Best robot mowers of 2026: Expert tested

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Robot mowers are battery-powered, autonomous lawn mowers, making them a sustainable alternative to traditional gas-powered models. Much like robot vacuums, robot lawn mowers autonomously navigate around the ground, cutting grass as they go. They use sensors to navigate and stay within boundaries while mowing, as well as a companion control app.

Unlike newer vacuums, robot lawn mowers can use a physical boundary, such as a buried wire along the perimeter, as with the Husqvarna 430X. The bots can also use a combination of GPS and LiDAR navigation, aided by a satellite antenna, to mow autonomously within a specified area, like the Mammotion Luba 2 and the newer Segway Navimow X3.

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