Owning a swimming pool is one of the best ways to transform your backyard into a personal oasis, offering relaxation, exercise, and entertainment. However, maintaining a pool can take a lot of time ...

Beatbot's new pool robot ecosystem, unveiled at CES 2026, does something no other model can do. I got to see it in action at the mega tech show. David Watsky Managing Editor / Home and Kitchen David ...

At CES 2026, smart home pool cleaning robot company Beatbot has announced a new, self-cleaning pool robot system, called the AquaSense X, that it says uses AI to identify up to 40 common types of pool ...

Robotic pool cleaners have gotten remarkably good at scrubbing floors, climbing walls, and navigating around obstacles, including small steps. But when the job is done, you still have to haul the ...

Walking through CES, it’s easy to get numb to buzzwords like “AI-powered,” “smart,” and “autonomous.” At first glance, Beatbot’s booth might have seemed like yet another company promising to automate ...

After years of dealing with tangled hoses, detached vacuums and multiple pool-cleaning gadgets, I put the Beatbot Sora 70 to ...

Cleaning your pool is a necessary and frequent chore, but it doesn’t have to cut down on your swimming time. A good robotic pool cleaner can make it easy to maintain your backyard swimming hole by ...

If you own a pool, you know the grind. Leaves fall, algae build up is always a concern, and a missed chlorine cycle means unseemly, green water. Traditional robotic cleaners are mostly reactive, and ...

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Amanda Blum is a freelancer who writes about smart home technology, gardening, and food preservation. Previously, Amanda has worked as a technology strategist specializing in problem solving and ...