Best robotic lawn mowers for the way you use them

This half-acre AWD mower maps with LiDAR and binocular cameras, so no separate RTK station is needed. Its cutting range is currently 1.2-3.9 inches.

Best forSteep half-acre yards among trees

Sized for a quarter-acre lawn, this compact mower needs no wire and relies on RTK with camera assistance.

Best forSmall yards that are mostly level and need uncomplicated virtual boundaries

Dual LiDAR lets this compact mower work without perimeter wire or a private RTK antenna, and it stays close to hard borders.

Best forSmall lawns with trees or walls, or with no good spot for an RTK antenna

This half-acre LiDAX navigates by LiDAR with no RTK, cuts up to 3.9 inches and maps zones with unusual flexibility.

Best forMany mapped areas inside a medium-sized lawn

This all-wheel-drive, high-cut mower is aimed at three-quarter-acre lawns that have hills, trees and many zones.

Best forA steep lawn with a complicated layout and taller grass

With standard cut heights, this LUBA 3 is rated for 1.25 acres and still has four-wheel traction.

Best forBig lawns on slopes, mowed under three inches

Roughly a third of an acre is what this compact high-cut AWD mower can handle, using LiDAR and cameras.

Best forTaller turf in a small, hilly yard

The previous LUBA generation is still a capable high-cut option and offers RTK, vision and four-wheel drive.

Best forLarge high-cut lawns, as long as the older platform has a good price

Lawns of around 0.15 acre get driven front wheels and virtual mapping from this smaller i2 AWD.

Best forA compact AWD mower pays off in tiny yards with slopes

This i2 handles a quarter acre, shares the i206's AWD chassis and lists double the battery capacity.

Best forSmall lawns with uneven ground that need to run longer than the i206 can

This half-acre EPOS mower comes with the support of a long-established outdoor-power dealer network.

Best forMedium lawns where having service nearby counts as much as virtual boundaries do

In Husqvarna's iQ line, the one-acre model pairs established support with wire-free EPOS mapping.

Best forLarge, conventional lawns close to a Husqvarna servicing dealer

Broad properties that put dealer support ahead of extreme-slope hardware suit this two-acre EPOS mower.

Best forModerate grades on a large, open property

Lawns up to 0.8 acre are covered by this mature boundary-wire mower, which adds GPS-assisted navigation.

Best forOwners who want a fixed boundary on an established service platform

Cloud RTK, stereo vision and V-SLAM work together on this quarter-acre mower, so no antenna goes in the yard.

Best forSmall mapped lawns that can't practically host an on-site RTK antenna

The half-acre Vision Cloud combines antenna-free RTK with vision on a two-wheel-drive chassis.

Best forHalf-acre lawns with moderate terrain and good cloud RTK coverage

This half-acre Landroid has four-wheel drive for steeper grades and rougher transitions.

Best forHilly half-acre lawns within Worx RTK Cloud coverage

On the one-acre WR344, a larger battery and cloud-based positioning join the 4WD chassis.

Best forLarge, steep lawns once Worx cloud coverage is confirmed

Smallest in the A3 Pro line, this model brings the wide dual-disc deck and 4WD system to a 0.62-acre rating.

Best forMedium lawns that are steep and where cutting width and close edging count

This Pro configuration covers a broad 0.87-acre area with LiDAR mapping, driven front wheels and dual cutting discs.

Best forIrregular lawns that are large but just under one acre

Larger properties get LiDAR navigation and the dual-disc deck in the 1.25-acre A3 Pro.

Best forLarge, steep lawns where you can't install an RTK base

Fast and built for three-quarter-acre lawns, this LiDAR mower has an integrated side trimmer for close borders.

Best forFairly gentle lawns where speed and edge work matter more than hill climbing

This narrow quarter-acre mower uses RTK and vision and is built to work its way through compact suburban layouts.

Best forNarrow passages and level hard edges on a small lawn

An eighth-acre lawn gets virtual boundaries and camera-assisted obstacle detection from this smaller Navimow i Series model.

Best forCompact suburban lawns, if keeping setup simple and wire-free matters to you

This quarter-acre mower combines LiDAR and vision, needs no RTK mast, cuts high and documents a route through narrow passages.

Best forSmall lawns with trees where you want a tall cut and mapping without an antenna

MOVA's antenna-free LiDAR platform becomes a more serious hill machine once it gets all-wheel drive and a wide dual-disc deck.

Best forSteep sections and an obstructed sky on a three-quarter-acre lawn

Cameras lead the way on this mower, which maps with no wire, RTK antenna or LiDAR hardware, so setup on a simple small lawn is unusually clean.

Best forSmall lawns with clear borders, for owners who want as little mapping hardware as possible

This model pairs RTK positioning with four cameras, which gives it a broad 0.89-acre brief and enough zones for a divided property.

Best forMapped lawns of medium or large size that have many work areas

Designed for a lawn of around one third of an acre with demanding slopes, this compact high-cut AWD mower has active steering.

Best forSmall, hilly lawns where the cut needs to be above three inches

LiDAR leads navigation on this half-acre RockMow, with no private RTK station, and it retains the X1 all-wheel-drive chassis.

