This robot pool cleaner lifts itself out of the water to charge

An image of the Spino S1 Pro in its docking station

You shouldn’t have to lift the Spino S1 Pro out of the water yourself.

Mammotion, the company best known for its line of robot lawnmowers, is launching a robot pool cleaner that can take itself out of the water.

As shown during CES 2026, the Spino S1 Pro comes with a robotic arm mounted to a docking station that sits at the edge of your pool. When the bot is ready to charge, the Spino S1 Pro uses an underwater communication system to guide itself to the docking station, which lifts the device up and out of the water. To clean, it uses an onboard camera and several sensors to navigate your pool while identifying messy areas, steps, edges, corners, and obstacles.

The Spino S1 Pro comes with five brushless motor …

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