Pool Robot Finder is a database of the robotic pool cleaners and solar pool skimmers sold in the United States. It started as one table of specs with filters, so a pool owner could cut a long list of models down to the few that suit their pool. The rest of the site grew around that table: robot guides for a growing number of models, buying guides by pool type, surface and feature, a robot picker and a page of today’s deals.

Where Each Spec Comes From

Every spec in the table comes from the model’s own documents, read in a set order: the manual first, then the manufacturer’s product page, then the Amazon listing. If they disagree, the manual wins, since that is the document the maker ships with the robot.

Each robot’s row links to the manual and the maker’s page its specs were read from. If none of them gives a spec, the cell stays empty. Categories such as pool type and power source follow written classification rules, and the budget tier comes from the robot’s regular price.

How the Robots Are Checked

AI tools and code are going back through the table one batch of robots at a time, reading every spec again from scratch. Each batch goes through four steps.

  • Each robot’s US manual and its maker’s product page are collected.
  • An AI research tool reads those documents and quotes the passage behind each spec. Code then checks that each quote appears in the document.
  • A classifier model scores whether each quote supports the number in the table. When a value would change, be filled in or looks doubtful, several AI models vote on it, and one more model settles any field they disagree on.
  • The editor reads a one-page summary of the batch, and nothing from it reaches the live table without the editor’s approval. Pool types, cleaning areas and model names, any value that only the Amazon listing gives, and any conflict between sources are the editor’s call.

When a spec changes, any sentence in the guides and posts that states the old value is rewritten, checked against the table and updated, usually in the same run. If a sentence can’t be rewritten safely, it waits for a person.

How Often Things Are Checked

  • Every day, code rebuilds the deals page from the current prices at the stores of the brands the site partners with.
  • Every week, code checks each robot’s budget tier against its regular price at the brand’s own store and looks for new editions of existing models. New models it finds in the brand stores are listed for review before they join the table.
  • Every month, robots that Amazon shows as unavailable get another look, and the site looks for brands that have just started selling in the United States.

What We Don’t Do

We don’t own or test any robots, and nobody tests them for us. The guides make no claims about how a robot feels to use or how it did in someone’s pool. What they say comes from the specs and the documents behind them, and they name the source, with phrases like “according to the manual”.

The table doesn’t show prices. Each robot sits in a budget tier based on its regular price: Budget (up to $200), Mid Tier ($201 to $500), Premium ($501 to $1,000) and Pro (over $1,000). The only places that show a price are the deals page and the deal line on a robot’s guide while a deal is running, each with the date it was checked.

There are no star ratings and no named reviewer. Every guide has the byline Pool Robot Finder Editor.

How We Make Money

When you buy through one of our links to Amazon or to a partner brand’s own store, we earn a commission, at no extra cost to you. The deals page and the robot carousels in the posts show only those partner brands. A commission never changes a robot’s specs, its tier or where it sits in the table. The affiliate disclaimer has the details.

Who Writes the Guides

AI models write the guides and posts, working from the table and the documents behind it. Code and a second AI model check each new guide against the robot’s row and the site’s writing rules, and the editor approves it before it goes live.

Corrections and Contact

If a spec looks wrong, or your robot came with a newer manual than the one the guide links to, please let us know through the contact form. A reported spec is checked against the manual or the maker’s page before the table changes.

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