Best forHilly half-acre yards with nowhere to put an RTK antenna

For larger properties with steep transitions, the one-acre high-cut X1 offers all-wheel drive and active steering.

Best forTaller turf and hills across a full acre

This simpler quarter-acre Roborock offers a conventional cut range and mows systematically within virtual boundaries.

Best forSmall lawns where the wider AWD X1 chassis isn't needed

The X5 has a strong half-acre specification for slopes and uneven transitions, thanks to AWD plus RTK and camera navigation.

Best forMedium lawns with hills, where four driven wheels count

This larger AWD Sunseeker has a dual cutting deck and extra area reserve for a rolling three-quarter-acre lawn.

Best forSlopes and broad, open routes on a medium-large lawn

Smallest of the high-cut LUBA 3 models, it applies the current LiDAR and AWD platform to roughly a third of an acre.

Best forSmall, complicated yards that call for traction and a four-inch cut

This three-quarter-acre LUBA 2 has RTK, vision and all-wheel drive. It is worth a look when the established generation is priced below LUBA 3.

Best forMedium lawns with hills, if buying an older premium AWD model makes better sense

Worx cloud positioning, stereo vision and four-wheel drive come to a compact quarter-acre workload in the small WR341.

Best forSmall, steep lawns that can't practically take an on-site RTK antenna

This modular tracked yard robot is meant for properties far larger than ordinary robot-mower acreage, and for severe transitions.

Best forVery large properties, where year-round modular yard work makes the system worthwhile

For a quarter-acre yard, the small A3 keeps Dreame's LiDAR, dual-camera and AWD architecture.

Best forSmall, hilly lawns under tree cover where there's no practical spot for RTK

This antenna-free half-acre mower has four driven wheels, LiDAR and dual cameras. Broad mowing lanes suit its 15.8-inch combined cutting width, and the 80% interior slope claim speaks to steeper ground.

Best forSteep interior slopes on an open half-acre lawn

Built for one fifth acre, this LiDAR-and-vision mower has a 1.2-3.9-inch cutting range and a published 23.6-inch passage threshold. It mows ordinarily on the boundary and has no shifting edge disc like the Ultra model's.

Best forA taller seasonal cut and narrow connecting routes on a small lawn

This LiDAR-and-vision mower handles up to 0.37 acre, has a US 2-4-inch cutting range and needs no separate RTK station. The 45% interior slope rating falls to 25% at the boundary.

Best forTall-cut, antenna-free mowing on a lawn of moderate size

This is the small M5 fitted with LiDAR in place of RTK. The antenna is no longer required, but the short stated mowing cycle and low cutting range stay as they were.

Best forA small shaded lawn on which installing RTK would be awkward

This quarter-acre RTK model gives you a longer battery cycle and a bigger zone allowance than the M5’s, with the same cutting width and height limits.

Best forA small lawn split into sections that needs longer runs than the M5 delivers

This is the high-cut LUBA 2 for three-quarter-acre lawns. The deck can keep four-inch grass, which the similarly named 3000X cannot do.

Best forA sloped lawn under three-quarter acre where grass is maintained between 2.2 and 4 inches

This quarter-acre LiDAR mower needs no RTK antenna, but it comes with significant grass-type and boundary restrictions you should check before choosing it.

Best forA small shaded lawn with compatible grass and passages 80 cm wide or more

This RTK and vision mower suits a mostly open three-tenths-acre lawn. It mows during the day and has a 3.2-inch cutting ceiling.

Best forAn open lawn slightly larger than a quarter acre, with a suitable spot for the RTK antenna

Camera guidance lets this small-yard mower skip the RTK station, as long as the lawn has clear visual borders. Parallel mowing covers less than the headline suggests.

Best forA clearly bordered lawn under 0.15 acre that needs no more than three mowing zones

This three-quarter-acre LiDAR mower states a longer mowing cycle than the older X SE. The triple-camera automatic-mapping module is optional and bought separately.

Best forA tree-covered lawn under three-quarter acre, as long as you can accept mapping it manually the first time

The one-acre X2 allows a larger map area but keeps the SE’s battery size and cutting width. You move up for lawn size. The cut stays the same width.

Best forA LiDAR-friendly property larger than the three-quarter-acre rating of the X2 SE

A bigger lawn is what the X2 Pro is for, with the triple-camera mapping module included and a larger battery. The cutting width and grass-height ceiling stay the same.

Best forA large tree-covered lawn where longer individual runs matter, along with automatic mapping that comes included

This large mower finds its way by LiDAR, reading its surroundings instead of using an RTK antenna, and is meant for lawns with tree cover.

Best forA lawn under trees, where putting in a satellite reference station would be awkward

If finishing the border is the chore you want to cut down, this half-acre LiDAR mower comes with a separate powered edge trimmer.

Best forAn open half-acre lawn with wide enough passages and borders that suit the edge-trimming attachment

This compact RTK-and-camera mower is for a small lawn. It comes with a reference station, and you adjust the cutting height in the app.

Best forA small lawn that is fairly open and kept under three inches

This articulated all-wheel-drive Automower is made for steep established lawns. It works from boundary wire and does not use a satellite-defined perimeter.

Best forA steep lawn cut low, provided a wired perimeter is acceptable