Dolphin Eon robotic pool cleaners promise to clean the shallows, too

When you purchase through links in our articles, we may earn a small commission. Maytronics says its latest Dolphin Eon-series can scrub areas such as a swimming pool's steps and shelves as effectively they clean its depths. Maytronics is showing an expanded line of Dolphin robotic pool cleaners at CES this week. The Dolphin Eon series promises to work in shallow water--areas with as little as 8 inches of coverage--making them usable on steps, shelves, ledges, and zero-entry slopes (at least up to a point). More typical pool robots must be completely submerged in order to properly operate, limiting some larger robots to cleaning pool surfaces with a minimum water depth of 14 inches, leaving shallower areas for you to scrub.