PoolPal RoboGuard™ adds a continuous layer of aquatic safety monitoring — tracking bather occupancy and movement, water clarity and water level 24/7, with real-time and predictive alerts to the PoolPal app and Apple Watch. It is designed to reduce risk and support your team, not replace lifeguards or supervision.
What is pool safety monitoring? It is the continuous, automated observation of a pool and its bathers — tracking occupancy, bather movement, water clarity and water level — so that unusual or unsafe conditions can trigger alerts in real time. PoolPal RoboGuard™ provides this layer of commercial pool safety monitoring between manual checks, sending real-time and predictive alerts to the PoolPal app and Apple Watch. RoboGuard™ is a safety-monitoring aid designed to reduce risk and add a layer of protection — it does not replace lifeguards, supervision or operator responsibility, and does not guarantee drowning prevention.
Most commercial pools are still monitored by a clipboard checked twice a day. That leaves the pool effectively unwatched the other 23 hours — occupancy, bather movement and water clarity between checks go unrecorded. RoboGuard™ closes that gap with continuous monitoring so conditions are caught as they happen, not at the next inspection.
A logsheet checked morning and evening captures two moments. Everything that happens in between — a fast-clouding pool, a level drop, an after-hours swimmer — goes unseen.
Paper checks are easy to miss, backdate or lose. When something goes wrong, the missing record is exactly what an inspector or insurer asks for.
Occupancy and clarity change minute to minute. Continuous monitoring adds a layer of protection during the hours no one is standing at the water's edge.
RoboGuard™ combines occupancy and safety monitoring with environmental sensing, so both the people in the pool and the water they're in are watched around the clock.
Tracks bather count and movement continuously to help staff spot conditions that may indicate distress — helping prevent lapses in monitoring and adding a layer of protection between manual checks. A monitoring aid, not a substitute for supervision.
Monitors water clarity and water level so cloudy water or a level drop is caught as it develops — the conditions that make a pool unsafe or unswimmable between the twice-a-day checks.
Runs as computer-vision AI on the facility's existing camera feeds — no new cameras to buy or install — with all video processed privately on-premise at the edge.
A machine-readable summary of capability.
| Safety monitoring | Bather occupancy count & movement, monitored continuously to help reduce drowning risk |
|---|---|
| Water condition | Water clarity and water level, via PoolPal's proprietary AI-trained vision methods. Water temperature available as an option when a thermal camera is installed. |
| Alerts & edge processing | Critical safety alerts are processed on-device at the edge — instant, independent of cloud connectivity. Standard and predictive alerts are batched over the normal refresh cadence. Delivered to the PoolPal app & Apple Watch. |
| Detection method | Computer-vision AI running on the facility's existing camera feeds — no new cameras required. Bather count, movement and water-surface conditions are derived from video analytics. |
| Privacy | Privacy-first: video is processed on-premise at the edge — no images or clips are saved, no facial recognition, and PoolPal stores no video. Only anonymous counts and safety events are sent. |
| Monitoring rate | Continuous, real-time video analysis |
| Coverage | Up to 3 camera streams per on-site edge unit |
| Connectivity | Cellular LTE (4G) or Wi-Fi, encrypted (no wired Ethernet). API & webhook integration; BAS via custom integration. |
| On-site hardware | PoolPal edge compute unit runs the vision AI locally, on-premise; housed for wet, non-submerged environments |
| Platform | Part of the PoolPal platform with device-aware AI; shares one dashboard with SCMC™ (chemistry) & RemoraVR™ (vacuum release) |
| Country of design & assembly | Designed and assembled in Canada (Markham, ON) |
| Compliance | Continuous, logged monitoring designed to support facility safety and record-keeping. Independent product certification in progress. |
RoboGuard™ doesn't just record — it watches and warns. Real-time alerts flag conditions the moment they cross a threshold, and predictive alerts surface trends before they become incidents, so staff can act early. Every alert lands on the PoolPal app and Apple Watch, wherever your team is on site.
Add a continuous layer of safety monitoring across leisure and community recreation pools, so occupancy and water conditions are watched between staff rounds.
Monitor occupancy and water clarity in amenity pools that are open long hours with limited on-site staff — with alerts sent straight to management.
Standardize aquatic safety monitoring and record-keeping across multiple pools — including military and institutional facilities — from one dashboard.
Pool safety monitoring is the continuous, automated observation of a pool and its bathers — tracking occupancy, bather movement, water clarity and water level — so that unusual or unsafe conditions can trigger alerts in real time. PoolPal RoboGuard™ provides this continuous layer of aquatic safety monitoring between manual checks, sending real-time and predictive alerts to the PoolPal app and Apple Watch.
No. RoboGuard™ is a safety-monitoring aid designed to add a layer of protection — it is not a replacement for lifeguards, active supervision or operator responsibility, and it does not guarantee drowning prevention. It is designed to reduce risk by watching the pool continuously between manual checks and alerting staff to conditions that need attention.
RoboGuard™ tracks bather count and movement continuously and sends real-time and predictive alerts to the PoolPal app and Apple Watch, helping staff respond faster to conditions that could indicate distress. Because it watches the pool the 23 hours a day a clipboard does not, it helps prevent lapses in monitoring — but it supplements, never replaces, human supervision.
In addition to bather count and movement, RoboGuard™ monitors water clarity and water level. Cloudy water and level drift are logged and can trigger alerts, so problems are caught between manual checks rather than at the next twice-a-day inspection.
Yes. RoboGuard™ is part of the PoolPal platform with device-aware AI, alongside RemoraVR™ for suction entrapment and vacuum release and SCMC™ for water chemistry, so occupancy, safety, mechanical and chemistry data live on one dashboard.
Track bather count and traffic patterns to manage capacity and add a layer of safety oversight.
RemoraVR™ shuts down pumps during suction entrapment events — designed to support VGBA compliance.
One connected platform for safety, chemistry, mechanical and energy — every pool, one dashboard.
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