Beatbot is best known for making pool-cleaning robots, but it was its swimming robot turtle that won our hearts at CES 2026.

Studying a robot that mimics the gait of a sea turtle on land could lead to new amphibious bots. The research may also shed light on the evolution of the flipper as a walking appendage. For sea turtle ...

A trio of researchers at the University of Notre Dame have designed and built a robotic turtle to help hatchlings make their way to the sea after being born. The robot is designed to emulate the gait ...

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Machine learning, Raspberry Pis, and sea turtles are all exciting topics of conversation that don’t seem to have much in common. Amazingly, though, by combining the three, a group of researchers from ...

At CES 2026, smart home pool cleaning robot company Beatbot has announced a new, self-cleaning pool robot system, called the ...

“The Robotic Turtle embodies our vision of leveraging Beatbot’s leading technology to address critical ecological challenges on a global scale,” says Beatbot exec, York Guo. “It is a partner to help ...

Researchers at the Center for Bio-Robotics, part of Tallinn University of Technology, have created a new robot called “U-CAT” that’s small enough to get into areas that today’s underwater robotic ...

Beatbot makes robotic pool cleaners. In fact, the company is showing off a new one with a docking station this week at CES 2025. What really caught our eye on the show floor, however, is RoboTurtle, ...