One of Our Top Robot Vacuum Brands Is Diving into Pool Care

Roborock, one of the flashiest home robot makers, is taking the plunge. The Beijing-based brand, known for its super-smart robot vacuums, including models with robotic grabbing arms and stair-climbing capabilities, has launched its first-ever robotic pool cleaner.

We saw it first at IFA Berlin.

On a crowded showroom floor, we got a look at Roborock’s small and colorful new pool cleaner. Dubbed the RockAqua P1, this autonomous underwater vacuum is engineered to clean pool floors, walls, waterlines and shallow platforms.

Its adaptive cleaning path, a feature prominent in Roborock’s indoor vacuums, allows the robot to navigate pools of different shapes and depths. Vision-based obstacle avoidance identifies obstacles such as drain covers and steps, helping reduce interruptions during cleaning.

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