Vacuum Wars

CES has always been about what’s next. But every once in a while, a company shows up not just with new products, but with a new point of view. At CES 2026, that company was Dreame.

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What began years ago as a brand synonymous with high-performance cleaning quietly stepped onto the world’s biggest tech stage and revealed something far more audacious: a unified vision of intelligent living that stretches from robot vacuums that think, to AI-powered personal devices that adapt, all the way to a carbon-fiber electric supercar capable of humiliating hypercars.

Dreame didn’t come to Las Vegas to win a category.
It came to redefine what a consumer technology company can be.

Across robotics, smart home infrastructure, personal AI devices, imaging, outdoor automation, and mobility, Dreame unveiled an ecosystem that feels less like a product lineup and more like a blueprint. Every device shares the same philosophy: adaptive intelligence, mechanical ambition, and design that treats homes, people, and machines as a single, connected system.

This wasn’t incremental innovation.
This was Dreame declaring its second act.

From robots that climb stairs and pick up clutter, to AI wearables that see and respond in real time, to a 1,876-horsepower electric supercar that signals serious intent beyond the living room, Dreame’s CES 2026 presence made one thing clear:

The company once known for cleaning floors is now engineering the future of intelligent life.

And this is the story of how Dreame became one of the most important brands at CES 2026.

The Foundation: Robots That Understand the Physical World

Dreame’s rise has always been anchored in robotics, and CES 2026 made it clear that this remains the company’s intellectual core. But what Dreame showed this year wasn’t just about cleaning better; it was about teaching machines how to reason in physical space.

X60 Max Ultra Complete: Solving the Problems Everyone Else Avoided

At first glance, the X60 Max Ultra Complete looks like a refinement of the robot vacuum formula. In reality, it tackles the three hardest problems in home robotics head-on: height, speed, and thresholds.

The ultra-thin 7.95 cm body, made possible by a retractable LiDAR tower, allows the robot to map environments up to 200 percent faster while reaching under furniture that has traditionally been off-limits. Combined with 35,000 Pa of suction and a fully automated dock that washes mop pads at 100°C, the X60 delivers both raw power and sustained autonomy.

The real breakthrough, however, is mechanical. Dreame’s FlexiAdapt chassis doesn’t dodge obstacles like thresholds and steps. It climbs them. Retractable legs physically lift the robot over multi-layer transitions, reframing how robots move through real homes instead of idealized floor plans.

This is a theme that repeats throughout Dreame’s CES presence: machines adapting to homes, not the other way around.

Matrix 10 Ultra: Room-Specific Cleaning Intelligence

The Matrix 10 Ultra introduces a triple-mop system that treats different rooms as distinct environments. Thermal pads handle living areas, nylon pads target kitchens, and sponge pads address bathrooms. The robot automatically switches between pads based on room type and dries them via a dual-duct docking system.

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This approach acknowledges that homes are complex spaces with varied cleaning needs, and it places Dreame ahead of competitors still relying on uniform solutions.

When Robots Grow Arms, Eyes and Intent

If the X60 represents refinement, Dreame’s Cyber series represents provocation.

Cyber10 Ultra: The Robot That Cleans Like a Thinking Assistant

The Cyber10 Ultra arrives as a clear statement of intent.

Equipped with a four-jointed robotic arm offering five degrees of freedom, the Cyber10 doesn’t just clean around clutter. It removes it. The arm can extend up to 40 cm, lift small objects, and even swap tools autonomously to access corners, crevices, and tight vertical spaces.

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This behavior is made possible by Dreame’s TriSight AI vision system, which fuses body-mounted cameras, arm-mounted optics, and laser-based depth sensing. The robot understands not just where objects are, but what they are and how to interact with them.

It’s the first time a mainstream consumer robotics company has seriously explored manipulation, not just navigation, inside the home.

Cyber X: Breaking the Final Barrier in Home Robotics

Stairs have long been the unsolved problem of robot vacuums. Dreame solved it surgically.

The Cyber X concept introduces a detachable Bionic QuadTrack module that physically carries a robot vacuum up and down full flights of stairs, including curved and steep designs. With real-time 3D vision, multi-layer braking systems, and the ability to mop while climbing, Cyber X reframes multi-floor cleaning as a mechanical challenge, not a software limitation.

It’s one of the most audacious robotics concepts shown at CES in years, and it signals something deeper: Dreame is comfortable showing hard problems, not just polished products.

Beyond Autonomous Robots: Handheld and Assisted Cleaning Intelligence

Autonomous robots sit at the center of Dreame’s cleaning strategy, but CES 2026 also highlighted how the company is extending the same intelligence into handheld and assisted cleaning devices.

