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Robot pool cleaners, from cabled floor scrubbers to cordless machines that map the pool by sonar, climb the walls and skim the surface.
12 models evaluated · Updated October 2026
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MOVA's flagship pool robot: skims the surface, cleans floor, walls, waterline, corners, steps and shallows with a 38,000 l/h pump, maps with an underwater laser, runs six hours a charge and parks at the surface.
MOVA's fine-debris pool robot: a 3 µm filter in a 3.5 l basket, camera navigation that recognises drains and steps, four hours a charge, schedules and poolside parking, rated for 180 m².
Beatbot's flagship without the self-cleaning station: it skims, cleans floor, walls and waterline, maps with an AI camera, doses a clarifier, parks above the water and charges on a dock.
Beatbot's flagship with a self-cleaning station: AstroRinse rinses the filter and empties a 22 l bin, while the robot skims, cleans floor, walls and waterline and parks at the surface.
The Sora that skims: twin JetPulse jets pull floating debris in for up to seven hours, then it cleans floor, walls and waterline on a 6,800 GPH pump with a 6 l basket and parks at the surface.
Beatbot's entry robot: floor, walls, waterline and shallow ledges from 35 cm on a 6,800 GPH pump, a 5 l basket, ultrasonic obstacle sensing, five hours a charge and waterline parking.
Dreame's better pool robot: floor, walls, waterline and tanning ledges up to 200 m², an 8,000 GPH pump, ultrasound and structured-light sensing and a LiFi remote that works under water.
Dreame's plain Z1: floor, walls and waterline up to 180 m² on an 8,000 GPH pump, ultrasound and structured-light sensing and poolside parking, without the Pro's remote and ledge cleaning.
The sensible Beatbot: floor, walls, waterline and shallow platforms from 20 cm of water on a 6,800 GPH pump with a 5 l basket, S-shaped paths, and it floats to the surface when done.
Cordless floor, wall and waterline cleaner on a 5,500 GPH pump with a 2 l basket and 16 sensors, rated for 300 m², that surfaces and parks at the edge when it is done or the battery runs low.
Beatbot's first robot: floor, walls and waterline on a 5,500 GPH pump with ultrasonic mapping, a 2 l basket, a 150 μm filter and a 210 m² rating, but no surface parking.
A cordless floor cleaner for small flat-bottomed pools up to 80 m²: two motors, 5,700 l/h, two brushes, a 1.7 l basket with a 180 μm filter, 120 minutes a charge and auto-park when the battery runs low.