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There are folks who get genuine pleasure from tending a colorful garden. But if – like me – you'd rather sit back and let a robot do the work, NexLawn is developing a robo-mower with a retractable arm capable of performing numerous garden tasks.

Lymow, a Chinese lawnmower maker, has just launched its One Robot Mower, which previously raised more than US$7.5 million on Kickstarter, claiming the first spot in the lawnmower category. Now, it's getting a global commercial launch.

Mammotion's new navigation platform for its robot lawn mowers is the best of three worlds: it combines LiDAR, RTK, and AI vision for greater accuracy and easier setup in small- and medium-sized yards.

It's fun to watch how quickly things are improving in home robotics right now. Sunseeker's new X5 robo-mower isn't perfect, but it does an impressive job with complex, multi-zone lawns thanks to its RTK-GNSS positioning system.

It's a competitive field when it comes to robot mowers, but this one may be a cut above most, with a pleasing price point, supreme weather detection, lawn mapping and a host of other features that mean you won't have to babysit it in the yard.

Grass utterly dominates humanity as a species. We carried it with us from Africa tens of thousands of years ago, and now we dedicate insane mounts of time – and brilliant robotics like this giant autonomous mower – to its care and grooming.

Honda makes superbikes. Honda also makes lawn mowers. The Mean Mower was thus inevitable. A hyper-mower if you will, with more than 190 hp at the wheel thanks to a screaming Fireblade engine, the Mean Mower V2 has been unveiled with a theoretical top speed over 150 mph.

​iRobot's Roomba and Braava robotic vacuum cleaners have been cleaning the floors of owners' homes for a number of years, and now the company is moving outdoors. The Terra robot mower is designed to keep a garden's grass in check so you don't have to.​