As your average push lawn mower has likely gotten covered by some long grass in that shady, quiet part of your garden, let me introduce you to the new solution for your gardening woes Robotic Lawn Mowers!
These fantastic machines will mow your lawn automatically, ensuring that your yard is beautiful all season long, while keeping your grass at a consistent height for a wonderfully carpet-like texture.
While many robotic mowers seem small for the amount of yard work they actually do, they’re not equipped with a grass catcher, so they leave the grass on the ground.
If you have a large lawn, you may have doubts about the ability of these little guys to handle a large job.
In this article, we’re going to prove to you that robotic mowers can cover any size garden.
We’ll explain how much area robotic mowers can cover and provide examples of some excellent models suitable for yards of all sizes. We will also provide some tips on how to choose the right robotic mower.
Robotic mowers can cover all sizes of backyard
Robotic lawn mowers are used to cut grass on lawns across all sizes, using powerful motors and razor-sharp cutting blades to make precise cuts as they travel across lawns.
Once they have been programmed to mow the entire lawn area, robotic mowers will continue making cuts until they reach the edge of the lawn and turn around to begin mowing another section of the lawn. This process will continue until the entire lawn is mowed.
Each robotic mower is designed for a maximum area of lawn that can be mowed, so you can choose a robotic mower based on the size of your lawn.
According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the average size of a lawn in America is 10,871 sq ft (approximately 1,000 sq m).
Were confident that robotic mowers can cover any of the 40 million-plus backyards in the United States with ease!
Robotic lawn mowers are available in an extensive selection of models capable of dealing with any area from a small front yard to an enormous property with several acres of land (up to 5000m²).
They can also cover the total area on complex-shaped grassed gardens that include long, narrow and awkwardly shaped areas, as well as uneven surfaces with the use of sophisticated technologies and a variety of quality features.
Great examples of robotic mowers for small, medium and large garden lawns
Tackle a small lawn with:
RoboMow RX20
Technical specifications
- Cutting width/height: 7 in (17.8 cm) adjustable cutting height
- Maximum lawn area mowed: 180 square feet (16.7 square meters)
- Maximum gradient: 8.5 degrees
- Battery: Lithium-ion
- Weight: 27.9 pounds (13.5 kilograms)
- Warranty: 1-year warranty
Description
For small backyards, the RX20 compact mower is the best choice! The green color adds an element of fun, while it is large enough to provide you with multiple cut types throughout your compact lawn.
The RX20 includes great features to help with edging and navigating through tight spaces.
For a medium-sized lawn this is a great pick:
WORX WR 165 S
Technical specifications
- Cutting width/height: 8 in/ 1.5 in to 3 in (20.32 cm/ 3.8 cm to 7.6 cm)
- Maximum lawn area mowed: 5445 square feet (506 square meters)
- Maximum gradient: 20 degrees
- Battery: Lithium-ion
- Working time: 3.5 hours
- Weight: 49.9 pounds (9.07 kilograms)
- Warranty: 3-year limited warranty
Description
This powerful lawn mower is capable of mowing medium-sized gardens of about 500 square meters with ease.
With its reliable edge mowing feature, adjustable cutting height, and heavy-duty wheels, it is built to mow on uneven surfaces and inclines. Plus, with built-in Wi-Fi, you can control the mower right from your house!
This big bot is specifically designed for mowing expansive grounds:
RoboMow RS630
Technical specifications
- Cutting width: 22 in (55 cm)
- Maximum lawn area mowed: 21,780 square feet (2023 square meters)
- Maximum gradient: 20 degrees
- Battery: Lithium-ion
- Working time: 80 – 100 minutes
- Weight: 86.8 pounds (39 kilograms)
- Warranty: 1-year warranty
Description
The Robomow Bot Mower is an innovative robotic mower that is perfect for a large, varied terrain, especially if you have multiple types of grass in your yard or reside on an estate with numerous areas to mow all in one pass!
For up to 1,500 sq. ft. of lawn, this heavy-duty model mows half an acre weekly with alternating cutting charges of 100 minutes each. You can also control the Robomow Bot Mower from the comfort of your couch with the easy-to-use app!
…and if you need it, these professional robotic mowers can mow a football pitch with ease
Technical specifications
- Cutting width: 3. 37 feet (1.03 meters)
- Maximum lawn area mowed: up to 24,000 square meters (12 acres)
- Maximum gradient: 30 %
- Battery: Lithium iron phosphate
- Weight: 156.5 pounds (71 kilograms)
Description
Bigmow, developed by Belrobotics is the top-rated commercial grade mower for cutting the grass on athletic fields, golf courses, large parks & gardens.
With a maximum mowing capacity of 240 acres, it is capable of mowing more than many competitor’s with a wide cutting area of more than 1m using 5 individual cutting heads and 15 stainless steel blades.
Technical specifications
- Cutting width: 9.44 inches (24 cm)
- Maximum lawn area mowed: up to 5000 square meters (1.23 acres)
- Maximum gradient: 45 %
- Battery: Lithium-ion
- Weight: 31.7 pounds (14.4 kilograms)
Description
Husqvarna Automower® professional range of mowers are designed for fleet operation, with ability of covering large areas quickly by using multiple mowers together as a working group.
Each of these mowers has built-in virtual boundaries which allow groundskeeper to define the specific area that robot will be mowing. The mower provides an exceptional quality of cut, producing a uniform cut across the entire lawn area regardless of existing conditions.
While you are evaluating robotic mowers for their working area capacity also check for these essential features
When calculating the size of your lawn to use with a robotic mower, you should also think about other variables which will affect the way the mower will run, including three particular characteristics of your lawn that are important to understand.
Gradients
Robotic mowers can struggle on slopes, hills or inclines as these types of terrain may be too demanding for these robot mower models, resulting in the mowers not completing their job and stopping on your lawn.
Check the steepest slope that your chosen robotic mower can handle if your property has uneven or hilly grassed terrain. Most robotic mowers are designed for maximum slopes of 8.5%, while some have as much as 40% incline capabilities for use on sloping lawns.
Mowing time
It is way more relaxed to have a robot mow your lawn than it is to mow it with a push mower or a riding mower.
The robot lawn mower will take anywhere from ten to eighteen hours to finish mowing the entire area of your lawn, depending on how long the battery lasts for the robot lawn mower and how fast it mows.
You should check how many hours your robot lawn mower will be able to mow before needing to be recharged and what its speed is.
Rounding up
With their high quality grass cutting capability, robot lawn mowers can be used to mow any size lawn.
Robot mowers have recently become quite popular and can save homeowners time and money by requiring fewer maintenance visits while providing homeowners with a soft, fluffy lawn to walk on through their yard.