How Camera-Based Robot Mowers Navigate
Picture a mower that looks at your lawn the way you do, spotting the flower bed, the dog toy, and the edge…
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Robot Mower vs Robot Vacuum: How Smart Are They?
People assume the robot vacuum indoors and the robot mower outdoors are basically cousins, one for floors and one for grass. Owning…
Connecting a Robot Mower to Your Smart Home
The pitch sounds great: tell a speaker to mow the lawn and walk away. My own setup took an afternoon and a…
The Battery Tech Inside Modern Robot Mowers
Pop the shell off a robot mower and the battery is the part that surprises people. It looks tiny, barely bigger than…
Robot Mower Smart Features Worth Paying For
When I bought my first connected mower, I paid extra for a feature I used exactly twice, then ignored a plain scheduling…
Smart Zones and Lawn Mapping on Robot Mowers
My yard is not one lawn. It is a front strip that browns in summer, a shaded side passage the width of…
How Robot Mowers Avoid Obstacles
Watch a robot mower long enough and you start rooting for it, the way you would a determined puppy. Mine noses up…
Are Robot Mowers Secure? Privacy and Account Safety
A reader once asked me, only half joking, whether someone could hack her mower and drive it into the pond. The short…
Robot Mower Anti-Theft Features Explained
A robot mower is an unusual thing to own. It costs as much as a decent laptop, yet it lives outdoors, often…
Voice Control and Robot Mowers: Does It Work?
Does telling your lawnmower to start actually work, or is it a party trick? Here is the honest answer up front: yes,…