Beatbot’s New Pool Cleaning Robot Uses AI to Find Pool Debris

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 debris, from the bottom of a pool up to the water’s surface. It’s available to preorder now.

The AquaSense X is a two-part system. First there’s the cleaning bot itself, called the AquaSense X AI Robotic Pool Cleaner. The company says the pool cleaner uses cameras along with infrared and ultrasonic sensing to navigate and identify and clean debris, as well as identify steps, edges, and shallow platforms. It isn’t Matter-compatible, but gets voice control—for things like starting a clean, checking its battery, or getting voice alerts at the end of a clean—through Google Home, Alexa, and Siri.

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The second part is the Beatbot AstroRinse Cleaning Station, which features an automatic filter-cleaning system. It’s not self-docking—owners will have to put it in its dock themselves—but once in there, it can clear debris from the robot. The AstroRinse can hold up to 22 liters, which Beatbot says can “hold up to two full cleaning cycles per week for as long as two months” before it needs owners to empty it. 

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Beatbot also announced that it has made some improvements to its RoboTurtle, an aquatic robot that looks like a sea turtle and, uh, swims around your pool. The company showed it at CES 2025, but since then it says it has updated it so it swims more like a real sea turtle and uses cameras and other sensors to avoid objects and respond to “select hand gestures.” Alas, for those to whom a robot sea turtle appeals, the company gave no word on availability or pricing.

The AquaSense X is available to preorder for $4,250, and the company says the first 500 people to preorder it—with a $250 deposit—will get bonuses like an extra year of warranty (for a total of four years), plus a one-year pool-care kit. Beatbot didn’t reveal the actual launch date of the system, but when I went through the preorder process on its website, it gave me a launch date of March 16.

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