Name: Robot lawn mowers
Brand: Husqvarna, Segway Navimow, Mammotion, Worx

01Can I get it?

Yes, in places

Where it works today: Sold widely in shops and online, especially in Europe and North America. IDC counted 1.32 million wire-free robot mowers shipped in 2025. IDC, 10 Mar 2026
Published price: No published price in our sources.
Human help: Our sources report it working without human help.

02Track record

What has actually happened

Every milestone is dated and links to the page it comes from. Lines marked company-reported rest on the maker's own word.

16 Oct 2026
Cleared · sets the stage
An FCC notice dated October 16, 2026 listed Husqvarna's robotic platforms among robots cleared since September 9 to avoid the US ban on approvals for new foreign-made robots.
DroneXL, 20 Oct 2026
10 March 2026
Mass market
IDC said 1.32 million wire-free robot mowers shipped in 2025, two-thirds of all robot mowers, up 182% on the year before. Robot mowers were the fastest-growing type of home cleaning and garden robot.
IDC, 10 Mar 2026
10 March 2026
Update
IDC said the six biggest makers of wire-free robot mowers in 2025 were all Chinese companies, among them Segway-Ninebot, Dreame and Ecovacs.
IDC, 10 Mar 2026
9 Jan 2024
On sale
Segway said it would bring more Navimow mowers to the US. None of its models need a boundary wire; in open space they steer mainly by GPS.
Tom's Guide, 9 Jan 2024Company-reported
1995
On sale
Husqvarna released a solar-powered robot mower nicknamed 'the turtle', which it calls the world's first fully automatic lawn mower.
Husqvarna press room, Automower 30-year anniversaryCompany-reported

03Safety and incidents

What has gone wrong

17 Feb 2022
Husqvarna recalled about 1,400 Automower 435X and 535 all-wheel-drive robot mowers in the US because the battery could overheat. It had five reports of overheating, including two fires. US CPSC recall, 17 Feb 2022
23 Jan 2024
Researchers at Germany's Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research found robot mowers often fail to notice small animals such as hedgehogs and can badly injure them, though some models tested were harmless. ScienceDaily (Leibniz-IZW), 23 Jan 2024

How we placed it

The rule, not an opinion

Stages are worked out by published rules from the dated milestones above. We never rate robots, and no maker can pay to change a stage.

5
Regulator-cleared or mass marketThis robot
A regulator has cleared it where approval applies: FDA clearance or approval for a medical robot, a permit to run with no one aboard for a self-driving vehicle, or an FAA approval for routine drone flights. Or: Widely sold: sales in the hundreds of thousands, or a product category you can buy in ordinary shops.
Placed by: An FCC notice dated October 16, 2026 listed Husqvarna's robotic platforms among robots cleared since September 9 to avoid the US ban on approvals for new foreign-made robots (16 Oct 2026).
4
Paying customers
Delivered to customers who pay for it, beyond a trial, or a paid service the public can use.
3
Pilot
Working with a named customer in a real setting, as a trial.
2
Pre-orders
Orders, reservations or deposits taken, with nothing delivered yet.
1
Demo only
Shown in videos, staged events or a factory, with no units working for customers.

What we couldn't confirm. The hint of rising searches was not checked against search data. Total robot mower unit sales for 2025 are implied by IDC (wire-free was 66.2% of shipments) but not stated directly.

Sources

Cite this page

Robotics Verdict. “Robot lawn mowers (Husqvarna, Segway Navimow, Mammotion, Worx): how far has it got?” roboticsverdict.com/robots/robot-lawn-mowers. Checked 19 October 2026.