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Every all-wheel-drive (AWD) robot mower in the catalogue, with the slope each maker rates it for: 45 to 84%, for lawns from 500 to 5,000 m².
All-wheel drive costs money and adds weight, and on a flat lawn it buys nothing. It earns its keep on wet banks, loose ground and thick grass, where a two-wheel-drive machine loses traction and strands itself. Ranked with terrain weighted heaviest.
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MOVA's all-wheel-drive LiDAR mower for 1,000 m²: a 40 cm cut from two floating discs, 80% slopes, 6 cm obstacles, 70 m LiDAR with two cameras, edges under 3 cm and 800 m² per charge.
Segway's large-lawn flagship for 2,000 m²: four-wheel drive with dual suspension for 84% slopes, a 43 cm twin-disc deck with two 180 W motors, network RTK with a 360° camera and 120 zones.
The LiDAX Ultra AWD rated for 1,600 m²: the same all-wheel-drive mower as the 1000 AWD, with the 40 cm cut, 80% slopes, 70 m LiDAR with two cameras and 800 m² per charge.
The 5,000 m² Navimow X4: four-wheel drive with dual suspension for 84% slopes, a 43 cm deck with two 180 W motors, a 15 Ah battery for 1,300 m² a charge and two years of cellular data.
The A3 AWD Pro with the 5 Ah battery, rated for 2,500 m²: two blade discs cutting 40 cm, all-wheel drive for 80% slopes, 70 m LiDAR with two cameras and no RTK, edges to 3 cm, 36 V, 65 dB.
The largest LiDAX, rated for 2,000 m²: all-wheel drive with two floating 40 cm discs, 80% slopes, 6 cm obstacles, a 70 m LiDAR with two cameras, edges under 3 cm and three years of 4G.
The LUBA 3 for 3,000 m²: all-wheel drive on 80% slopes, a 400 mm deck with 165 W motors, 360° LiDAR, network RTK and two cameras together, and 1,400 m² a charge.
All-wheel-drive flagship for 80% slopes and 5,000 m², positioned by 360° LiDAR, network RTK and two cameras together, with no reference antenna to site.
Dreame's all-wheel-drive mower for 1,000 m²: 360° LiDAR and two cameras instead of RTK or wire, 80% slopes, a 20 cm cut to within 5 cm of an edge, 4G tracking and a three-year warranty.
The A3 AWD Pro for 3,500 m²: two blade discs cutting 40 cm, all-wheel drive for 80% slopes, 70 m LiDAR with two cameras instead of RTK, edges to within 3 cm and a 36 V 7.5 Ah battery.
The A3 AWD Pro with the 10 Ah battery: 5,000 m² a day from two 40 cm blade discs, all-wheel drive for 80% slopes, 70 m LiDAR with two cameras and no RTK, edges to 3 cm and a three-year warranty.
Dreame's all-wheel-drive mower for 2,000 m²: 360° LiDAR and two cameras instead of RTK or wire, 80% slopes, a 20 cm cut to within 5 cm of an edge, a 54-minute charge and three years of 4G.
The smallest LUBA 3: all-wheel drive, 80% slopes and a 400 mm twin-disc deck for 1,500 m², positioned by a 360° LiDAR and two cameras alone, with no network RTK.
All-wheel-drive mower for 1,000 m² with network RTK and three cameras instead of an antenna, an 80% slope rating and a second disc that cuts to 5.5 cm from a wall.
All-wheel-drive mower for 1,500 m² that maps with a 360° LiDAR and two cameras instead of satellites, climbs 80% and cuts to about 5 cm from a wall with a second disc.
All-wheel-drive flagship of 2024 rated for 80% slopes and 5,000 m², with RTK positioning from a fixed antenna and camera-based obstacle recognition.
Segway's tri-fusion mower for 1,000 m²: LiDAR, network RTK and a camera together, a 22 cm six-blade disc, EdgeSense edge mowing and a 55% slope rating on three driven wheels.
Segway's entry wire-free mower for 500 m²: network RTK and a 140° camera with no antenna to site, three driven wheels, a 45% slope rating and an 18 cm cut.
The bank is what all-wheel drive is for, but the size of the lawn decides how long the mower is out on it: a bigger plot means longer runs, more charging cycles and more passes over the same slope. The area a maker publishes is a ceiling, the most the machine keeps up with over a season, not the size it does best on, so a garden near the top of a bracket is usually better served by the next bracket up. The groups below split the list by that published maximum, and each row prints it.
