Smart cleaning robots are moving beyond the familiar floor-cleaning category, with manufacturers experimenting with new form factors, autonomous navigation and base-station infrastructure. At IFA 2026 in Berlin, HUTT used the global consumer technology show to introduce two products it describes as industry firsts: a window-cleaning robot combining round and square cleaning geometry, and an automated mattress-cleaning robot with a base station. The launches reflect a broader shift toward specialised home robots designed around specific household tasks rather than one device attempting to do everything.

HUTT Wants to Expand the Definition of the Smart Cleaning Robot

The consumer robotics market has spent years teaching households to think of robots as floor cleaners. HUTT is betting that the next phase will be considerably more specialised.

At IFA 2026 in Berlin, the Chinese smart-cleaning company showcased a portfolio built around window and mattress cleaning, including what it describes as the world’s first window-cleaning robot with an integrated round-and-square design and the world’s first automatic bed-cleaning robot with a base station.

The strategy is notable because it addresses a limitation of many household robots: different surfaces require fundamentally different cleaning mechanisms.

A robot optimised for flat floors cannot simply be transferred to glass, mattresses or other surfaces where pressure, traction, navigation and safety requirements change significantly. HUTT’s latest products therefore represent an attempt to solve individual cleaning problems through specialised hardware and software rather than relying on a universal robotic platform.

HUTT10S combines two cleaning geometries

The HUTT10S series is the centrepiece of the company’s window-cleaning lineup.

Its defining feature is a combined round-and-square cleaning design. HUTT says the round cleaning pad is designed to apply rotary pressure to stubborn stains, while the square component is intended to improve coverage around corners.

That combination targets a familiar trade-off in window-cleaning robotics.

Round cleaning mechanisms can be effective at scrubbing but can leave difficult-to-reach areas around corners. Square designs can improve edge coverage but may approach stubborn stains differently. HUTT’s integrated approach attempts to address both limitations in a single machine.

The company also highlights a zero-gap edge design, simultaneous wet and dry cleaning and an adaptive chassis intended to work across different glass configurations, including angled surfaces.

Safety is particularly important in this category because window-cleaning robots operate vertically and, in some cases, at significant heights. HUTT says the HUTT10S uses a dual-suction, dual-chamber architecture to provide additional protection during high-rise cleaning.

These capabilities illustrate an important point about household robotics: autonomy is only useful when the robot can maintain reliable contact with the environment.

Base stations could change how cleaning robots are used

HUTT’s HUTT10S SPACE and SPACE Y configurations take another familiar feature from robot vacuum cleaners—the docking station—and apply it to window cleaning.

The base station combines functions including power storage, cable management and device storage. The objective is to reduce the dependence on a nearby power outlet and make the robot easier to deploy in outdoor areas such as patios and yards.

This may sound like a relatively small design change, but infrastructure can have a significant effect on whether consumers actually use an autonomous device.

A robot that requires cables to be connected, positioned and stored after every use introduces friction. A device that can be picked up, deployed and returned to a dedicated station reduces that friction.

That same principle has helped base stations become increasingly common in other robotic-cleaning categories.

HUTT brings autonomous cleaning to mattresses

The company’s second major introduction takes the base-station concept into a different category.

The HUTT MX10 mattress vacuum cleaner is positioned as an automatic bed-cleaning robot rather than a conventional handheld mattress cleaner. HUTT describes it as the world’s first automatic bed-cleaning robot with an integrated base station.

The device is designed to address two practical problems with conventional mattress cleaning: manual operation and handling collected dust.

According to HUTT, the MX10 uses intelligent path planning to cover the bed after a single command. Sensors monitor movement and are designed to reduce the risk of the robot falling from the mattress.

After completing the task, the robot returns to its base station, where HUTT says dust collection, self-cleaning and charging are handled automatically.

The significance is less about the individual vacuuming mechanism than the workflow.

Instead of asking consumers to operate a specialised appliance manually, HUTT is attempting to turn mattress cleaning into an autonomous process. If the approach proves reliable, it could help establish a new category within home robotics.

DDC55 PRO targets unconventional glass surfaces

HUTT also demonstrated the DDC55 PRO, which focuses on another difficult problem: maintaining consistent contact with non-standard glass.

The company says its patented dual-drive floating-pressure technology dynamically adjusts pressure to accommodate slightly curved, angled and unconventional glass surfaces.

For robotic cleaning, maintaining contact is fundamental. Too little pressure can reduce cleaning effectiveness, while excessive or inconsistent pressure can affect movement and safety.

