Roborock’s first robot pool cleaner to debut in Australia

First it was gardens, now it’s the pool: Roborock has joined the procession of home robotics brands to debut a robot pool cleaner. Lifting the veil on the RockAqua P1 at IFA 2026, Roborock wants to take the pool-cleaning fight to the competition.

Designed to clean shallow platforms as small as 15cm — in addition to a pool’s floor and walls — the RockAqua P1 is powered by a motor capable of sucking upwards of 25,000 litres per hour. It’s equipped with a dual-filter system: one designed to capture small particles, like sand, and another for leaves and larger pool litter.

Roborock hasn’t locked in the RockAqua P1’s Australian price yet, but the company confirmed a January 2027 launch. Australia and New Zealand will be the first regions to get Roborock’s debut pool robot, timed with the middle of the Southern Hemisphere’s summer. It’ll come head-to-head with other robot pool cleaners from competing brands, including Mova and Ecovacs.

Bolstering its outdoor robotic range, Roborock also announced the RockNeo Q2 LiDAR, a new robot lawnmower. Made to cover lawns up to 800m², the new RockNeo uses the titular LiDAR technology to navigate yards without wires. It can also do your lawn edges within 3cm automatically.

Roborock’s latest robot lawnmower might still be a while away, though. The company only just brought its autonomous mowers to Australia for the first time this month, so the model at IFA likely is a teaser for what’s to come.

Robots inside the home

Among the focus on outdoor tech, IFA 2026 wasn’t devoid of Roborock’s well-known robot vacuums. Alongside the company’s upcoming wet-dry vacuum range, there are also two robot indoor cleaners on the way.

Up first is the Roborock Saros 20 Flow, an upgraded version of its flagship model that replaces spinning mop pads with a roller mop. It has the same 36,000Pa suction power as its predecessor, so the mopping power is the main upgrade.

The Saros 20 Flow, like the Qrevo model, can also cross dual thresholds up to 8.8cm. Image: Roborock.

By using a roller mop, the Saros 20 Flow produces more downward force, which should help improve mopping performance. It also uses an array of pressurised water valves to constantly clean the roller mop while in use to prevent tracking dirty water throughout the house.

However, roller mops tend to result in bulkier robots. Bulkier robots mean more chance of not fitting under low-hanging furniture. Roborock’s alternative is the Qrevo Edge 3 Pro, a similar robot in terms of suction power and the use of a retractable LiDAR sensor. But instead of using a roller mop, it relies on spinning mop pads, which Roborock claims apply 14N of downward force.

Both robots are relatively thin, but the Qrevo Edge 3 Pro can fit under even more furniture. Image: Roborock.

As a result of using different technology, the Qrevo Edge 3 Pro stands as short as 7.95cm. By comparison, the Saros 20 Flow is 8.98cm tall. Both offer similar self-cleaning technology and overall power; mop type and clearance height are the main differences.

In Australia, both the Roborock Saros 20 Flow and Qrevo Edge 3 Pro will cost $2,799. According to Roborock, the Qrevo model will arrive by the end of the month, while the new Saros will launch by early October.

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