Roborock is donating $50,000 to help visually impaired athletes train for blind soccer

Roborock has put $50,000 toward developing blind soccer in Miami as part of a new partnership with one of the country’s largest organizations serving people who are blind or visually impaired. The company has teamed up with Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired, which supports close to 30,000 people annually, from young children to seniors.

The donation goes toward funding USABA-credentialed coaches, orientation and mobility training, physical therapy, and other resources for participants in Miami Lighthouse’s blind soccer program. Roborock has also unveiled a new space at Miami Lighthouse called the ClearPath Classroom during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on June 17. The classroom supports the Miami Lighthouse Academy, which teaches students from early learning through elementary school.

The ceremony included remarks from Miami Lighthouse President and CEO Virginia Jacko, Senior Technology Specialist and USA Blind Soccer Men’s National Team player Oseas De Leon, Miami-Dade County Commissioner Vicky Lopez, and Florida State Senator Shevrin Jones. Guests also saw a blind soccer demonstration from Miami Lighthouse students, coaches, and De Leon, showing how blind and visually impaired athletes use sound and echolocation to play.

“Blind soccer is more than a sport. It’s a powerful demonstration of confidence, independence, teamwork, and resilience,” Jacko said in a statement.

Roborock is tying the partnership to what it calls “Navigation Beyond Vision,” connecting the athletes’ use of echolocation with its own work on navigation, spatial awareness, and AI-powered sensing in its robots.

Roborock’s soccer pop-up at Aventura Mall

Roborock has also kicked off a free public event at Aventura Mall in Miami on June 20, themed “Your Home, Your Stadium,” timed to the start of global soccer celebrations in the city. If you’re in the area, you can still catch it — the pop-up runs through June 23, with hands-on demos of Roborock’s lineup, including the Saros Rover, Saros Z70, Saros 20, Qrevo Curv 2 Flow, F25 Ultra, F25 ACE Pro, H60 Hub Ultra, and RockMow X1 LiDAR, plus DJ sets, a coffee bar, face painting, and soccer-themed games and giveaways.

The free pop-up runs from 10 AM to 9:30 PM today, June 22, and June 23.