MOVA press image
Max lawn area: 1,000 m² (10,764 sq ft)
Dreame press image
Max lawn area: 1,000 m² (10,764 sq ft)
Mammotion press image
Max lawn area: 1,000 m² (10,764 sq ft)
Segway Navimow press image
Max lawn area: 1,000 m² (10,764 sq ft)
Segway Navimow press image
Max lawn area: 500 m² (5,382 sq ft)
Segway Navimow press image
Max lawn area: 2,000 m² (0.49 acres)
MOVA press image
Max lawn area: 1,600 m² (17,222 sq ft)
MOVA press image
Max lawn area: 2,000 m² (0.49 acres)
Dreame press image
Max lawn area: 2,000 m² (0.49 acres)
Mammotion press image
Max lawn area: 1,500 m² (16,146 sq ft)
Mammotion press image
Max lawn area: 1,500 m² (16,146 sq ft)
Segway Navimow press image
Max lawn area: 5,000 m² (1.24 acres)
Dreame press image
Max lawn area: 2,500 m² (0.62 acres)
Mammotion press image
Max lawn area: 3,000 m² (0.74 acres)
Mammotion press image
Max lawn area: 5,000 m² (1.24 acres)
Dreame press image
Max lawn area: 3,500 m² (0.86 acres)
Dreame press image
Max lawn area: 5,000 m² (1.24 acres)
Mammotion press image
Max lawn area: 5,000 m² (1.24 acres)
Measure first, in percent: the rise divided by the horizontal run, so a bank that climbs one metre over four is 25 percent. The two-wheel-drive mowers in the catalogue are rated by their makers for 45 or 50 percent at most, roughly 24 to 27 degrees, and on dry, firm ground a slope under that figure does not need a second driven axle. What all-wheel drive changes is the margin: wet grass, loose soil and a turn made across the slope all eat into the rating, and a machine working near its limit strands itself.
The all-wheel-drive mowers are rated for 80 percent and more, about 39 degrees, with exceptions from Segway: the Navimow i205 AWD is rated for 45 percent and the Navimow i210 LiDAR Pro for 55, according to the maker, so on those two the second axle buys traction rather than a steeper bank. A tracked machine is its own case, with a rating that rests on the tracks and not on a second driven axle, and it belongs on the slopes page rather than here. The slopes ranking orders every mower rated for 45 percent or more by that figure, whatever drives it.
For a moderate slope the cheaper answer is a two-wheel-drive mower whose rating covers it. The group below lists those rated for 45 percent or more, drawn from the whole catalogue rather than from the list above, steepest first, with the maker's figure on each row.
Dreame press image
Max slope: 50% (27°)
Photo: ECOVACS ROBOTICS press kit
Max slope: 50% (27°)
Dreame press image
Max slope: 50% (27°)
Photo: ECOVACS ROBOTICS press kit
Max slope: 50% (27°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Ecovacs press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
MOVA press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
MOVA press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
MOVA press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Segway Navimow press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Dreame press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Segway Navimow press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Segway Navimow press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Mammotion press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
MOVA press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
MOVA press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Mammotion press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Mammotion press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
Anthbot press image
Max slope: 45% (24°)
LiDAR measures distance with light, so a mower that carries it maps the lawn without a reference antenna and picks out an obstacle after dark, where a camera needs daylight and a satellite fix needs open sky; what each sensor sees, and how far, is the maker's figure on the product page. On a bank it matters more than on a flat lawn, because a slope under trees is exactly where the satellite fix drops. The LiDAR ranking ranks the laser-guided mowers whatever drives them; the group below keeps the list above to those with LiDAR, with the navigation on each row.
MOVA press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
MOVA press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
Dreame press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
MOVA press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
Mammotion press image
Navigation: RTK-GNSS + vision + LiDAR
Mammotion press image
Navigation: RTK-GNSS + vision + LiDAR
Dreame press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
Dreame press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
Dreame press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
Dreame press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
Mammotion press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
Mammotion press image
Navigation: Vision + LiDAR
Segway Navimow press image
Navigation: RTK-GNSS + vision + LiDAR
A slope rating is a percentage, not degrees. What 45%, 55% and 80% look like in a garden, why driven wheels decide, and which mowers are rated for what.