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Best hands-off robot pool cleaners

Pool robots that surface on their own, park at the edge, run on a schedule and never make you wade in.

The chore was never the cleaning. It was wading in to lift a twelve-kilo robot off the floor of the deep end. The machines here surface by themselves and wait at the edge, and the best of them run on a schedule you set once. Only cordless robots that lift themselves out are listed.

3 / 3 models evaluated

Weighted for this ranking

Automation
34%
Coverage
16%
Power
14%
Navigation
14%
Filtration
10%
Value
4%
Ease of Use
4%
Reliability
4%
How we score →
  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

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