attempt. Include the human work needed to prepare and recover the task. Ask the supplier to demonstrate that brief and identify the software, tooling and commissioning included in its proposal.
Two more additions, with different buying questions
We also added onero H1 and Unitree As2-W to the directory during this review. This is a catalogue update, not a claim that either was launched at IFA. The onero page raises a readiness question: the reviewed store data marked its variant unavailable. As2-W raises a configuration question: Unitree lists X and EDU versions through sales enquiries. Their profiles retain those distinctions.
Put each candidate into a decision you can act on. A household purchase needs a confirmed regional offer and a place to install it. A development platform needs documented access and a project that justifies the hardware. An industrial proposal needs a bounded application and acceptance criteria. There is no useful single ranking across those jobs, even when all the machines look impressive in a video.
Turn the announcement into a next step
Choose one robot, write down one intended job and list the unanswered ownership questions beside it. Use the directory sources to check the current offer, then put purchase, installation, accessories and upkeep into the ownership calculator. Leave unknown amounts blank until there is a quote. This produces a more useful shortlist than treating a demonstration, a deposit and a delivered product as interchangeable.
Sources and product pages checked October 3, 2026. The exhibition dates above belong to September. This follow-up is based on manufacturer material and official listings; we did not attend the demonstrations or test these robots. The proposed buying questions are our editorial assessment, not manufacturer promises or evidence of reliability.