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Best robot pool cleaners

Robot pool cleaners, from cabled floor scrubbers to cordless machines that map the pool by sonar, climb the walls, skim the surface and lift themselves out when they are done.

3 models evaluated · Updated September 2026

  1. Best Overall
    #1
    MOVA Diver A10MOVA press image
    MOVA

    Diver A10

    Four hours on a charge, a 3-micron filter and AI vision that recognises drains and steps — the fine-debris pick, with the parking-at-the-edge trick included.

    Coverage
    80
    Filtration
    81
    Navigation
    86
    Automation
    66
    AI VisionFloor · Walls · WaterlineCordlessLifts itself out
    $699Check price
  2. #2
    Beatbot

    Sora 30

    The sensible Beatbot: floor, walls, waterline and shallow platforms, a five-litre basket, S-shaped paths, and it floats to the surface when done — for under $700.

    Coverage
    80
    Filtration
    61
    Navigation
    73
    Automation
    52
    UltrasonicFloor · Walls · WaterlineCordlessLifts itself out
    $689Check price
  3. #3
    Beatbot AquaSense 2Beatbot press image
    Beatbot

    AquaSense 2

    Cordless floor, wall and waterline cleaner that parks itself at the surface when it is done — the first pool robot you never wade in for.

    Coverage
    80
    Filtration
    38
    Navigation
    73
    Automation
    52
    UltrasonicFloor · Walls · WaterlineCordlessLifts itself out
    $799Check price