The DDC55 PRO therefore represents the engineering challenge behind the category: making autonomous machines adaptable enough to handle the physical variation found in real homes.

Ten years of focused development

HUTT was founded in 2018 and has concentrated heavily on window-cleaning robotics rather than immediately attempting to build a broad household robotics portfolio.

The company says it invests more than 10% of annual revenue in research and development and has followed a strategy of introducing a major product innovation each year.

Its latest products show how that strategy is evolving.

The integrated round-and-square cleaning system attempts to address cleaning performance and corner coverage simultaneously. Floating-pressure technology targets unusual glass geometries. Base stations address deployment, charging, storage and maintenance.

The common thread is that the company is attempting to solve operational problems around robotics rather than simply adding more specifications.

That distinction could become increasingly important as the smart-home market matures.

From product features to robotic ecosystems

The next stage of consumer robotics may depend less on whether a robot can perform a task once and more on whether it can perform that task conveniently and repeatedly.

Navigation, sensors, battery management, docking infrastructure, automated maintenance and software all become part of the user experience.

This is where smart cleaning robots increasingly overlap with the wider smart-home ecosystem. Devices need to work reliably within physical environments while potentially connecting to broader household automation systems.

The competitive field includes established robotic-cleaning companies as well as consumer electronics manufacturers expanding into home automation. Brands such as Roborock, Ecovacs and Dreame have helped popularise increasingly autonomous cleaning systems, while companies across the broader technology ecosystem—including Amazon, Google and Samsung—continue to develop connected-home platforms and devices.

HUTT’s approach is somewhat different. Rather than competing primarily through a broad portfolio of floor-cleaning robots, it has focused on specialised cleaning environments where the mechanical problem is substantially different.

Global expansion is now part of the strategy

HUTT says its products are sold in more than 70 countries and regions, with a presence across Europe, North America and the Middle East. The company also identifies Bulgaria, Türkiye, Israel and South Korea among markets where its products hold leading positions.

IFA provides a natural platform for that international strategy. The Berlin show brings consumer electronics and home-appliance companies together with distributors, retailers and technology buyers from multiple markets.

For HUTT, the event was therefore not simply a product showcase. It was also an opportunity to demonstrate that specialised home robotics can develop into distinct product categories.

The company’s broader ambition is clear: continue investing in smart-cleaning technology while expanding the definition of what a household robot can automate.

Whether consumers ultimately adopt autonomous mattress cleaning and increasingly sophisticated window-cleaning systems at scale will depend on reliability, pricing, safety and convenience.

But the direction is significant.

The smart-home industry is gradually moving from connected appliances toward systems that can perform physical tasks with limited human intervention. HUTT’s latest products show one possible route forward: instead of building one robot for every household chore, manufacturers can create highly specialised machines and then make them increasingly autonomous.

That could make the next generation of smart-home robotics less about novelty—and more about eliminating the everyday tasks people would rather not do themselves.

Market Landscape

The smart-cleaning market is shifting from basic automation toward specialised autonomous robotics.

Robot vacuums established consumer familiarity with mapping, autonomous navigation and docking stations. The next opportunity lies in applying similar concepts to harder environments, including windows, mattresses and other surfaces requiring specialised hardware.

HUTT’s strategy is differentiated by its focus on window-cleaning robotics and its expansion into mattress cleaning. Competitors such as Roborock, Ecovacs and Dreame have built broader smart-cleaning portfolios, particularly around floor-cleaning robots.

The competitive question is increasingly about the complete robotic workflow: navigation, sensing, power management, self-maintenance, safety and ease of deployment—not simply suction power or cleaning performance.

For the wider smart-home industry, base stations could become an important infrastructure layer as autonomous devices multiply. A docking station can potentially handle charging, storage, consumable management and automated maintenance, reducing the amount of human intervention required.

Top Insights

• HUTT introduced two claimed industry firsts at IFA 2026, targeting window cleaning and mattress cleaning with increasingly autonomous robotic systems.
• The HUTT10S combines round and square cleaning geometry to address the competing requirements of stain removal and corner coverage.
• HUTT’s base-station approach reduces operational friction, combining charging, storage and automated maintenance functions for specialised cleaning robots.
• The MX10 extends autonomous robotics beyond floors and windows, using path planning, sensors and automated dust management for mattress cleaning.
• HUTT’s strategy reflects a wider industry shift toward specialised household robots designed around individual tasks rather than universal cleaning machines.

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