Shown as part of Dreame’s CES 2026 cleaning showcase, the H15 Pro Heat brings robotic precision into a wet and dry vacuum form factor. An AI-guided mini robotic arm adjusts contact with the floor in real time, while hot-water cleaning reaching up to 185°F improves stain removal and hygiene. The result is a system designed for deeper intervention in areas that benefit from direct human control.

Alongside it, the Aero Pro and Aero Series lightweight stick vacuums apply Dreame’s high-speed brushless motor expertise to everyday cleaning. TangleCut 2.0 technology actively prevents hair from wrapping around the brush, reducing maintenance while maintaining consistent suction across different floor types.

Together, these devices complete Dreame’s cleaning ecosystem, linking autonomous robotics with intelligent handheld tools built around the same control philosophy.

Beyond Floors: A Whole-Home Intelligence Stack

Dreame’s ambition doesn’t stop at cleaning. CES 2026 marked the company’s transformation into a full-spectrum smart home player.

From a corner-embedded Delta-Wind air conditioner that rethinks how climate systems integrate into architecture, to a smart refrigerator with built-in sparkling water, to a professional-grade gas range optimized by AI cooking controls, Dreame’s appliances share a common philosophy: invisible intelligence, visible restraint.

Even personal care received the same treatment. The Pilot 20 AI Smart Hair Dryer uses robotic arms and real-time sensing to adjust airflow and temperature on the fly, protecting hair while reducing drying time. It’s about responsiveness.

Dreame’s outdoor robotics extend the same spatial awareness and navigation intelligence used indoors into open, unstructured environments.

Dreame’s RoboticMower A3 AWD Pro applies the same robotics intelligence to lawns, handling extreme slopes, edge precision, and obstacle avoidance without wires or manual intervention.

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The Zircon 2 Ultra pool cleaner extends this logic underwater, navigating stairs, walls, and complex pool geometries autonomously.

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Individually, these products are impressive. Together, they reveal something bigger: Dreame is building a distributed intelligence layer for everyday life.

Seeing, Recording and Wearing AI

One of the most surprising expansions at CES 2026 came in imaging and wearables.

Leaptic Cube: Rethinking the Action Camera

Dreame’s Leaptic Cube is a modular, AI-driven action camera that feels less like a GoPro competitor and more like a new category altogether. Shooting 8K video with on-device AI processing, it pairs wirelessly with AI glasses for live viewing and an AI smart ring for gesture-based control. The system also includes an AI smart watch, which provides continuous system status, notifications, and contextual feedback, allowing users to monitor and coordinate recording, control, and personal data without reaching for another device.

This “See-Control-Record” system removes friction from content creation. Interaction shifts from managing the camera to wearing the interface.

Paired with AI-powered editing and a pocket photo printer capable of AR-enhanced prints, Dreame’s imaging ecosystem feels intentionally cohesive, not experimental.

The Moment That Changed Everything: Dreame Enters the Car Game

Then came the reveal that silenced the room.

Kosmera Nebula 1: From Appliances to Hypercars

Dreame’s first electric vehicle concept, the Kosmera Nebula 1, is not subtle. A low-slung, four-door hypercar wrapped in exposed carbon fiber, it looks every bit as aggressive as its numbers suggest.

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With a quad-motor electric drivetrain producing approximately 1,876 horsepower and a claimed 0–100 km/h time of around 1.8 seconds, the Nebula 1 exists to make a statement.

Active aerodynamics, a massive rear wing, and a diffuser-driven rear profile underline Dreame’s seriousness. This is not a branding exercise. It’s the opening move of a long-term strategy, with production targeted for 2027 and a dedicated European manufacturing footprint already in motion.

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The Nebula 1 reframes how the world sees Dreame. No longer a “vacuum company branching out,” Dreame is positioning itself as a systems engineering brand, capable of transferring expertise in motors, control systems, AI, and materials across radically different domains.

Why Dreame Was One of CES 2026’s Most Important Brands

Dreame didn’t win CES 2026 by having the loudest booth or the flashiest demo. It won by presenting a vision that actually made sense.

From robots that climb, see, and manipulate their environment, to homes that quietly adapt, to personal AI that lives on the body, to a supercar that demonstrates continued investment in mechanical ambition alongside software intelligence. Yes, Dreame showed coherence.


It was engineering with intent.

CES 2026 will be remembered for many things. But years from now, it may be remembered as the moment Dreame stopped being categorized, and started being compared.

Not to vacuum brands.
Not even to appliance giants.

But to the companies shaping how humans and intelligent machines live together.

And that’s why Dreame didn’t just show up at CES 2026.
It defined it.