Degrii Co., Ltd. - 众清智能科技（苏州）有限公司

Degrii is the branded product line for a robotic pool-cleaning business operated under the Zhongqing group, exhibiting at WRC 2026 as Zhongqing Intelligent Technology (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. The wider Zhongqing group was founded in February 2015 and is headquartered in Beijing with offices across China and the United States; its founder and CEO, Fei Zhao, holds an undergraduate degree from Tsinghua University and a PhD from the Georgia Institute of Technology, and previously served as chief scientist at the Boston artificial-intelligence company Retroficiency. The Degrii brand itself was established in Silicon Valley in 2020 to bring the group's underwater robotics technology to overseas consumer markets, and the company has since built a multi-tier product catalog sold through its own e-commerce site as well as international retail and trade-show channels.

The current flagship line is the Zima series (Zima Lite and Zima Pro), cordless robotic pool cleaners that use ultrasonic mapping to scan a pool's underwater geometry and plan autonomous cleaning paths, paired with AI self-learning navigation software. Degrii also sells the Aquabot series (Aquabot, Aquabot Wave, Aquabot ES, Aquabot Pro) and a BWT-branded series (BWT BATBrown, BWT ES Echo, BWT ES Nano, BWT F1Sonic Pro), plus accessories such as replacement brushes, chargers, water-purification packs, and smart pool thermostats. The company has exhibited at CES 2023, IFA 2023, Piscine Global 2024 in France, and Piscina Barcelona 2025 in Spain, indicating an active presence in both North American and European pool and spa trade circuits alongside its home China market.

On the financing side, Zhongqing has raised a Series B round described in Chinese media as worth close to RMB 100 million, with investors including the Zhonghai Shuangchuang Fund, Liuling Mirror Capital, Shouye Capital, and an industrial investment vehicle tied to the Suzhou Wuzhong Economic Development Zone, consistent with the exhibiting entity's Suzhou registration. The business model centers on direct-to-consumer sales of premium robotic pool-cleaning hardware supported by proprietary underwater perception and navigation software, positioning Degrii within the residential and light-commercial pool-maintenance automation market rather than industrial or municipal robotics.