Roborock quietly keeps escalating the robot-vac arms race by shipping what reads like a “tell-me-what-else” upgrade to last year’s Curv. The new Qrevo Curv 2 Pro brings a big bump in suction — Roborock says 25,000 Pa — plus a pair of spinning mop pads that physically detach before the bot rolls over rugs, so your carpets don’t turn into sad, soggy coasters. It’s slimmer, smarter and more aggressive about automation than most of the competition.

What’s actually new

• Suction jump: Roborock markets the Curv 2 Pro at 25,000 pascals of suction, up from about 18,500 Pa on the earlier Curv model — a headline figure that signals more raw pulling power for dirt and pet hair.
• Carpet-safe mopping: Instead of relying only on software or raised wheels, the Curv 2 Pro’s dual spinning mop modules automatically detach before it crosses carpets, so wet pads don’t touch rugs. That’s a practical answer to the “mop-on-carpet” problem many robots still wrestle with.
• Much thinner: At 3.14 inches (≈7.98cm), the new Curv trims around an inch off the older model and even retracts its LiDAR tower so it can slip under lower furniture. That’s a real-world improvement: the less furniture you need to lift to clean underneath, the closer to “set it and forget it” a robot gets.
• AdaptiLift chassis: The robot can still physically raise itself to tackle rugs — Roborock advertises carpet-cleaning clearance up to 1.18 inches (3cm) via its lift system.
• Smarter eyes and cleaner docks: The Curv 2 Pro pairs an RGB camera with AI-backed obstacle recognition, has an anti-tangle brush, and an upgraded “bubbly” multifunction dock that Roborock says can wash mop pads with 100°C (212°F) hot water.

Why those bullet points matter (or don’t)

Numbers like “25,000 Pa” make for good headlines, but they don’t map perfectly to real-world cleaning quality. Suction is one ingredient: brush design, airflow path, onboard sensors and software all change how much hair or grit actually disappears. Still — going from ~18.5kPa to 25kPa is a meaningful hardware step; it means the Curv 2 Pro is built to attack more embedded debris and heavy-traffic messes than its predecessor.

The mop-drop trick is the kind of engineering answer reviewers and owners have wanted for years. Robots that leave wet streaks on rugs usually do so because they can’t reliably detect a carpet or because the mop system never physically clears the floor surface. An automatic mechanical detachment sidesteps false positives in carpet detection and the occasional software glitch — the pads simply aren’t present when the vacuum crosses a rug. That’s user-level thinking: fewer “why is my rug wet?” support tickets.

Slimness is underrated. A retractable LiDAR tower plus a thinner chassis translates to fewer blind spots under couches and cabinets — the places that accumulate the most dust but rarely get manual vacuum attention. The tradeoff, of course, is complexity: retractable parts and hotter-washing docks add failure modes and service costs down the line.

Where the Curv 2 Pro sits against rivals

Roborock’s Qrevo lineup already turned heads for blending vacuuming, mopping and a multifunction dock that handles emptying, washing and drying. With this release, it’s doubling down: if you prioritize one device that can mostly automate floor care, the Curv 2 Pro is pitched squarely at that use case. Against other high-end robots (Dreame, Ecovacs, iRobot’s top tier) it’s competitive on hardware and especially novel on the mop-detachment feature and the hot-water dock claims. Whether it earns the “best” badge depends on long-term reliability, subscription or replacement-part costs, and how well the AI avoids the small obstacles and cords that still befuddle many machines.

Price, release and availability

Roborock has priced the Curv 2 Pro at €1,299 for the European market; Roborock and reporting outlets note it was announced for EU sale, with limited details on U.S. availability or pricing so far.

Roborock’s Curv 2 Pro is a credible, thoughtful iteration: more suction, a clever mechanical solution for carpet-mopping, and a lower profile for getting under furniture. For people who want a single, high-automation machine to handle mixed floors and messy households (pets, kids, open plan living), it’s a strong contender — if the price and long-term reliability line up with expectations. If you live in the EU and hate wet rugs, this is one of the earliest robots that looks explicitly built to solve that problem.